Desde hace un tiempo yo tenía ganas de hacer un reductor a tornillo. Cuando decidí colgar del techo mi torno, estuve a punto de concretar el proyecto, pero finalmente, dado el peligro que representaba un peso elevado que eventualmente podría desplomarse en caso de falla, decidí comprar uno hecho, de esos que se usan para plegar y desplegar toldos metálicos.
Este tipo de reductor tiene varias características interesantes:
- Permite con relativa facilidad obtener reducciones muy importantes, del orden de 100 a 1, o más. Eso es mucho más difícil de lograr con engranajes.
- No necesita de una traba ni crique para mantenerse fijo en el lugar en que uno lo deja, porque al ser la reducción elevada y trabajar por fricción, el movimiento en sentido contrario es prácticamente imposible.
- Requiere de un solo engranaje, en el cual encaja un tornillo o sinfín cuya rosca tenga el mismo paso que el engranaje.
Cuando comencé a construir mi chulengo (próximamente subiré el instructable) decidí que era una buena oportunidad para hacer un reductor de ese tipo, dado que la fuerza necesaria no era tan elevada como para que una falla pudiera ser desastrosa.
Speed reducers are at the same time, and a for a physical law, force enhancers.
For some time I wanted to make a screw-gear reductor. When I decided to hang my lathe at the ceiling, I was about to do it, but ultimately, given the danger of a heavy weight that could eventually collapse in case of failure, I decided to buy one made, the kind that are used to fold and unfold metal awnings.
This type of reductors has several interesting features:
- Relatively easily allows to obtain very substantial reductions in the order of 100 to 1, or more. That's much more difficult to achieve with gear.
- No need for a lock or crick to stay fixed in place when one leaves it, because being high reduction and working by friction, the movement by itself in the opposite direction is almost impossible.
- Requires a single gear, which fits a screw or worm screw which has the same pitch as the gear.
When I started building my chulengo (instructable coming soon) decided it was a good opportunity to do such a reductor because the forces were not so high that a failure could be disastrous.
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I looked among my things and found an old bicycle rear sprocket, disassembled, 16 teeth. It had been discarded for wear, but for my need that is superfluous. Also found a piece of round iron of about 7 mm in diameter and long more than enough.












































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Una pregunta por favor: ?por el rueda para tornillo sin fin, es enrolle en frÃo el hierro mejor que enrolle en caliente el hierro?
No tengo torno ni máquina de soldar, lastima. !Tal ves quando yo tendre mas anos!
Tuâ amigo,
Bill
Creo que en caliente se haría mejor, pero tuve pereza de encender la fragua. Siendo una varilla no tan gruesa, lo pude hacer en frío sin problemas.
Hi Bill!
I think it would be best hot, but I was too lazy to fire the forge. Being a rod not so thick, I could do it in cold without problems.
No tenia la intelligence, solo la persistence ser un engineer.
Tambien me gusta la astronomÃa.
I don't remember if I told you that my first college years were in astronomy. But it was too much for me, I left after 3 years.
I had an Idea to use one of those corkscrew dog anchors as a worm gear and cut the ring gear from a disk of plywood. purchased the tie out, but have never made it.
Realmente fue muy fácil hacerlo. Esta noche estreno el chulengo, donde el reductor tiene la función de subir y bajar la parrilla. Espero que no se rompa en mitad del asado.
Thanks, Bill!
It was really easy. Tonight I will release the chulengo, where the gear serves to raise and lower the grill. I hope that will not break in the middle of the roast.
Must I change the tittle to "Screw drive"?
I don't think it will really matter as the men in sheds who follow Rimrar's posts will know what the subject is about anyway.
Here is what Wiki says worm gear its quite interesting and worth having a look.
I would have just gone for the easy option of buy this or taking the worm screw from something else.
Brunel would be proud of you.
There is only one thing to say and that is "we're not worthy" lol :-)
Do you use this to lower your lathe, if so what do you use to power the gear to the screw? If not what do you hand-crank (screw) to the gear?
No, to hang my lathe I bought a commercial one, of those used to operate metalic awnings.