3D Printed Gearbox (Herringbone Gears) - Speed Test

[@silverX362]

(Engineer here) The teeth type is one of the best for this situation, well done on this one. But give a shot to these two/three things. 1:use something to prevent the axes from bending, (a flange between the gears) 2 and most importantly: jumping a whole milimeter just because 75 didn’t do is an overkill. Usually when one adjusts gears, you need about .1-.2mm between them (space just enough for a piece of paper to get roller between the gears) this is something that will prevent more of the teeth jumping you had when applying torque. 3: lubricant is not really needed in my opinion since the surfaces are rough and you don’t care about the lifetime. Try treating the parts with acetone moisture to reduce the roughness. Add some weight to the one of the three last gears so they perform as a flywheel.(this might be dangerous) Pretty nice project, would be lovely if you measured the output speed.

[@NephiylusBaphson]

In my experience "this might be dangerous" in engineering is usually a good sign for progress lmao

[@hanif7592]

@@NephiylusBaphson ah yes, fellow engineer too, eh?

[@ReaIJackhammer]

As a layman when he jumped a whole millimeter I sighed. 75 mm sounded only slightly off so .2 mm might have done it

[@MrMrRubic]

A flywheel was something I was gonna recommend as well. Source: am not an engineer

[@jlrebor2626]

not an engineer in any way but i think external lubricant its a good thing, even if you dont care about life time it still reduces the friction right? the acetone it's very good but i heard that also makes the parts weaker, and i thing he should try to clean the bearings, i mean the inside of them, usually comes with a relative thick lubricant and since they are balls they run just fine without them if its for small amounts of time (heat is the problem) or he could put a very thin one like wd40? just some opinions like i said no engineer just my past experience

[@therandomman6647]

I think a lightweight aluminum flywheel at the end would help it store energy when it's up to speed, you'll have to start w bit slower but it'll make it run smoother and you can crank more consistently too

[@janimelender2674]

IDK if you've tried this, but you can get the bearings to run much better by removing the shield and then using degreaser to remove the very thick lube. You can replace the lube with a drop of sewing machine oil, or just run the bearings 'dry', which does decrease their lifetimes significantly. But it's still hours of working condition. The shields are removable by flat screwdriver, and can be pushed in again afterwards.

[@ChronicMechatronic]

I don't think that's a good idea unless you wanna ruin the bearings, because the grease in ball bearings is thick for a reason. Thinner oils will immediately get ejected by centrifugal forces once the bearing spins up, leaving it to run dry in a matter of seconds.

[@ianmoore322]

@@ChronicMechatronic he said it decreases the lifetime significantly

[@ChronicMechatronic]

@@ianmoore322 he said running them dry would decrease the lifespan significantly, but by using thin oil they will eventually also run dry

[@PBMS123]

that would only work if he got a proper sized shaft. At the moment those bearing are likehoop earings and are just loosley on the shaft.

[@nlopitziii]

@@PBMS123 I noticed the play between the bearings and the shaft as well. That needs to be eliminated to aid in achieving top speed. I also agree with running a dry bearing in this application. The builder is going for top speed not longevity. It will be mission critical to remove as much friction as possible.

[@HonorNecris]

Just a general note, when installing press fit bearings you should always use a collar (between the bearing and hammer, or press) that ensures your hammer strikes will only transfer to the outer bearing race (in a pinch, a socket with the closest diameter to the outer race will work). If the bearing is being press fit onto a shaft you would only apply force to the inner race, just to be clear, it depends on the application. Striking the bearing as you do in this video can cause bearing ball deformity and indentations to the race surfaces. For this application it's not really a big deal, but for more constant use applications it's best to develop good habits for bearing installation.

[@derekfuqua1254]

Every dude here thinking he can break it.

