Right angle gearless drive - GIF

Right angle gearless drive.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...013#post224350
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...135#post161021
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...114#post203384
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...312#post165790
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...773#post223553

So simple yet so beautiful.

I wonder why it's no longer used? Probably because continuously meshed bevel gears provide continuous torque transmission thru 90 degrees rather than this setup which looks "jerky" or rather intermittent.

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Originally Posted by Bony

I wonder why it's no longer used? Probably because continuously meshed bevel gears provide continuous torque transmission thru 90 degrees rather than this setup which looks "jerky" or rather intermittent.

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Also - amount of power that can be transmitted, lubrication needs for the pins in the ball sockets, space/volume required, etc.

mklotz posted about this in the "Elbow engine" thread June 14 2016...