Escapement tooth depth

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David
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Escapement tooth depth

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Hi Art

Is it possible to change the tooth depth of an escapement wheel?  From drawings  and escapement cutter data (Graham type) a wheel of thirty teeth and a diameter of 1.42" should have a tooth depth of around 0.16", Gearotic makes it around 0.1".
I think (may be a senior moment) depth box changed tooth depth in an earlier version, but does not in latest development
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Re: Escapement tooth depth

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Hi  David
I tried the same and the Ratchet Depth didn't work for me either.

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Hi Guys:

  Ive recently found a few bugs that may be related.. such as pulley and sprocket text not showing up
on the screen. Ill investigate and fix that up..

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Hi Guys:
 
  Just checked.. I had forgotten how that was all set up. :)

OK, the Depth parameter ont he screen is the end thickness of the ratchet. So a 25 for example
woudl be a ratchet 25mm thick. SO its not somethign youd see on the screen until its created into the project.
The depth of the ratchet's teeth is not a user definable one. Its numbers come from the British Horological instructions for creating a ratchet for the recoil or graham escapements. The specification calls for certain angles from geometrical points.
Its not easily changable to allow variable depths.. its more a list of how to get each point as a relationship
the the previous point in the chain. I will add this as a wish list item though. Its not  like its impossible or anything,
just not a bug.

I will be releaseing a fiox version shortly to fix the pulley and sprocket text  however..

Thx
Art


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