[@theultimategamingpunk5968]

😂😂😂

[@nonenone9493]

Lol that's not the goal buddy

[@prankstermanparkour562]

It's called a hammer

[@pvpgod_3363]

all the gears are finally spinning

[@antizero100]

The ratios are different from the ones before

[@iandrake4683]

Dry lube next time maybe. I assume the gears are slipping because of the rod deflecting in the middle? Or because of spacing? How about thrust bearings between the gears? That would probably help.

[@mealex303]

Nice one Ian I just said this

[@Vetefanasså]

He used drylube🙂

[@korndog3415]

He is already using dry lube but he didn't let it dry.

[@ChristopherHallett]

Herringbone gear tooth shaping should prevent any axial loading from happening.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

This was a dry lube, albeit he never let it dry. It's also known as one of the very worst lubes in the bike industry😂

[@MyLonewolf25]

Use spacers. You’re getting a LOT of friction from the gears touching

[@dominik1985]

Especially for the First and Last Gearwheels. Try PTFE Washers Try Ballbearings in your Stand Trust me, I m German We dont have Humor but we can Drink beer, sorry, we can do engineer ing

[@UNSCPILOT]

Or if this somehow goes far enough, thrust bearings between the gears

[@Trufel71]

Spacer shuld conekt two rods togheter, les friktion les rods deflektion stable gears conektion

[@SwervingLemon]

The double herringbone gears will index themselves without spacers.

[@marmo_tv2049]

Torrington bearing/washers, and mid shaft support to stop deflection on the shafts outwards

[@Soporonix]

“the day before they called me I actually purchased a 3d printer” *i always feel like somebody watching me*

[@danniboi07]

Never heard of micro center and I'm just getting into computers, wiring, programming, etc. This will be great. I'm glad you're sponsored by them and you shared this since I'm just up the 57 from them. I've been fascinated by your 3D printing and the gear boxes, and now this is great too. Thank you!

[@Alternative_Dmitriy]

3:12 This is my kingdom come this is my kingdom come

[@Six_iffinder]

I was looking for this comment

[@Snoozyl]

I dont think the gears are at fault for the slipping. I think its rather the stiffness of the setup thats to blame. Maybe try a steel carrige and shorter axil lengths. This with a metal handel should be able to give you much higher speeds and input torque. There are also a lot of good lubing and bearing advice in the comments.

[@chaincat33]

Man, I really appreciate how long this has been going. Most people would just brush off people doubting your design or questioning the legitimacy of your attempts with this and throw math in our faces about why you actually did do your best. Instead you just keep iterrating this design and making it more efficient. One suggestion, if I may, is the grip of the handle really optimal? That is to say, the point the sticks out toward you, not the bar perpendicular to the machine. Your hand keeps gravitating toward it, and I think causes the force you're exerting on the machine to be misaligned, causing energy loss and also making it a lot easier to break the handle. It may have also been the source of some of those stutters in this test. Perhaps making the grip larger so you can hold it firmly in your hand would be better?

[@dustinkeier9176]

In addition to this suggestion, I would suggest placing the grip on roller bearings so your hand can remain firmly on the handle. Exerting constant and consistent force.

[@warmech11]

@@dustinkeier9176 I third it, and honestly, there's something I noticed. I'd say also add a free-spinning grip around the handle, for his grip to better move around the box itself. some of the stutter is from him stopping to adjust his grip, and might be allieviated if, rather than having to adjust his grip, he can keep going by having the grip semi-freely rotating around the handle.

[@elibeeblebrox1084]

Due to the speed of the grip, a ball centered on the lever would work just fine. You'd have to readjust your grip every few seconds, which isn't an issue unless you have arthritis.

[@kylematthew2068]

This Gears Just Like Shredder

[@NightBread]

I just realized the internet is a place where a buncha people do a buncha different things.

[@meirochou02]

2:59 caption really said [Laughter] and 3:16 [Applause] 😂

[@Derfel_cadarn81]

Imagine this running under water

[@Sassenhaim]

Nice to see you actually read and use comments, I recommended a chevron gear instead of straight.

