The site is not responding at the moment, so I can't check my facts: www.torsen.com/files/Traction_Control_Article.pdf But I think Gleasman commented there that his "torsen" differential employs 3-tooth gears, the design of which involved tearing up conventional textbook wisdom that 6 teeth was the practical minimum to avoid "overlapping" (maybe re-entrant?) teeth. WFL On 10/20/15, William R Somsky <wrsomsky@gmail.com> wrote:
About all I can say is: COOL!
Seeing it as a computer generated graphic is one thing, but to see it in real, physical form? WOW! :-)
I'm kinda amazed that the three-tooth gear worked! Probably wouldn't have if you hadn't made them all double-helical.
Well done!
- Bill Somsky
On 2015-10-19 06:39, M. Oskar van Deventer wrote:
Hi Mathfun friends,
See here a 3D-printed version of the Seven-Planet Somsky Gears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iyO-OvIS_k https://www.shapeways.com/product/SPGDQSRLE/seven-planet-somsky-gears
Someone at the Twisty Puzzles Forum asked the question "Is there a link to the arguments for the maximum number of planets?" http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=342755#p342755
Enjoy!
Oskar
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