Thread: Experience with 3D Printed Gears
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Re: Experience with 3D Printed Gears
We used them for encoders this year on our swerve modules and they worked great. There were some PLA and some ABS. Gears were about 1/8" thickness 32T.

Don't expect a plastic gear to work for power transmission of a 120lb robot