[@EnraEnerato]

Axels not stiff enough needs more support inbetween, especially where the highest torque is transmitted. Also put it in an acrylic casing and submerge about a teeth of the bigger gears in oil and make a structure on the lid that will drip the oil from the case down on the gears. Suggestion for no. 1 : individual axels and support with screws connecting the corresponding gear pairs, this means you can separate the gears and get your needed support structures, while also helping out with alignment adjustments and customfit design. Edit: spelling of torque

[@Pawer8]

Or just add plates in between the gears that hold the shafts together

[@EnraEnerato]

@@Pawer8 They should be connected to the base, as one axle will be torqued outwards and down, while the other gets torqued outwards up. This effect does stack with each consecutive gear and due to good old Pythagoras we know that if the horizontal distance and the vertical distance grows, so does the hypotenuse. Another thing is vibration nodes, the more the axles can "wobble about" the worse the damage gets.

[@Pawer8]

@@EnraEnerato doesnt matter. As long as the distance between axles is the same the gears will mesh properly. They could swap places and it would still work

[@wompastompa3692]

tork

[@EnraEnerato]

@@wompastompa3692 I meant Nm which is not incorrect. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque_(disambiguation) Edit: I just noticed you meant that I worte tork instead of torque, the way you pointet it out I understood you meant I should write that. Guess I should not write on mobile when tired, especially not with the German auto correct on, it doesn't like writing English and kind off breaks. I'll go correct it now.

[@furryuwu8552]

After 30 ads I finally can access this video

[@mateuszkrupa7694]

LOL XD

[@keithrobicheux4749]

You should maybe include some trays for the lubricant and a splash shield to keep it on the gears. You should also rig a timing counter to determine how fast your last gear is moving, and see if there is a max output or point of diminishing returns

[@ML7WL]

FINALLY someone who used the other end of the gear reduction cycle, man...most of them just say "if I would spin the other side the gears wouldn't even move because of friction bla bla bla". Thanks for awnsering an doubt of mine if gears can be used as "feeders" rather than only reduction.

[@optie5]

3:11 don't say the word

[@ucflover2935]

Cum

[@sniper_monke2151]

Cum...,

[@liticane]

cum

[@Valveiscool.]

​@@liticanealright you have gone too far prepare to go to jail

[@patahgaming]

Cum

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

I don't know why I got this video in my recommended list but it's cool, I really enjoyed watching this.

[@tomasneel1980]

after all your genius you forget to add gear oil , it works better lol lol

[@redcicily]

He added it at 3 minutes

[@gabetrain8834]

Finally someone did what you should do and secure it to a table and add a crank on the end.

[@nox_ferox]

FASTER FASTER

[@tyleranimationsnstuff3585]

3:00 the gearbox got excited

[@galladegamerletsplays]

why did I think these were lego

[@yotaboi0764]

That's a great visual for how a transfer case works in a 4wd truck

[@wildcat_reloading]

"press fit".... *proceeds to smack it with a hammer*

[@10ulcinj]

I see alot of space between the bearings and the shaft i would try and make a little shim so it would fit snuggly and also i would remove the dust barrier from the bearings and remove the grease and just put in some silicone spray lubricant, it removes a lot of friction from the system, because these bearings are designed to work for years and not the least friction.

[@vintyprod]

The gears need to go from very skinny to progressively thicker to withstand the torque. This way the later gears will impart less friction too. Are you already using vapor smoothing on the 3D prints?

[@elismart13]

4:50 AYYYY MY MAN KNOWS THE BEST FLAVOUR!

[@mr.wheels-HQ]

0:22 Beluga OST: The Barefoot Scumbag

[@cmuthumal]

Lovely to see that vibration in faster wheels.

[@Ecoryzer]

How fast can it go? What is the limit?

[@berzerkfurry477]

I'm so glad to see this finally be attempted, I'm sure there's other video's out there. But I haven't seen any. Definitely going to follow progress!

