I manage to get some projects done relatively quickly while others tend to be a bit of a slow burn. My printed gear box has definitely been one of the latter. To recap, awhile ago I designed a gear box and engaged 3D Co. to prototype one for me. It works great, and I am a much bigger fan of the “measure thrice, print once” way of doing things, since it is exactly right on the first try. I think that’s part of what’s amazing about 3d printing, is that is comes out just the way you designed it, like magic.
Next steps are to get the spring into the box so that when a wheel turns, it will move back and forth, similar to a doorknob. The movement in the box will not be very extreme; it will gently turn the potentiometer (see video for more explanation of this).
