Barnacules’ 3D-Printed Planetary Gearbox

3D Printing & Imaging

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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This gearbox by Ultimaker power user Barnacules consists of a triple planetary gear, 3D-printed with support material that is cut off after the print. Then it’s ready to screw together — I really love those threads … [via Ultimaker]

6 thoughts on “Barnacules’ 3D-Printed Planetary Gearbox”

Buzz says:

July 31st, 2013 at 1:23 am

looks to be just a copy of this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:23030
schlem says:

July 31st, 2013 at 9:01 pm

Each step is 1:4… 4 cubed is 64, thus your end reduction is 64:1. QED
Dirk says:

August 1st, 2013 at 2:31 am

I really appreciate the enthusiasm of this guy. But shouldn’t he be able to calculate the reduction himself?