September 07, 2005
Bevel Solution
 Using two different diameters of bevel gear. Rather than the bevel being at 45 degree as I used in the original prototype I suspect that the angle should be as shown in this sketch. The red line shows the bevel angle for the two gears. It's the line joining the point where the two axles intersect with the point where the two gears intersect. Not yet sure how I'm going to calculate the net of the gear. Hmmm.
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Comments
The angle between the shafts is dependent on the number of teeth in each gear which determines the pitch diameter. Note that all of the respective surfaces of all teeth come to a point at the intersection of the axes of rotation of the gears.
It is a problem of gemetry & trigonometry.
Does that help any?
W. S. Hornbaker
s/Stan