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Originally Posted by asid61
I would highly recommend you do not cantaliever any gears. My second gearbox I designed, which we neglected to test this year under load and plopped right onto the WCD, had gear mating issues on the second stage gear because it was cantalievered.
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Hold on a second; was your shaft 6061, 7075, or steel? I've seen 6061 shafts bend with a longer lever arm, but with 7075 and a short lever arm like in his picture the gears will be fine (as long as he has the two bearings he mentioned above: one bearing is generally a bad idea)
Also, I like the support you are giving the CIMS, but do you need the support from the sides? You could probably save some aluminum by just providing support from the bottom, if that makes sense.