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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: moxy on August 03, 2008, 12:46:45 PM

Title: Timing pulleys
Post by: moxy on August 03, 2008, 12:46:45 PM

Hi Guys, can anyone help with info on timing pulley dimensions? I need to make some 3mm pitch pulleys and the maths is driving me nuts! If you multiply the number of teeth of your pulley by 3 (pitch) you get the circumference and from there you can calculate the diameter. So far so good. When you cut the pulley the pitch is too coarse. Not good! I have some commercially made pulleys and measured them and the diameter of a 13 tooth comes out at 11.6 mm and the calculated diam is about .8 mm bigger. This is unfortunately not a constant and will increase with larger pulleys.(i think!)
Any suggestions
Les

Title: Re: Timing pulleys
Post by: Overloaded on August 03, 2008, 02:46:18 PM

http://www.sdp-si.com/D265/HTML/D265T016_1.html

Title: Re: Timing pulleys
Post by: moxy on August 03, 2008, 04:47:36 PM

Hi Overloaded, Many thanks for your info, it has sorted out my frustrations no end.
best regards
Les