Yes. The rings can be swapped to change the output direction... (It can be made so the stepper turns the same direction as the output shaft..). I don't know if the friction would be reduced one way or the other...
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 12:28 PM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 10 March 2021 12:54:09 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Wednesday 10 March 2021 10:55:41 Sam Sokolik wrote: > > > another update - at 1/2 step - the discrete resolution should be > > > about 40,000 divisions per rotation. .009 deg. > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfKre6zpEY > > > > Pretty darned good Sam, definitely worth pursuing. With 2 bearings > > covering the width of the ring, the ring should last till the rapture. > > [...] > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > But it does bring up a thought. Since the outer rings are the same spline > pitch diameter, but the teeth are sized to make up the 2 tooth diff in > the same space, could the upper and lower rings be interchanged to > reverse the output rings direction? Something in my ancient wet ram says > one of the two directions would be lower friction. But I'll be switched > if I can explain why it should be so. > > Thanks for your views and or experiences. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
