r/mechanical_gifs • u/StephenMcGannon • Nov 04 '25

Machine component

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u/chaossabre Nov 04 '25

Shear forces on that leading tooth must be pretty bad, constantly needing to move the rack from a dead stop.

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u/Ajj360 Nov 04 '25

Lead tooth: "killlllll meeee"

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u/11teensteve Nov 04 '25

what if you put opposing magnets on the case and rack so it would "bounce" it back to give it some relief?

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u/LeKindStranger Nov 04 '25

Adding some springs on either side would help

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u/NoFeetSmell Nov 04 '25

Engineering is so cool. I love that the solutions they come up with are so elegant in their simplicity.

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u/RandyHoward Nov 04 '25

Every complex machine is just a bunch of simple machines working together

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u/TheLunarAegis Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

I would like to make a small complaint: this gif does not AUTO loop.

That is all.

edit: added "auto" to "loop", as it should loop seamlessly, but I have to tap to get it to go again.

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u/ShitGuysWeForgotDre Nov 04 '25

IDK seems pretty seamless to me, I can barely tell when it restarts. Maybe not quite a perfect loop but it's pretty damn close

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