I made a precision gearbox - with NO GEARS.
Ғылым және технология
If you want to build your own Cyloidal drive, let www.pcbway.com take care of the machining.
This was one heck of a project, but I made it in the end. A (nearly) zero-backlash 4th axis for my home made milling machine.
If you want to follow the projects a little closer, head over to / notanengineer .
@InheritanceMachining had to build a bigger box of shame because of me, go watch that NOW: • Making a dovetail box....
Sources:
@HowToMechatronics - What is Cycloidal Drive? Designing, 3D Printing and Testing • What is Cycloidal Driv...
@LeviJanssen - Has a lot of great videos on cycloidal drives
@jamesbruton - also has a lot of great videos on cycloidal drives
the best look inside a real cycloidal drive I could find: @arduinoversusevil2025 (AvE) - BOLTR: SUMITOMO CYCLO GEARBOX | Zero Backlash! • BOLTR: SUMITOMO CYCLO ...
Cycloidal Drive Parametric Equations - blogs.solidworks.com/teacher/...
Fusion Script I modified: capolight.wordpress.com/2018/...
My modified version for drawing epitrochoids: pastebin.com/05iDZssp
@ROBRENZ's large bore laps: • MAKING AND USING LARGE...
Solid toolpost mount inspired by @StefanGotteswinter
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I think I'm gonna need a bigger box
@kylewellman402
29 күн бұрын
This was such an awesome gag to see. Reminds me of This Old Tony and Clickspring. One day i will start a channel in my own shop and hopefully get big enough to do a collaboration with IM.
@gameboys248
29 күн бұрын
You will need bigger box, but he will need "crate of shame"
@LykeaFactor
29 күн бұрын
The first time watching "not an engineer" made me subscribe to InheritanceMachining😂😂. Waiting for your video of this new element added to the box of shame.
@sturmifan
29 күн бұрын
could be a fun side project building one tho
@wrstew1272
29 күн бұрын
Definitely got my click 😂!
This man ACTUALLY sent his first design to Inheritance Machining just for a 20-second gag.
@NoEngineerHere
Ай бұрын
The most expensive bit so far. Worth it.
@somebodyelse6673
29 күн бұрын
Shows commitment. Respect.
@kshepthedrummer
29 күн бұрын
@@NoEngineerHerewell it gained you a view and a new subscriber (me) that wouldn't have seen you if it weren't for that small bit lol
@Crazick
29 күн бұрын
@@kshepthedrummer+1
@briandavis577
29 күн бұрын
Worth it!
The PCBWay ad was legitimately useful. I absolutely did not know they do machined parts.
As a swiss cnc machinist some of this kills my soul but you are very talented and intelligent.
@NoEngineerHere
14 күн бұрын
It must be the Swiss in me. Working on getting that passport so I can come and see how it's really done.
The Inheritance Machining cameo was everything i never knew i needed ❤
@feff232
Ай бұрын
fr
@MadcapPanic
Ай бұрын
When I was watching the intro I was thinking "did I see Inheritance Machines box of shame or what the hell did I see?". Glad to be right. Lol'd when his cameo began.
@AdamWarwicker
29 күн бұрын
Two my heroes in one video!
@sheahawes6444
29 күн бұрын
@@MadcapPanic 15min mark roughly
@timotheegoulet1511
29 күн бұрын
That was awesome
The irony of a PcbWay ad including a complaint of a local machine shop going out of business is hilarious.
@AndrossUT
29 күн бұрын
To be fair no amount of patronage saves these places going out of business because of landlord greed. Meat markets and machine shops are insanely profitable, which is why landlords target them so hard. This creates a positive feedback loop with regard to average rent.
@NoEngineerHere
29 күн бұрын
@@AndrossUT In this particular case, the owners passed away and the children inherited the property. With all the gentrification going on around here, they tripled the rent and instead of a machine shop we'll have a pet barn.
@AndrossUT
29 күн бұрын
@@NoEngineerHere thanks I hate it
@DmitriyLaktyushkin
23 күн бұрын
@@AndrossUT Landlords aren't charities, they also don't target anything. There is the value of the land and if the other guys are willing to pay more why should the landlord settle for less. I'd like to see you refuse a pay raise before you start asking others to do the same.
