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Originally Posted by dlavery
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This is very true. For one reason and another, my formal education skipped Gear Design. When I was transfered to a group that eats & sleeps gears, I needed a gear primer ASAP. I read the Stock Drive Products handbook cover to cover. Not only did it allow me to pass as a gear guy, I was quickly regarded by many as the group's go to guy with regard to gear design.
Surely there is a lot to learn beyond the pages of the SDP catalog, but it is a great start. One bit of advice. Learn the ideas, look up the formulas. The other way round will drive you mad in gear design.
Finally, the Lewis formulas are a wonderful tool that is just plain too conservative for intermittent use applications. FYI, I found
this old thread and
this old thread where I give some details as to making the calculation. In case my recommendation is not convincing enough, even Ol' Man Beatty told me uses the method I described to size gear teeth.
Joe J.