Comments on: Worm Gear Casings

By: legocarengineer

legocarengineer — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:06:40 +0000

These are nice ideas for the worm gear, i just needed a casing like first one.
It helped me finishing my height-adjustable independent wheel suspension for my technic car.

You are doing great work, keep on going!!!

By: mescalinum

mescalinum — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:38:16 +0000

nice idea. thank you.

also, is possible to use a similar arrangement for a gear rack winder.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/89643/LAclutch_FULL.PNG

in this example I combined both, but in a slight variation – notice how I swifted up the axis one stud (by adding an extra 8 gear).
it’s also possible to replace the 24 gear with two 8 gears, to achieve a lower profile

By: scott

scott — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:30:38 +0000

I like the first one becuase it fits all of the gear sizes

By: protect-it-and-more

protect-it-and-more — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:48:08 +0000

hmmmmmmmmmm…. you should use the things kind of like the ones shown, but with 2 stud long axles. red in a couple of sets….. for the 40 tooth gear. i hope i get a website. i’m protect-stuff-and-more on legomindstorms.com.

By: nuno2500

nuno2500 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:35:41 +0000

Hi! Thanks for sharing you work and ideas with other Lego fans.

Thanks for this idea because all the motorized parts of my 1st Trial Truck are based on it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42955263@N05/sets/72157622821288671/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0jE2GLEuyY

Best Regards,

Nuno

By: Sariel

Sariel — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:48:24 +0000

@RjbsNXT Well, I think you can reinforce it with liftarms. It is possible to build a stronger casing, but it would be much larger.

By: RjbsNXT

RjbsNXT — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:07:59 +0000

@Sariel
ahh, i see what you mean

so are there any stronger casings for 40t gears? – the one you’ve shown keeps wedging itself apart :/

By: Sariel

Sariel — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:53:56 +0000

@RjbsNXT Nope, it won't work with 40t gear. It's too large to fit in.

By: RjbsNXT

RjbsNXT — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:22:50 +0000

you could infact use the first type shown for all of 8,24 and 40 tooth gears although i like the 3rd one aswell. good job

By: Sariel

Sariel — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:44:19 +0000

@Otto Thank you. I use MLCad and LDraw. The last set I bought was 8297 some time ago, I focus almost exclusively on parts now.

By: Otto

Otto — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:38:21 +0000

What program you use for those pictures?

I allways wonder how you can imagine all these things… You are amazing builder. Do you buy sets or only bricks and motors and all those?

By: legokid

legokid — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:21:07 +0000

thanks your gear case has help me make prtotypse to motoris my hauler in drive.