@AndrossUT
23 күн бұрын
@@DmitriyLaktyushkin landlords are leaches. They should get real jobs
These projects are so impressive - absolutely love that the IM box of shame got used
@NoEngineerHere
23 күн бұрын
Once I've got the 4th and 5th axis set up, I'd consider taking orders for rocket components 😉
@PatrickKQ4HBD
12 күн бұрын
@@NoEngineerHere I'm here for it! May your skies be blue, and your swarf never land between your toes.
@robster7787
8 күн бұрын
Welp, now there are three cool channels that have made an appearance in this video, although I shouldn’t be surprised to see BPSspace watching this channel.
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS IN HUNDREDTHS OF A MILLIMETER INSTEAD OF MILLIONTHS OF A FOOTBALL FIELD Also at 22:10 dude knew exactly what he was saying I don't believe in his innocence.
@yanikivanov
23 күн бұрын
Millimeters are way easier the thousand on a crapy inch....
@phinox6052
5 күн бұрын
@yanikivanov Why? They are just as precise as each other. It makes sense he uses metric because he is Australian if he was American or Liberian or even British then why wouldn't you use the measurement system that makes the most sense to you?
Gday mate sound engineer here. If you use the bigger desk based soldering irons with the spring holder you’ll get a much cleaner vocal recording.
@kennethkeen1234
24 күн бұрын
"Gday"? Another wank boy too tired to write?
@tenthplace
12 күн бұрын
I just use a modified crackhead lighter and a ice pick no wonder my audio is so bad
@JacqueHarper
9 күн бұрын
I think that's a modified earthworks M50, isn't it? I would think that's pretty clean, but agree that it might be a bit sterile-sounding. Maybe the mod will allow for some added low-end warmth.
@mattmanyam
7 күн бұрын
Hot mic!
@JacqueHarper
4 күн бұрын
Does that one use 120V or 220V phantom power?
23:05 Classic blunder! Never wear open toed shoes in a machine shop. They trap swarf like nobody's business. Always do your machining barefoot!
@geobot9k
29 күн бұрын
Print toe caps for your chanclas. Worked for me.
@enzochoi923
29 күн бұрын
barefoot is a bit too much protection for my tastes, I like my wang out and about near the spindle, lead screws, and thread feed when machining, which of course disallows the use of pants.
@hairymcnipples
29 күн бұрын
Nude under a leather apron like "I did a thing" is the only way for an Aussie to do machining/fabrication imo (That one shot where he is dancing, barefoot and nude except for a leather apron, *on top of his lathe,* nearly gives me a heart attack)
@garygenerous8982
29 күн бұрын
According to some Bangladeshi casting and machining videos I’ve seen, Safety Sandals are absolutely the best way to go while working with hot and sharp pieces of metal.
@LittleGreyWolfForge
29 күн бұрын
i put my feet in a subway footlong
This was my first of your videos. This was hilarious. The soldering iron microphone, the dryest humor. Love it
There is another type of cycloidal reduction box you can make that is easier to get backlash-free & easier to fabricate because all the critical machining is groove into planer disk surface. The engagement is axial, not radial. The "rollers" are ball bearings acting between 2 grooved disks. Because of the axial arrangement, backlash can be taken up to compensate for wear or fabrication. 2 facing disks have cycloidal track machined into them: one hypocycloidal, the other epicycloidal. Ball bearings roll between them, held under axial compression. 2 stacked assemblies are used to remove the orbital motion & the difference between the 2 ratios permits large ratios with low lobe counts. A central crank forces orbital motion (same as for drive you have).
great to see the box of shame has international parts now 😂
I felt the first mention of "side project" as a foreshadowing. I'm glad I wasn't disappointed. I can't believe the box of shame has something with a complete lack of chamfers.
@NOLAfugee
29 күн бұрын
Made me think that one of them inspired the other, but being this is my first video from this channel, I can't figure it out yet.
@maficstudios
29 күн бұрын
@@NOLAfugee IM has been going a bit over 2 years, and NTE is about 8 months old.
@CiaCon
27 күн бұрын
I felt that one too. I was wondering. That was amazing!
Wow. What a project. Thanks for seeing it through
I came for some fantastic content. And then i came back to rewatch it again to find the details and easter eggs. The editing and attention to details are such a massive step forward. Well done!
I love how, when you started this project you were like "I'm not confident this thing can cut a circle." and then at 18:24 you evolved to "f@&k it, if it can cut one circle, it can cut *TWO* circles"
@forgeperformanceand4x4
29 күн бұрын
That is the CNC machining way just send it
That Inheritance Machining bit got me, what a colab.
