MakerBot Printed Rubber Band Gear Motor

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Uploaded by on Nov 11, 2010

A Gear Motor Powered by rubber bands. For the thingiverse rubber band competition

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  • needs an escapement 

  • @starbuckroad True, I hear ya, I posted this for a friend. He created it as a starting point. It needs more to be useful yes but you have to admit it's an amazing feat. Designed in Sketchup.

  • Was expecting a bit more on the return, maybe gear it up by a factor of 10 or so?

  • @dvddecrypter agreed, I hear ya, I posted this for a friend. He created it as a starting point. It needs more to be useful yes but you have to admit it's an amazing feat. Designed in Sketchup.

  • Needs more....gearing down

  • @conrad2468 agreed, I hear ya, I posted this for a friend. He created it as a starting point. It needs more to be useful yes but you have to admit it's an amazing feat. Designed in Sketchup.

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  • Al gore wants every new car to have one.

  • @eried Just standard 608 skate bearings. Skate shop or online.

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  • Yeah make it wind back slower with a thinner gear or something so it accelerates slower that way looks like its got more longevity =D 

  • LOVE IT! This may have interesting application for energy collection when braking bicycle (bringing bicycle to a stop or slowing bicycle).

  • This gives me an idea, I'd like to see someone make a rubber band powered clockworks.

  • @lrodriguezvideo Having used sketchup for YEARS...I will agree that making gears in this program is anything but NOT time consuming. Kudos for effort.

  • @gauguerilla It was printed on the first Makerbot, the cupcake!

  • @chriscc252 I hear ya, I posted this for a friend. He created it as a starting point. It needs more to be useful yes but you have to admit it's an amazing feat. Designed in Sketchup.

  • @nabsta05 I hear ya, I posted this for a friend. He created it as a starting point. It needs more to be useful yes but you have to admit it's an amazing feat. Designed in Sketchup.

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