Parametric Herringbone Gear Set for Stepper Extruders
This is an OpenSCAD script for the generation of a stepper motor gear set, to your exacting specifications.
I'm sure there's other scripts like this out there, so here's what makes mine cooler than theirs:
- I made it!
- It's ANIMATED! Yes, OpenSCAD has an animation option, and this set will take advantage of it. It seems like Thingiverse may not render a GIF though, so here's a link to a copy: http://scribblej.com/wadesgears.gif (obviously, that's animated through 1 gear length so it's only 5 frames).
- I made it!
- The perfect companion to: Parametric Tensioner: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6492
- I made that, too!
- Goes great with: Stepper Motor Mount http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6549
- I made it!
... that's about all I got, really. Based loosely on TheRuttmeister's excellent herringbone gear set here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5795
THANKS to the entire crowd on IRC Freenode in #reprap, #makerbot, and #makergearv2.
SPECIAL THANKS to GregFrost for his involute gears script and some special handholding while I was writing this.