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Remove slack from geared stepper - without touching the gearbox?
I have a Nema 11 stepper motor with a planetary gearbox and think it is a great stepper motor for a project I'm trying to do. One thing I noticed is that the output shaft of the gearbox has some ...
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Mechanical solution for engaging and disengaging an idler gear to output gear
I am building a conveyor lift to send cut plywood (4ft x 8ft x 40mm) into a 20-tier conveyor rack. I would like my conveyor motor to be on the conveyor lift only. I need the conveyor motor to drive ...
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What is this type of detent mechanism called?
I'm trying to find out what this common rotary detent mechanism is actually called. I see them in all sorts of cheap plastic toys, and I'd like to see if I can find them for sale, but I don't know ...
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Mechanical mechanism that regulates gear's rotational velocity
Please do note that I am a civil engineer not a mechanical engineer.
I have a gear that rotates at a speed that varies with time. Usually, it rotates at speeds higher than the desired speed. Is there ...
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Advice on spring launcher project
I found an ingenious design of a spring ball launcher on grabcad and I'm interested in adapting it to accelerate a $43.7 \mathrm{~mm}$ diameter, $45 \mathrm{~g}$ golf ball enough to reach $65.5 \...
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