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[Joe_Widen]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

For weight, go File>iProperties then to the "Physical" tab and click on a requested accuracy from the dropdown menu. Make sure the materials are set on all your parts (same menu/tab). It has been pretty much the same since at least Inventor 5.

This is really the first time I've ever made anything in Inventor. The weight of the whole module gears included is "2.962E+000 lbmass" according to inventor in "Very High" Accuracy

Originally Posted by Stonefan5271138

Like, Cory said, I think 20 pitch for the first stage is a bit overkill, and you might be able to get away with using 24 pitch.

I'm not sure what type of bearings you are using, but you can't go wrong with flanged bearings.

Did you add any space between the gears in the C-C distance? A 0.001 or 0.002 wouldn't hurt.

Well, since the gears cant get any smaller, I dont know of any advantages of using 32 pitch or 24 pitch since the gears cant be any smaller (I'm using 3/8" face width).

I love flanged bearings too, adn yes I'm using them

I dont have extra space right now, but there will be in the final version.