[@vincentweatherly9991]

Would it help by stepping through the gears so you start closer to the output gear and slowly build up speed by working back so there’s less of a sudden acceleration and it instead more gradual

[@speedyham545]

It looks like the torque on the gears is flexing the shafts allowing them to separate and slip. You likely need an intermediate support every 3 gears or so to keep the gears from separating and slipping. Cool design, keep up the good work and have fun.

[@MrEpyLeptik]

Good things to have : Different thickness of gears Add a flywheel Spacers +4 bearings on stand Rolling handle Testing purpose : Rod spacing bracket, with an adjustable screw Hollowed gears

[@sleepycandle2642]

Messing around with the solidity of the gears might help, yeah. If we’re going for speed, focusing the weight near the axle would probably be ideal, but you want to make sure it’s solid enough in certain areas to not break.

[@owensparks5013]

Big part missing in the video is the 'why'. What is the end goal here? Hard to make suggestions without knowing what we're working towards.

[@mealex303]

Try talc or graphite not wet lube

[@tweetmediagam]

You are Great engineer, i love engineering👨‍🔧😃🥰❤😎👍

[@brandstone1]

What if you applied the force of the gearbox into a spring? (like the springs from a truck) Could you store the energy for future use and hook the gearbox to a generator for electricity? How much power/weight could the gearbox and spring effectively store?

[@TV4ELP]

why so complicated. Sandbag and a rope. Just have to turn it to pull the sandbag up, and then let gravity give you back your energy.

[@tohneyteoh]

@@TV4ELP thinking the same thing. On condition you have a high elevation. Connect a dynamo and i see a potential energy source for people with no direct electricity supply.

[@brandstone1]

@@TV4ELP A spring from a truck can hold a lot more weight and power per volume. If it holds enough power it could help store wind/solar power.

[@falin9557]

Use the gears as positive molds for a ceramic negative mold and then pour aluminium or brass and don't use ball bearings, use lubricating rods with small gaps with the gears and pump grease into it so it stays with low friction

[@buckwildebeest398]

I love it. Kind of scary. With gears, we can break the light-speed barrier. We just need adamantium gears, and the power of a small sun.

[@3DPrinterAcademy]

or the power of very large sun😳🤯

[@alanwatts8239]

You can power it from the weight of my ex's lies.

[@TheCrystalGlow]

Bearings, Teflon slip washers, etc. all of those things are your best friend.

[@ricedaddy88]

Everyone knows that getting Bawls when at Microcenter is the superior decision.

[@angelojohnson9441]

Microcenter is amazing.

[@Zane12ai]

Finally, someone spun one the other way

[@ajcawley8104]

That last gear: 🎵im on my way from still to terminal today, uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh wooooooo🎵

[@mysterious2550]

You have the right idea with the teeth. The shape of the teeth prevents them from being bent backwards.

[@jc87930]

Not sure if someone has mentioned this but good old VW transaxles used progressively sized gears as it went from high gear to 1st. 1st being almost twice as thick and 4th. So you can apply much more torque to the input gears and make the output gears much thinner and lighter... :)

[@rodrigogarcia398]

Very careful with banging bearings with a hammer, you can definitely make them fail and will create resistance rather than a smooth motion.

[@Papinak2]

Try experimenting with tooth profile and gear width - towards the handle, you need larger, wider teeth to handle torque, while at the end they need to be as small as possible to reduce friction.

[@kyledial8028]

I love your press by the way …true classic I have the fancy press that come in all shapes and sizes

[@Sabe-Stormrage]

Watched this vid 3 times over, and speaking as a Technician i can say you got most of the major issues out of the way. Now you main issue with the gears gripping and skipping comes down to accuracy and alignment. Since the gears are filament "printed" there WILL be some deflection and warping as they cool. So as with most parts I'd suggest giving the sides a very light grind so they are more parallel to each other and once they are, Bore out the hole for the bearings so it will be at a 90 degree angle to the sides, this should reduce your vibrations and make the gears run better as there will be less deflection while spinning on the axel.

