[Andy Brockway]

This is certainly a nice, compact design. Reminds me of my dual range Suzuki I had in the late '70's. I have looked at how to easily do the machining and am very interested in seeing your white paper.

As for the lube. We are lucky that we run short matches and that the total life of our robots is measured in hours. Greasing on a regular basis allows us to run on the edge with our designs. I do agree with Kevin's professor provided this was on production equipment. The Suzuki I had (actually I still have the motor and gearbox) was steel on steel but ran in an oil bath.