Thread: power transmission NOT using gears/chains?
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Unread 28-04-2003, 10:34
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Originally posted by Matt Attallah
I have tought of cone-shaped gears or so. I'll be working on that during the summer and see if i can get it to work w/o the weight and size that I am currently thinking of!!
I don't think it will work at all. Either the cone gears will have a constantly varying pitch or more teeth will majically appear the further you go toward the larger side of the cone. Niether of those ways would work. So, unless you've got some patented gear technology I don't know about, you're probably bettr off sticking to high friction rollers or something of the sort.
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