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Thread: Shaft linkage design for oppositely-rotating shafts - GIF

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    Put pistons on the ends of the rods and and cylinders on the plate and you have the elbow engine. It would be interesting to build.

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    This Vietnamese fellow has posted hundreds of animations like these and cad models for them

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    I wonder how well that would work as a substitute for using miter gears.

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    it miter work ok...it miter not...could be use for a pumping thingy.

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    wouldn't the output pulse....like a universal joint?

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    Quote Originally Posted by owen moore View Post
    Put pistons on the ends of the rods and and cylinders on the plate and you have the elbow engine. It would be interesting to build.
    Interesting but tricky...

    Elbow engine



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