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metal lego gears jack.valmadre 06-12-2005
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Posted by on June 12, 2005, 7:32 pm
Hi,
I'm building a lego mechanism in which the gears experiences a high
amount of force. I've split several 16-tooth gears, and I'm interested
replacing the standard lego gears with metal. Has anyone heard of
somewhere I can purchase metal replacement gears? Or alternatively has
someone done this themselves (not necessarily with metal) who could
help me out?
Thanks,
Jack


Posted by Mitch Berkson on June 12, 2005, 9:15 pm
jack.valmadre@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm building a lego mechanism in which the gears experiences a high
> amount of force. I've split several 16-tooth gears, and I'm
> interested replacing the standard lego gears with metal.

Maybe using multiple gears in parallel would help.

Mitch



Posted by tinmanx on June 14, 2005, 7:30 am

jack.valmadre@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm building a lego mechanism in which the gears experiences a high
> amount of force. I've split several 16-tooth gears, and I'm interested
> replacing the standard lego gears with metal. Has anyone heard of
> somewhere I can purchase metal replacement gears? Or alternatively has
> someone done this themselves (not necessarily with metal) who could
> help me out?
> Thanks,
> Jack

You may want to pose this question to the Lugnet Site, its a Lego
related site: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/


Posted by on June 14, 2005, 3:38 pm
would be great to get lego bricks, axles,
and gears cast in aluminum or make them
from steel.. My first robot arm was lego
gripper, and I broke a few gears (they were
in "parallel"), and I took the gripper apart.

Rich


Posted by Wouter on June 15, 2005, 6:20 pm
http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk/jen/lego/demag_crane.htm

Has some ideas on how to strengthen lego with metal and getting a very nice
result.



> Hi,
> I'm building a lego mechanism in which the gears experiences a high
> amount of force. I've split several 16-tooth gears, and I'm interested
> replacing the standard lego gears with metal. Has anyone heard of
> somewhere I can purchase metal replacement gears? Or alternatively has
> someone done this themselves (not necessarily with metal) who could
> help me out?
> Thanks,
> Jack
>



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