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Re: pic: Mammoth GearBox1

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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall View Post
7068? You're just playing with fun materials, rather than trying to economize, right?

And as for the big CIMs, all things being equal, it's probably sensible to get rid of those somehow.
The 7068 is coming as a donation from one of our near by metalshops and i'll try to get rid of the big cims.

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII View Post
I suppose you really want to make a gearbox... because a tough box with spacers weighs only 1.77 lbs...


How big is the mammoth? Will you be mechanizing the head? If you do, post some pics, since that sounds really cool!
Yeah, we kinda wanna CNC some stuff and i'll put pics up tomorrow. The mammoth is huge and the head will be moving.

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Originally Posted by Andy Baker View Post
... and if you swap out the steel 50 tooth cluster gear for the aluminum 50 tooth cluster gear, you can save another 0.31 lbs.

Andy B.
Thanks Andy, Make sure to do that.
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