Hi, I'm building a lego mechanism in which the gears experiences a high amount of force. I've split several 16-tooth gears, and I'm interested replacing the standard lego gears with metal. Has anyone heard of somewhere I can purchase metal replacement gears? Or alternatively has someone done this themselves (not necessarily with metal) who could help me out? Thanks, Jack
metal lego gears
Jun 12, 2005
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Maybe using multiple gears in parallel would help.
Mitch
You may want to pose this question to the Lugnet Site, its a Lego related site:
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would be great to get lego bricks, axles, and gears cast in aluminum or make them from steel.. My first robot arm was lego gripper, and I broke a few gears (they were in "parallel"), and I took the gripper apart.
Rich
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Has some ideas on how to strengthen lego with metal and getting a very nice result.
You could make some gears yourself out of "alumilite". I think it'd be at least stronger than plastic.
I heard of it through the atlanta hobby robot club.
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--buddy
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