Thread: Bevel Gears on Drivetrain
View Single Post
  #7   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 23-06-2002, 22:57
archiver archiver is offline
Forum Archival System
#0047 (ChiefDelphi)
  
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Pontiac, MI
Posts: 21,214
archiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond reputearchiver has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Bevel Gears on Drivetrain
Posted by Ken Leung at 1/16/2001 3:02 AM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.


In Reply to: Bevel Gears on Drivetrain
Posted by Michael Quayle on 1/14/2001 10:57 PM EST:



: We were considering using bevel gears on a drill motor, but the bevel gears sold by SmallParts are very small (in terms of the bore diameter). What are the advantages/disadvantages of using bevel gears on a drivetrain?

One word: Gear box.

When you want to use bevel gears, you want to build your own little gear box to support the two shaft of each gear. And I am not sure what kind of machine shop you have, but I am sure it need to be really accurate to make this setup efficent enough to work really well... We tried doing this, and we end up bending the shafts and having trouble building a good enough gear box to conserve enough power from the drill motors to have a really good drive train. Be warned.


__________________
This message was archived from an earlier forum system. Some information may have been left out. Start new discussion in the current forums, and refer back to these threads when necessary.