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?