Thread: Experience with 3D Printed Gears
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Re: Experience with 3D Printed Gears
We used PLA 3d printed gears on our drive transmissions hooked up to an encoder for position feedback. They worked absolutely great. We took the cad files of a vex 24t, 20dp gear, modified it to fit a 1/8th square shaft and made it about 2% larger for printing. We were concerned with durability but found no wear issues at all. We ran them the whole season (greased) and never once needed to replace them. Would highly recommend to teams looking to shed some weight.