[Andy Baker]

Arefin,

You have come very far. This is stellar. You need to make a "portfolio", like an artist. Keep this up, and you will find yourself with a job of a designer for any number of companies. Someone should dig up the first design you posted on here and compare it with this. Talk about night and day.

Your gears look good. We've talked about the dogs over AIM. (I told him about allowing for some "play" between the dog and the pocket. Also, his pockets are overly deep at 0.3". They don't need to be more than 0.2" deep. Also, I would NOT use a chamfer - that would force the dog out of the pocket under load.)

At this point, there are plenty tweaks you can do. I prefer fastening screws into nuts as opposed to threading into aluminum, but that is just a preference. Put more creativity into your lightening holes, as your buddy Tytus does.

The point here is that Arefin has done a great job. This design could have detailed prints and could be made now. It may not be perfect, but it would be a working gearbox within 2 weeks.

I propose a toast, to Arefin Bari, a FIRST-rate gearbox designer.

Andy B.