Version 4.5 online

[Ken_Shea]

Neat Art,
I like the looks of the Grasshopp ers, they just look like fun.

Ken

[Dan]

This IS COOL, Art! I am not a clock builder and have never built one, but this grasshopp er looks so fascinati ng!

Dan

[Bloy]

Hey Art!   Very nice mechanism you created.  It works FAST too!

Time IS on your side.  Hehe

[CNC-Joe]

Awesome work Art !!!

Grasshopp er escapemen ts are just awesome to watch (turns us all into a bit of a clock watcher..  )
Where can I find instructi ons to model the grasshopp er?

Thanks for any help,

Joe

[ArtF]

Hi Joe:

  Just go to the ratchets page, select Escapemen t checbox, then select Grasshopp er. Make sure it seems to simulate well
and your off.. they seem to work very wel.



Art

[JustinOZ]

G'Day All 

Is it just me that can't find it, or is the updated software unable to run and mess two 45' helical spur gears at 90' ?
I'm sure the older release did this automatic ally when you tried to mesh two gears that were both either right or left handed.
It would be extra handy if you were able to choose where they meshed (think long cog).
I'm messing around with wooden cog moving sculpture thiny-ma-gigs!

Nice program Art, Cheers!

Justin

[BobL]

 Justin;

 Maybe I'm mis understan ding your question, but are you referring to helical bevels in order to get that 90 degree plane shift?   If you mesh two 45 degree helical spur gears as you mentioned, both of these gears will roll on the same plane, you can change the helical angle, but that has no effect on the gear rotation plane. It isn't until you select the check box bevels, that you get a plane change. Here you get to select your shaft angle which will change your gear plane to that angle. Also when you create the gear, the facewidth number you enter on the bevel creation, will give you those long cogs you asked for. Hope this helps..

Cheers
Bob

[ArtF]

Justin:

  I thyink Bob misunders tood the problem. In fact there is a bug, if you select two helicals of the same handednes s, they should mesh with rotation. Your getting , if Im right, an error saying two knuckles must be opposite handed to mesh. I just fixed it and Ill get a release out today so you can do that. Sorry for the bug, thx for pointing it out.

Thx
Art

[ArtF]

Fixed. Version 4.51 will mesh them properly.

Art