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Re: hirth joint

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David Eccles (gringer)
Mon, Nov 4, 2024 8:38 PM

On 5/11/24 05:41, discuss-request@lists.openscad.org wrote:

If you can generate bevel gears, then you should be able to make Curvic
couplings.

I've designed a meshing spherical gear which couples with an identical
partner at any angle. The upper surfaces couple together using a similar
approach to this hirth joint:

https://www.printables.com/model/428482-truncated-octahedron-sphere

Mostly just a "I wonder what would happen if..." experiment at the
moment; I don't know of any practical application.

On 5/11/24 05:41, discuss-request@lists.openscad.org wrote: > If you can generate bevel gears, then you should be able to make Curvic > couplings. I've designed a meshing spherical gear which couples with an identical partner at any angle. The upper surfaces couple together using a similar approach to this hirth joint: https://www.printables.com/model/428482-truncated-octahedron-sphere Mostly just a "I wonder what would happen if..." experiment at the moment; I don't know of any practical application.