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Offline BERNIEHUMBER

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A Speedo gear is born
« on: Sunday,July 15, 2018, 06:05:13 PM »
HI:
I took an old speedo gear did some Solidworks modeling(SLDPRT File) used a 910 ALLOY on 3D and got what you see in the pic.
I'll have to see if Mark 1 meshes properly with its match up before I figure how I will swap the shaft to the new gear.
The 910 has a 8,100 tensile compared to 12K for Nylon 101 so I might put a piece of Nylon on a CNC and machine it from the SW file.
Got other fires in my life so it will have to sit on the back burner for a while.
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Re: A Speedo gear is born
« Reply #1 on: Sunday,July 15, 2018, 10:09:41 PM »
That is incredible work and yet another example of how technology has moved on to get us those unreplaceable parts. Very impressed !

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Re: A Speedo gear is born
« Reply #2 on: Monday,July 16, 2018, 08:16:32 AM »
HI:The scary thing about AI(technology) is that 30% of the jobs that are out there now won't be in 10 years(or less).
And there won't be 30% replacements(estimates are 5%).
There is software out that designs software so it's like taking a series of mirrors and imaging them one on the next and so on.
I'm retired so what do you tell the upcoming generation to career into?
IT is a little like catching a soap bubble.

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Re: A Speedo gear is born
« Reply #3 on: Monday,July 16, 2018, 12:03:48 PM »
Fantastic effort. The prototype looks the part. Please keep us posted on further developments. When you have a sellable product, please add me to the list of interested parties. Cheers  :beerchug:
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Re: A Speedo gear is born
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday,July 17, 2018, 10:42:31 PM »
Speedo gears are available from R16shop if any one needs them.

https://www.renault16shop.com/0830057500


No affiliation, only a satisfied customer.

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Re: A Speedo gear is born
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday,July 18, 2018, 04:23:26 AM »
HI:
A great find.
The shaft is of a different design or do you take the gear off and put it on the old one(or does it matter?)
I just noticed after I looked at the english version and saw "Expected delivery time: unknown"
                                                                                       "This product is not in stock"
That doesn't bode well for availability.

   





 

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