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How do I make perfect gear assembly of the Rack & Pinion system?
ismat_jahan
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Hello there,
I have been trying to make a perfect connection among several gears through the rack & pinion mechanism. I got the basic animation by slider & revolution mate but I can not make the gear teeth to be matched nicely with other gears & the rack. Its bugging me a lot. Please help...! with suggestions or example.
This is the assembly link I have been working on.. https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a8273c4b7072073e5944fc49/w/10c952551df92976cee964e8/e/789d7269d5697e2352143e2a
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I would suggest you research gear design, action, and principles. While you could make the simple setup work the linear pattern setup that you have would never function in real life. You have gears fighting against gears. As far as getting the teeth to match it's a bit of a fiddly process but make the starting position correct and then make sure your gear relations are as accurate as possible and it should work. However, you will not be able to do it on that patterned assembly.