2 gears- variable shaft distance
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:35 am
I was hoping some of you gearheads out there could help me: I have a small project I'm working on, one part of it involving these 2 gears: an elliptical (major axis 4", minor 2"), and a circle (dia 1"). My problem is that I want the shafts to stay centered on both gears, and hold the two of them together using a spring. It'll look like #35 from Brown's 507 Mechanical Movements 
or the gears at 3:23 of Steiner's Mechanical Principles
https://youtu.be/mkQ2pXkYjRM. (except with the shafts centered)
Eventually I'd like to make a 3d print of it, so I was hoping to get them designed just right. I've tried your program, but I can't seem to figure out how to make the gears with centered shafts. I suppose I could always move the shafts using another program, but then I can't seem to get the pinion gear to become perfectly circular. Can your program make my design? If not, any ideas on what I can do?

or the gears at 3:23 of Steiner's Mechanical Principles
https://youtu.be/mkQ2pXkYjRM. (except with the shafts centered)
Eventually I'd like to make a 3d print of it, so I was hoping to get them designed just right. I've tried your program, but I can't seem to figure out how to make the gears with centered shafts. I suppose I could always move the shafts using another program, but then I can't seem to get the pinion gear to become perfectly circular. Can your program make my design? If not, any ideas on what I can do?