> but I still don't know how to sit down and accurately
> determine the physical characteristics of these gears
Look up gears/gearing in Machinery's Handbook for a definition
of all the defining parameters for gears.
At 07:20 AM 4/17/03 -0700, you wrote:
>--- steven <tosteve_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hmm, try saying that 3 times real fast...
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>Please post the source, if you find one. I have an Atari plotter
>and a Commodore plotter (model 1520) that use the same mechanism
>and the same pens.
>
>What I could _really_ use is a source of the gear that fits directly
>on the X and Y motor shafts. I have tried going to local RC car and
>model train shops, but they don't carry gears. This thread has come
>up before, but I still don't know how to sit down and accurately
>determine the physical characteristics of these gears to the
>satsifaction of a mail-order gear vendor. I can mic the shaft, I
>can count teeth, but the rest eludes me.
>
>I did buy a handful of plot engines from a surplus house. 80%
>had fractured gears. :-(
>
>-ethan
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Received on Thu Apr 17 2003 - 20:57:00 BST