3D Printed Strain-Wave Gearbox Turns Up the Torque
3D printers are good for a lot of things, but making parts for power transmission doesn’t seem to be one of them. Oh sure, some light-duty gears and timing belt
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Stackable 3D-Printed Gearbox For Brushless Motor
Affordable brushless motors are great for a variety of motion applications, but often require a gearbox to tame their speed. [Michael Rechtin] decided to try his hand at designing a
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3D-Printed Gear Press Can Squash Stuff, Kinda
A press is a useful thing to have, whether you like destroying stuff or you simply want to properly install some bearings. [Retsetman] decided to build one from scratch, eschewing
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Shredder Rebuilt From The Ashes, Aims To Produce More Ashes
What do you do when you buy a broken shredder and, upon disassembly, find its gears in pieces? You might reach towards your 3D printer – this one’s not that
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Tracked RC Vehicle is (Mostly) 3D Printed
While wheels might seem like a foundational technology, they do have one major flaw: they typically need maintained roads in order to work. Anyone who has experience driving a Jeep
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Autonomous Mower Hits Snag
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
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Resin-Printed Gears Versus PLA: Which Is Tougher?
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
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