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Interfacing technology and electronics with the real world is often fairly tricky. Complexity and edge cases work their way in to every corner of a project like this; just ask …read more Continue reading Autonomous Mower Hits Snag
When it comes to making gearboxes, 3D printing has the benefit that it lets you whip up whatever strange gears you might need without a whole lot of hunting around …read more Continue reading Resin-Printed Gears Versus PLA: Which Is Tougher?
For many DIY hardware projects, the most movement it’s likely to see is when we pick the assembled unit up off the workbench and carry it to wherever it’s destined …read more Continue reading Keynote Video: Jeremy Fielding Wants To Help You Get Moving
[Skyentific] is looking to push the hobbyist robotics state of the art. Motors and their gears, the actuators, are typically the most expensive part. For his build, he realised he …read more Continue reading Cheap Big Servo For Robot Arm
The automatic transmission in your average automobile can be a complicated, hydraulic-y thing full of spooky fluids and many spinning parts. However, simpler designs for “automatic” gearboxes exist, like this …read more Continue reading A Simple LEGO Automatic Transmission
Placing two motors together in a shared drive is a simple enough task. By using something like a chain or a belt to couple them, or even placing them on …read more Continue reading Differential Drive Doesn’t Quite Work As Expected
In one little corner of YouTube is a small but vibrant community sharing videos about gearboxes of their own design, particularly those with very high ratios or other quirky features. …read more Continue reading A Stackable Planetary Gearbox You Can Print At Home
In one little corner of YouTube is a small but vibrant community sharing videos about gearboxes of their own design, particularly those with very high ratios or other quirky features. …read more Continue reading A Stackable Planetary Gearbox You Can Print At Home
Worm gears are great if you have a low-speed, high-torque application in which you don’t need to backdrive. [Let’s Print] decided to see if they could print their own worm …read more Continue reading Testing 3D Printed Worm Gears
[Steven] at the 3D Printer Academy has been working on a variety of different gear designs. He recently embarked on a series of experiments to see how fast he can spin …read more Continue reading 7000 RPM on a 3D-Printed Gearbox