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

Nother tip: Add spacers to the bearings so that the bearing's inner ring is aligned all the way through and friction between the bearing and rod is reduced, because I'm looking at it and the bearings are just moving along with the gears instead of the outer ring mover independently of the inner ring. Also add some bearing lubricant or just super lube. Source: Am a skamteborder.

[@caelen_calamity3325]

1:10 emily making a new “oc” character noises lol🤣😂🤣

[@Linuxdirk]

> “bearings pressed inside of it” > shows how the bearings are hammered in :D

[@keithyinger3326]

Tell Microcenter they need to build a store in SW Washington. I would love to have a store that I could go buy 3D printers and supplies at.

[@208Concepts]

Closest one is likely in Denver like it is for me, here in Boise 😬

[@brandongamingnl9753]

your voice sounds so calm

[@St1ngerGuy]

The rods should fit the bearings tighter, you shouldn't see the inner race not moving at the same speed as the rod which is clearly happening at 3:22. Neat project though, eventually you'll get that last gear to go back in time.

[@innocenthumans3721]

Possibilities n reach of human brain. I love 2 see this. 👌👍

[@virgin2point0]

Since in use you only rotate the handle clockwise, you have an easy option for a drive mechanism. Cut left hand threads on the handle end of the drive shaft. Thread a LH nut onto the shaft to the end of the threads. You can then use a conventional wrench as a crank. If fact, use a socket and a torque wrench and get torque data for the system. That will help in design refinement.

[@lopikosmusic9354]

"Many engineering considerations" 3 minutes later "I don't know what kind of steel this is"

[@The_Gun_Room]

Man in California y'all have a walk in store for everything!

[@jalijah03]

Hey excuse me may I please know the name of the music in the background at the beginning of the video? I really love synth wave and the melody sounded amazing lol

[@briangroves6331]

i just love that the gears are spitting lube all over the table

[@SajtosCrookie]

2:55 This is my kingdom come, this is my kingdom come...

[@UNOREBAIXADO.]

LMFAO

[@RayLovesCars]

Some sort of thrust washers in between the gears will take away a lot of friction, and would allow you to make the spacing set in place, which would help the gears not to skip as much

[@matthewhelton1725]

Herringbone gears were designed to avoid axial loads on shafts, reduce noise and have better wear characteristics than a conventional spur gear; the better solution (and why you don't see herringbone-style gears today used very often; they are relegated mostly to very high loads and moderate RPM applications), was simply to use compound (clustered) spiral gears with each half of the gear cluster spiral direction running in opposition to self-balance the axial load. Running the gears clusters together on the same shaft begs for spacers to be used between the gear clusters (or otherwise controlling axial gear spacing on the shaft). Have fun!

[@MAjorALLd]

Gearbox was awesome😎

[@marcialsanchez9302]

The length vs thickness ratio of the shafts may be what's causing the gears to slip. As the gears rotate and make force on one another, they push themselves away from each other. If shafts are not strong enough, they will bow out, letting teeth slip. One solution could be making shafts the largest possible in diameter (they could be hollow) allowing the teeth of the smaller wheel to be the closest to the shaft to keep shaft flex to a minimum. Unfortunately that would mean to redesign the shaft/gear interface though. Another solution could be to make lateral supports for the shafts every two or three gears to prevent flexing. Also work on reducing friction as much as you can, since friction multiplies exponentially with each gear. Good work!

[@TrisGalgothi]

THATS A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TrisGalgothi]

Mom:WHAT!?!?

[@whynotanyting]

Introducing the grease sprinkler: for all your greasing needs!

[@lavriux1982]

Further improvements: some kind of spacer so gears aren’t rubbing against one another, and only touching at the teeth. Or sanding the flat sides of the gears to reduce friction.

[@ajasmanikandanofficial5265]

Tree decorating the speed of last gear

[@lorenzo42p]

wish there was a microcenter closer to me. it's the only store I shop at for such things, otherwise shop online as we do.

[@zachsimental4019]

Need tighter figment on the shaft and the bearing also use ceramic bearings. They have less friction and free spin much easier.

