[AT] Saturday night amazement

[Stephen Offiler]

Watching it again a few more times, I think you're right, Bob.  It does
look smooth.

SO

On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 2:14 PM rbrooks at hvc.rr.com <rbrooks at hvc.rr.com>
wrote:

> Steve
>
> The mechanism seems to run very smooth looking at the video. I would think
> that to handle large amounts of torque the mechanism would have to get
> large. Bevelled gears would be smaller and lighter IMHO
>
> Bob
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 29, 2021, at 2:05 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> I'm wondering whether the output rotation precisely matches input, or
> whether it's "lumpy" i.e. speeding up and slowing down at different points
> in the travel of the mechanism.  It seems like it would be cheaper to
> manufacture than bevel gears, which suggests it would have eventually
> prevailed in the market if it didn't have some flawed characteristic.
>
> SO
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 1:56 PM Ken Knierim <ken.knierim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good point, Tom. Seems a tough way to do it (unless a patent was
>> involved). Wouldn't it be easier to run the shaft a little longer on one
>> side (drive or driven, pick one) to put the bevel gear on the far side
>> rather than the near side to get that reversal? (hopefully that makes
>> sense).
>>
>> I seem to recall Dad talking about guys making hayrakes from trucks and
>> flipping the axle over to reverse the drive direction so they had 4 reverse
>> gears instead.
>>
>> Ken in AZ
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 10:08 AM Tom Martin <tmartin at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> They were developed to keep shafts in same direction of rotation...
>>>
>>> Bevels gears reverse the secondary shaft.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> On 24 October 2021 at 14:12 Brad Loomis <brad.loomis at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> For you belt guys, I found this thing mesmerizing.
>>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/56806961770/permalink/10158137279546771/
>>> I never...
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