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Gearbox v4 ideas #4

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anticitizn opened this issue Mar 7, 2023 · 9 comments

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023 •

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Make gearheads as short as possible (the current size is somewhat arbitrary and they are plenty strong anyway, 5mm gearhead height per stage should be attainable)
Merge bottom cap and S1 Ring (4 less nuts and screws needed, as well as removes need for taper on S1 ring teeth)

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023

Add slightly more distance between S2 Ring ceiling and planets to remove friction when under vertical load

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023

Add ridges on the contact area between S2 Ring and bearing to better distribute glue

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023

Make planets hollow (save weight and printing time, likely at no significant cost in terms of rigidity)

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023

Reduce space wasted due to the bearing somehow? (not necessary but printing time reductions are welcome)

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023

Reduce height of S2 Ring bearing outcrop

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023

Add holes under bearing in S1 Ring to enable prying the whole bearing-S2 Ring assembly out with a tool (friction from all the gearheads might make this impossible but worth a try)

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023

Outcropping 'cylinders' on S1 Ring with thermal inserts as attachment points

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023

Reduce amount of output nuts to three? (saves weight cuz less screws and can also shrink S2 Ring volume a bit)

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anticitizn commented Mar 7, 2023 •

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~30% reduction in print time expected (~5 hours total)

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