30 Jan
2002
30 Jan
'02
12:15 p.m.
--- "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> wrote:
The diameter is slightly smaller than that - (the max height of a 12 point
letter is 12/72nd of an inch, or 1/6" or .167") 2mm was an appoximation
on my part on behalf of the Europeans reading. The actual size, as I've
posted before, is about 0.175" tall, about 0.145" diameter.
> less than
2 millimeters diameter?
> 2 centimeters (~3/4 inch) is more what I can imagine in plotters.
O <
^
OK, so the gear is smaller than the letter 'O' in 12 point type. That would certainly be more difficult to repair. I
don't think that I
would want to attempt to glue that back together!
Exactly. Any glue used would likely clog the bottom of one of the teeth.
www.smallparts.com is a handy source for gears and
stuff, but for
something less than 2 millimeters diameter, you are definitely in the
watchmaker realm.
It's not a flat gear... it's taller than it is across. The idea of a
slice of pinion rod is a good one, presuming I can find something with
the correct number of teeth and pitch.
-ethan
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