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Re: Turning down the OD of a gear

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Originally Posted by magnets View Post
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.
Ah, I see. Maybe move each CIM .010" out from the center, and move the other smaller gear .010" down? Or is there some other space constraint that would prevent that?
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