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Originally Posted by asid61
The way your standoffs are supported, they're almost cantilevered off the main body of the gearbox for the left and right ones. You are also using 6 standoffs versus the traditional 4, any particular reason for that? Removing the leftmost and rightmost standoffs would simplify it a little.
I think you have 2-4 too many pockets, but proper build season planning can offset the machine time in the case of a drive gearbox.
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Yeah I agree. Next time I'll work on keeping things closer to the bulk of the body, or just put a ring around everything. I put these extra standoffs as support for the cims, but I realize that a whole another set of standoffs is unnecessary.
I personally don't think that pockets are a time problem for machining, as a water jet or CNC mill would zip right through them in a matter of minutes. But I will definitely work on simplifying the structure a bit more.