Thread: Need for Aluminum Gears and Sprockets?
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Re: Need for Aluminum Gears and Sprockets?
I believe the Poofs and AM (they sell 1 al gear) had their gears anodized and teflon-impregnated. I don't claim to know much about Materials Science, but I'd be wary of using aluminum gears. In my experience, rubbing aluminum on aluminum doesn't work too good.

Would I use al gears in a manipulator? Absolutely.

Wouldn't bother with sprockets. You can just attach an AM sprocket to a hub and make a good al sprocket, which requires no broaching.
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