a good material for gears...

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Wed, 02/05/2012 - 6:45pm

paperpino

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a good material for gears...

Hallo Rob, hallo dear paper friends!

I am working on a project involving a rather complex gear train. I would like to test the functioning of the gears without spending a lot of time with paper (that will be the final target...). I need a material easy to cut (possibly by means of the usual cutter) and sufficiently compact to ensure the test success. I tried a kind of polistyrene, but it tends to crumble..., so it does not work.

The gears have a diameter of about 15 cm, and a thickness of about 1-1.5 cm.

Any suggestion?

Thank you very much!

All the best!

PINO

Sat, 05/05/2012 - 10:41pm

irene

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gears material

Would Balsa wood work, do you think?

Good luck, and looking forward to seeing the project (whenever it's finished)

Irene

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