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Parts / Offset gear drive: ring gear

OpenSCAD render of Offset gear drive: ring gear

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Offset gear drive: ring gear fallback

Fallback for tight hinge cases: a side-mounted motor drives the knob through a 20/30 spur pair; the ring is also a spline cup on the knob.

Download STL (181 KB, binary)

File
hardware/stl/offset_gear_ring.stl
Bounding box
25.60 × 25.51 × 16.00 mm (X × Y × Z, as exported; Z up from the bed)
Volume
4.37 cm³; ≈ 5.5 g if printed solid in PETG (real mass depends on walls and infill)
Mesh
3,708 triangles
Material
PETG
Layer
0.12 mm (m 0.8 teeth)
Walls / infill
4 walls, 40 %
Orientation
Gear face down as exported.
Supports / brim
None.
Quantity
-
Versions
ABCD

Print settings are starting points from ASSEMBLY.md and the print plan, not values tested on this design. Dimensions that depend on the knob, rod or clip are estimated from photo, not caliper.

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