Dimensioning Wooden Gears - Calc Sheet 1

The configuration with wheels at right angles (elaborated here) has five free parameters, listed in the first table below. Design goal is to find the smallest values for e and L resulting in a positive min(dist). Keep in mind that too large a min(dist) is equivalent to considerable backlash while "spot on" requires tolerances hard to keep in the average hobby workshop.

Given Parameters (Your choice !)

Peg Diameter
d
[mm]
Number of Pegs Vertical Wheel
N1
Number of Pegs Horizontal Wheel
N2
Tangential Play
e
[% of d]
Peg Length (with wheel disk just touching the pegs of the other wheel) 
L
[% of d]

Derived Parameters

Pitch Circle Diameter Vertical Wheel
D1
[mm]
Pitch Circle Diameter Horizontal Wheel
D2
[mm]
Minimum Distance between Pegs
min(dist)
[mm]


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