I found this video on YouTube while looking around for mechanism ideas.
I need to learn how to make gears. There are just too many cool kinetic sculptures that can be made with a set of simple gears like this. Skip ahead to 1:05 to see what I mean.
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Don’t forget:
– Inkscape for spur gears
– http://makezine.com/2010/06/28/make-your-own-gears/
– You can just set the units to mm or inches instead of pixels
which gets around an old problem when you couldn’t do that.
– Inkscape gears – two extensions (python code)
– http://www.cnc-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=433
– http://www.cnc-club.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=434#p2500
– Gears-dev
– https://github.com/jnweiger/inkscape-gears-dev
– Solid Edge Drafting – free parametric 2D program
– http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/velocity/solidedge/free2d/index.shtml
– Gear generation wizard is not in here :(
– but IBLs for gears can bemade using these spreadsheets
– http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2580
– the generated iBL files are curve points of some kind
– You have to register. You get a 32bit download.
– Gear DXF program (free. basic)
– http://www.forestmoon.com/software/GearDXF/
– Sprocket only generator – exports gcode (Cycloidal)
– http://www.idleamusements.com/?page_id=54
– Cycloidal gear generators
– http://www.ryerson.ca/~v7chan/cncproject/gear/Cycloid%20Gear%20Calculator.html
– http://www.hessmer.org/blog/2012/01/28/cycloidal-gear-builder/
– Cycloidal vs involute
– http://garysclocks.sawdustcorner.com/gears.html
– Creating Gears in OpenSCAD libreCAD, and inkscape
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY3kqdb02P4
– Interesting gear creator here: (follow link to code)
– http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=90623
– installs poorly – manually navigate to install dir to run. follow pdf instructions to operate
– only way to export is via screengrab :(
Wow. That’s quite a list. Thanks!
Take at look at this as well: http://www.gearotic.com/
It can draw elliptical gears and has many interesting features.
Hey, thanks. That gear design software looks interesting. I’m watching the escapement tutorial right now, and I suddenly want to build a pendulum powered RBS.
have you tried woodgears.ca? Lots of great woodworking ideas.
http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/index.html
Hey, thanks for the link! I’ll check it out.
Dave