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Re: pic: Top Down Gearbox View

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII View Post
The face of those gears looks awfully narrow. You might get away with .25" face for the first gears, but the output gears really ought to be .375" or greater (especially for a direct drive).

At least give the gears thicker hubs.
Why? I was thinking that since since there are 3 reductions that each gear only takes 1/3 of the force.
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