Wood Gear Planetary Drive

[Bryanx89]

only dislikes are from people who were mind fucked

[anikidwolfy]

warp speed mr sulu

[viatus]

Cool Beans >D

[sibritstone]

Is it a wooden motor?

[TheJudger94]

you need a quieter moter then put it on display in your home

[djohnson16mindspring]

Mesmerizing...

[BossWolfen]

I clicked this video just to say... GEARCEPTION!!

[phophollety]

Do not forget to add grease!

[iZiiicK]

How do i came from watching quick scope videos to this ?!

[MrFlats]

Ford Low Range

[bzzmartto2]

that is cool but i dont know for what i can use it

[levim14]

Make a huge one, put people in it.

[jrw6137]

add some brakes and youve an automatic transmission



[MrIsaacGosse]

i dare you to put your finger in there

[chalder1000]

it would out put high torque

the racial is 3 to1 turn

[MrGimli2]

0_o <== me tweaking out

[Starcruiser81]

Nice work! You are using a can opener motor, yes? lol

[ZiutZiut]

looks awesome but what does it do?

[RonaldWalters47]

Search for Scroll Saw File. Olson sells 2-packs. Fairly expensive. It’s a strip of metal with epoxy bonded abrasive both sides and edges. Don’t force it-slow & easy-let the abrasive do the work or it gets hot and the epoxy will let go. They also have a fatigue life like a scroll saw blade. Some people make a holder for a jewelers file but I’m sure they will get dull in one spot pretty quick. Or you can do it the old fashioned way with sandpaper or a hand file. They all take time and patience.

[salpta]

The Woodgears.ca site needs tips on sanding to be complete. How *DID* you manage to sand all those gear teeth? Spindle sander? Dremel?

[kuhlex]

GOGOGO stick a pen in it :D

[calliopeguy]

Hand cut gears?? absolutely a work of art. The craftsmanship is outstanding but the design also is really a pleasure to watch

[mawhulk]

ok so what does it do?

[ninjaspion]

@mawhulk spins and spins 'till you get bored! Fucking sweet!

[l33tm1g17]

your motor is really loud

[RonaldWalters47]

The gears are ½ inch Baltic Birch Plywood made in Russia, has many plies, very few (if any) internal voids, very flat and comes in 5 ft x 5 ft sheets. Good stuff to work with but not cheap and not always easy to find. Available in several thicknesses but personally I have only obtained 1/8”, 1/4”, 1/2” and 3/4” sheets.

Construction article at the following link give more information:

woodgears.ca/reader/walters/in­dex.html

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[1crazyfocker]

what size and kind of wood did you use for the gears? looks like as a guess (no frame of reference of size) its 1/2" or 3/4" AB or AA plywood and no clue the type of wood plywood......or did you laminate your own wood?

[Wandplank12]

lets drive on pluto!

oh wait pluto's not a real planet

[TheIncredibleD1701]

It was good but all this huge text got in the way of me seeing the gears.

[zcxvasdfqwer1234]

now power it with a coil generator!

[MrRichieCZ]

Absolutely beautiful wood work!

[jewishcrimenetwork]

Very very nice video. If would be nice if you let the camera more time in each view so we can analyze what's going on.

[RonaldWalters47]

Planetary gears are found in automatic transmissions, gear reductions, cordless screwdrivers, final drives such as the drive hubs on a Humvee (military vehicle) and many other places. They provide a very compact and powerful speed reduction or reversing mechanism compared to using individual gears in series.

Check out the use of ring gears in my Marble Machine video.

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[deraj1986]

I hope you dont take this wrong because this is a wonderful and genius build. however what purpose does this type of gear serve in everyday mechanics. is it for time?

[RonaldWalters47]

This mechanism would be quite unforgiving. It would first "crush" and then "remove" an errant finger. That's why I have the plexiglas guard riding on the face of the gear drive to keep fingers out.

[Biotektan]

Nice! Do you think it could crush my finger if I would hold it between the gears?

[SynthEnslaved]

looks nice and, maybe its just my computer but it sounds loud and annoying.

[ccz1826598]

EXCELLENT!

[Organgrinder1010]

A work of art! I'm beginning to understand how planetary gear systems function!

[woodentoolcompany]

That is so cool! Awesome!

[RonaldWalters47]

Each layer is a gear reduction.

Motor speed 80 RPM driving the input ring of the first planetary 20 RPM.

First planetary (bottom) output speed 14.28 RPM

Second planetary output speed 10.2 RPM

Third (top) planetary output speed 7.29 RPM

The pieces of blue tape are there to make the difference in speed more noticeable.

Go to woodgears.ca and click on Reader Projects to see a construction article, description and photographs of this mechanism.

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[tyxas]

May I ask how some of the layers are moving faster than the others? As far as I can tell, each layer is practically identical.

[boxcarmj]

Thank-you for the numbers and website, I will look there also. I,m going to try this design with a change or two (made of metal) to slow down my lathe. Thanks again, Mike.

[RonaldWalters47]

Found the numbers:

External ring gear 52 teeth – motor drive gear 13 teeth

Planetary ring gear 42 teeth, sun 18 teeth, planets 12 teeth

[RonaldWalters47]

Go to woodgears.ca where I have a construction article. Go to reader projects to find my planetary gear drive article. All the information you will need is there. You can click on the photos to enlarge them and you will be able to count all of the teeth. Then, if you have any further questions let me know.

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[boxcarmj]

Hi! Can your tell me the number of teeth in your ring, planet and sun gears, also drive and driven gears. Thank-you, Mike.

[4sineweaver2]

Wow! Really nice.....

[Embguy1]

This project rocks! Superb work.

[Synthetic11]

Nice! Real nice!

[RonaldWalters47]

First, lets not confuse the plexiglas safety shield riding on the face of the gear drive (to keep fingers out) with shiny wood.

Yes, it is Baltic Birch Plywood.

I used a scroll saw file to smooth the teeth. Edges were generally sanded on a recprocating spindle sander or disc sander. Flat surfaces were lightly sanded with an orbital hand sander. Then the wood was given a coat of linseed oil and wiped dry. That's it.

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[tylerwhelen]

It looks like you used Baltic Burch for the wood. What did you do to get is looking smooth and 'shiny' like that?

[jojobajim]

Excellent example of fine engineering and wood craft.

[kcsd0803]

Awesome RonaldWalters47. Thant is really nicely done.

[GeeksGoneBad]

Wow! another very cool project and very inspiring! thanks for sharing!