On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 10:07:17AM +0100, Andy Pugh wrote: > 2009/6/8 Erik Christiansen <[email protected]>: > > > While I only have 0.008" to deal with, a possible fix presented itself > > on an old motor assembly from the junkbox. It has a split pinion, which > > drives a wide nylon gear. The two pinion halves seem to be slightly out > > of phase, thus loading the (1.2" thick x 7" diameter) plastic gear, > > removing backlash. > > These are fairly standard components. > http://www.hpcgears.com/products/anti-backlash_gears.htm > and > http://www.hpcgears.com/products/anti_backlash_wormwheels.htm > Might be worth a look.
Oooooh, their homepage is an aladdin's cave. But the hint that an anti-backlash worm gearbox for Kirk's mill knee might be expensive seems confirmed. Their price for just an 80 tooth anti-backlash wormwheel is lightyears beyond credibility. Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
