Comments on: Gears Tutorial

By: Sariel

Sariel — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:29:04 +0000

@Ugo
I suggest you try http://www.bricklink.com

By: Ugo

Ugo — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:49:45 +0000

Does anyone know where I could buy all these gears, and other basic parts? The official LEGO website seem to offer only predefined building themes (just to discourage creativity!).
What is the size of the 40 teeth gear?
Thank you, Ugo

By: Peterx

Peterx — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:28:33 +0000

Thank you , also very useful tutorial

By: Sariel

Sariel — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:54:34 +0000

@Peterx Not any specific. They can be of any type, just molded in dark grey.

By: Peterx

Peterx — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:14:18 +0000

Hi, do you know what tipe of 8 t gears are the dark gray ones?

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:49:26 +0000

Hi, I wonder if you could help me. I have an assignment to make up a lego differential in Pro-E for college. The only thing I have to go on it this animated giff :
http://www.technicopedia.com/fundamentals.html#diff
I have managed to work out almost all the dimensions but I am still not sure of the gear diameters. Specifically I need to find the root,pitch and outer circle diameters for a
12 tooth bevel gear, a 20 tooth double bevel gear and the 28 tooth differential gear carrier.
I would really appreciate it if you (or anyone else reading this) could help. Thanks, Jo.

By: Sariel

Sariel — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:06:16 +0000

@qwertyuiop Yes, I know. It's been around for a while.

By: qwertyuiop

qwertyuiop — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:40:30 +0000

i have found another type of the 16 tooth gear with clutch. this version however has no teeth, instead it has a smooth side like the 20 tooth single bevel pin-holed gear.
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6542b

By: Sariel

Sariel — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:15:27 +0000

@qwertyuiop Not really. They are very rare and don't work with any other gears.

By: qwertyuiop

qwertyuiop — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:06:12 +0000

i recently discovered these types of gears at bricklink. do you know how they differ to normal gears?
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=32060

By: Sariel

Sariel — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:01:01 +0000

@qwertyuiop They usually break around the middle.

By: qwertyuiop

qwertyuiop — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:19:53 +0000

whenever your gears break, do they tend to break around the middle or do the teeth just snap off?
because yesterday i transformed one of my 16 tooth gears into a 15 tooth one.