3D printed Gearbox

[laserindie]

AND gate?

[greyspot00]

VERY cool.

[sharpnova2]

think about it. it's a gear box.

[kargaroc386]

the point is that they can turn the gear off and on

[LineMasterJorbob]

So do the middle to gears move back and forth so that they can be locked into place?

[Shapeways]

The middle gear is printed in the up position so you have more clearance and the gear box is more efficient.

The middle gear is then clicked downward for use.

The resulting gearbox has very little side to side movement. Usually you have to compensate for clearance and so doing will make an inefficient gear box whereby the gears move side to side a lot.

[anotherelvis]

Nice