[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Not unless you are paying for manufacturing. If you do all the manufacturing yourself, you will save money.

No, really we did the pricing. I can't get the raw materials for less. If I can find the thread where we had the discussion a few months back I'll link to it.

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Andymark's prices on the individual components are really good, but who says they are the size you need? Also, a dog shifting transmission can be made with a milling machine and lathe (if you go square dog and 716 style) or with the addition of rotary table or perhaps indexing head, you could do a 3 "finger" shifting dog. Of course CNC is better, but it isn't absolutely necessary.

I just meant to suggest designing around a purchasable dog (note I only meant the dog) to make life easier. The mating patterns in the gears are actually not too difficult.

EDIT: I had a total brain fart on this. We couldn't make a dog it because we couldn't broach the hex slot.