Cycloidal Gearbox Manufacturing & Assembly

Laser-cutting

For the purpose of instruction, the laser-cut material will be 3/16" Delrin. This material is extremely easy to machine and laser-cut, but the main reason why it was selected for this assembly is its low coefficient of friction with steel, the secondary material of this assembly. Note that to prepare the Delrin for laser-cutting, there are some initial steps you must take. If the following two steps have already been completed, skip them and move onto actually cutting the parts out.

Cutting Delrin into squares

The Delrin sheets we have are very large and annoying to deal with, so it is our practice to lasercut the sheet in

Flattening Delrin with hot plate

This shit ain't flat! Squash it on a hot plate with something comically heavy!!!

Milling

Lathe