Cycloidal drive - GIF

Cycloidal drive.

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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloidal_drive

Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...924#post137518
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2482#post45335
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...444#post131719
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...4358#post79804

nice but Why?

Tom Lipton's Wabble drive for his wife's Intaglio etching press.
The 18:1 reduction in speed, and the (nearly) corresponding torque multiplication get full explanations:

The 42 video series can be checked here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...zevKlLIiWS9bS5

Patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US3306134