[@bp8__163]

Great video! A word of advice… Dry lube is meant to be applied and then supposed to dry on the gears! That way you don’t have to keep re applying.

[@thomaschirila6372]

YAAAASSSS MICRO CENTER!!!!!!!!

[@Shadow__X]

Make the helical angle more steep, so the self aligning gets more aggressive

[@danny1103]

Next: Build a sealed transmission block and add then transmission fluid into the block. This remined me the differential gear and transmission gear documentary that I came across a while back.

[@nick4506]

a skaters trick, those bearings are rated for way more load than you will ever need for this stuff. so to reduce the friction you can take the dust seals off and use brake clean to get rid of the grease. sometimes no lubrication is the best lubrication. a standard 608zz(normal skate being) is rated for 3,300 newtons(740 lbs) at 32,000 rpm, so blowing out the lube is not going to hurt them.

[@ilpoheinola6440]

z is a metal seal, theese are rs as in rubber seal. RS makes more friction.

[@nick4506]

@@ilpoheinola6440 you don't need a seal at all. and metal rolling on metal is very low friction if there is no grease to gum it up.

[@JR_Engineering133]

try putting stabelizers between the rods in the middle to prevent them from bending outwards so the gears won't slip

[@jonodan1]

Just a thought, use dry bearings with a few drops of a lightweight lubricating oil in each one, the grease contained in bearings as a rule although is quite lubricidous is actually quite high friction.

[@7603a]

I'm not sure if you designed these gears or got them online, but you should be able to find the exact spacing the gears should be from each other by finding the average pitch diameter between the larger gear and the smaller gear. you can find the pitch diameter of each gear with this formula: (N*p)/π, where N is the number of teeth on the gear, and p is the circular pitch. Circular pitch can be found by measuring from a point on one tooth to the corresponding point on the next tooth.

[@lucasmoers]

It's appears you lose a lot of energy when stops to pull the pulley. Maybe friction is the problem, a some comments suggests improvements in this point, but I think that whould be interesting that you get some kind of a heavy flywheel to attach in the speedy side. It will help you to maintain the energy.

[@shadowwalker8032]

It may help to make the teeth on the gears deeper and a touch wider to help reduce slipp

[@conorstewart2214]

A vice is much better for press fitting than a hammer. It is much more controlled and if you get the bearing lined up it should stay parallel all the way in, it also makes sure the bearing is perfectly parallel with the printed part, unlike hammering it in where it might be ever so slightly angled.

[@trentpeterson3495]

Looks like a support in the middle to ease the flex in your axles might help.

[@majinalex1228]

Add a flywheel at the end makes the spinning a lot easyer

[@wannabeitall2580]

As the speed of the gears is increased rotational force becomes to great for the gear teeth to keep their contact, try adding a connecting rod between the input and out put shaft. Transmissions use a the housing to accomplish this.

[@hownowbrowncow9704]

For the handle if you weld a nut onto the shaft you would be able to just use a 1/2 inch drive rachet or even an impact driver, but that would obviously be overkill. But it would work.

[@kapuzenpullli5544]

And for those in germany just heard the first time about Microcenter.

[@brizkt7480]

You should also use a bearing press when installing the gears. Using a hammer damages the bearings, or at least malforms them and/or prevents them from being properly aligned between the shaft and the gear.

[@E.D.998]

two tricks: remove bearing's dust covers, wash in petrol to remove grease, they'll have way less drag in this low load application, the grease is useful only when they run with high radial loads. Rollerblade professional bearings are a good place to looc for very high ABEC index. Next trick: make gears lighter and lighter down the line, they will have less and less torque on them, while the structural weight on the fastest ones is what limits your ability to acelerate them.

[@jubliano2261]

It'd be really interesting to see a heat view of the gearbox using infrared

[@sleepycandle2642]

that would actually help to figure out where the most friction is too.

[@WSOJ3]

I thought this was supposed to break the speed of light and turn time backward, but I guess it didn’t even break the sound barrier.