Thread: Transfer gearbox output at a 45° and 90 °angle?
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Re: Transfer gearbox output at a 45° and 90 °angle?
The most obvious solution to me would be to use bevel gears. In FIRST, they are often used on swerve drive modules to transfer power from a vertical shaft to a horizontal one. I know they can transfer power at 90 degrees, but I'm not sure if there a bevel gears for a 45 degree angle. Bevel gears have pretty high tolerances though to keep them together. One other option which I don't know much about would be something like a universal joint (wikipedia or google image search).