Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01698
To: beam@corp.sgi.com beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Justin jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: Gears and such
>> C. Figure out a way to retrofit a gear to the motor shaft...
>> I was thinking I could use some super-high strength adhesive to bond the
>> gear to the motor, but then there'd be no turning back...
>
>That's the way I'd go. If you use a small amount of 2 part epoxy, it'll
>be strong but you can still go back and peel it off, leaving the gears
>as they were. Bear in mind that the bonding to the motor axle doesn't
>need to be all _that_ strong - just slightly stronger than the torque of
>the motor, which is very little at all when compared to the strength of
>even small amounts of epoxy.
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