Worm Gear Gearbox

[Jaine Perotti]

Originally Posted by dddriveman

I did not think that you could buy gearboxes. I was under the impresion that you could only manufacturing them.

Yes, you can buy gearboxes. Here is a well known example.

Plus what is the fun in using premanufactured gearboxes, you dont even get the headaches or any of the flesh wounds that come with designing and building a custom gearbox. That is what makes it fun or at least when it is all over.

This is really up to the needs and opinions of each individual team.

If they feel that a purchased gearbox will meet their needs better than one that they designed and built themselves, then they should by all means go for it.

If they feel that they want the experience of designing and building their own, and have a unique design that they feel would meet their needs, then they should go ahead and do it.

The decision to buy or build is a matter of what each team feels is best for them.

For more thoughts on the matter... this thread.

-- Jaine