pic: Inverted Gearbox Concept

[ThaddeusMaximus]

Originally Posted by KohKohPuffs

With every design like this, the first stage will be exposed. Of course, people should be careful about this, but perhaps a case can be made to go over the first stage. I can kind of imagine that happening with a 3d printer.

Why spend the time printing something heavy and fragile (and doesn't let you see inside) when you could run a thin sheet plastic shield? I know some teams were using lexan for this but that seems overkill... scrap plastic like out of a 2L bottle seems all that would be necessary here.