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Re: Turning down the OD of a gear

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
Now, I have to wonder... Why not just move the gear .020" farther away from the other gear, in some direction? And, what's with asking if the CIM comes in under its stated diameter? If you're building a really tight gearbox, I suggest that you also CAD in the assembly tools for that gearbox, just to make sure they will actually work...

The idea was to have three CIMs drive a large center gear, then have a smaller gear located underneath the CIMs, driven by this center shaft.