I've rebuilt a few of those cyclo drives at an old electric motor shop I worked at years ago. Love the video. a laugh around every cut scene.
That was really really interesting. It makes sense of the various references I've heard to genetics in the past several years. Thank you for the explanation. Also I don't think it's boring at all. The fact that the works is more nuanced and subtle than before just gives us more to discover and use imho
I get it now. This channel is you building tools so you can build more tools. The tools aren't going to be doing anything more than upgrading themselves.
@jochi8874
14 күн бұрын
Can't wait for this guy to kick off the singularity in his garage machine shop in an effort to create tools to make better tools
@subhadityanath4326
11 күн бұрын
Bootstrapping!
Weirdly starting to believe youre in fact an engineer....
@NoEngineerHere
Ай бұрын
I wish people would stop with these rumours.
@PaulDriverPlus
Ай бұрын
lolz😂
@phoenix.8679
Ай бұрын
Did you just assume his degree?
@KeithOlson
29 күн бұрын
@@NoEngineerHere You could always start saying "I'm an enginear-enough." :grin: (T-shirt/mug/etc. merch drop, perhaps?)
@junkname9983
29 күн бұрын
@@KeithOlson difference between a scientist and an engineer is that good enough is enough for an engineer.
This is more than a little bit awesome. Looking forward to seeing what comes next 👍 🇬🇧
Incredible machining, and incredible animations! This was really entertaining story telling, combined with some nicely timed humor. I can't wait for more!
the Patreon plug in the overlaid subtitles during the [hispanic?] BGM was kinda spicy I liked it
@NoEngineerHere
Ай бұрын
💃
That soldering mic might put your eye out, mate.
@bluejayfabrications2216
29 күн бұрын
Only if you look at it funny
@peterfitzpatrick7032
29 күн бұрын
I get the impression he doesn''t give two flux... 🙄😂 😎👍☘️🍺
I just watched inheritance machine and then came to him. The two are perfect for each other. I’ll now watch both.
My friend - the little gems throughout your videos are fantastic. Truly a joy to watch.
For future iterations: such high precision circular patterns should be made by indexing the workpiece with dividing head while keeping mill XY locked. Mill will always have some backlash and XY mismatch as well as XY perpendicularity error. All of these together will create hot mess when absolute position and circularity are important.
@NoEngineerHere
Ай бұрын
I had the same thoughts - thats the real reason I mounted everything on the rotary table at the start. But then I thought - screw it, lets see how it goes.
@jakobbb6405
26 күн бұрын
@@NoEngineerHere also as you said in the video that coupler is flexing a lot and a stiff one I belive will drastically improve the flex. It is designed to flex to reduce stress from jerking movements but thats of course exactly what you dont need.
It's like watching an Australian version of This Old Tony
@scottcates
29 күн бұрын
Machinist Theatre at a high level.🤩
@Entarra
29 күн бұрын
Bit too much of him in frame though, maybe he could learn to do things with only his feet
@jdrains16
27 күн бұрын
Yeah nah, we saw his face.
@jdrains16
27 күн бұрын
… aaand, I didn’t hear him say “Skookum” a single time..
@quiettime6871
26 күн бұрын
Iss all Tiny
awesome project. Its so much appreciated that you went all the way!
So much knowledge that it takes to get to the point where you can even begin this project. Amazing!
Holding a soldering iron like a microphone alone was already worth the like. Truly a masterclass on what a KZread video should be.
@williamcampbell9859
23 күн бұрын
That's what drew my like and subscribe lol
@serversC13nc3
21 күн бұрын
has he somehow accidentally poke his soldering iron into his nose while talking?
@TaTa-wv9kl
14 күн бұрын
Should be an old fashion pipe.
When I saw the bit about the box of shame, the parts being packed up and DHL I just about twigged before IM strolled into view. Definitely the right home for those parts. H'mm that gives me an idea ... I had parts jumping out the lathe spindle this weekend that I'm ashamed of ....
@schwuzi
Ай бұрын
IM might need a bigger box if all of us send him our failed pieces.
@vincei4252
Ай бұрын
@@schwuzi 😄
@gregdrew874
29 күн бұрын
@@schwuzi I kinda like that guy, I'm not sending him my Ex.
@somebodyelse6673
29 күн бұрын
Cue the IM subsidiary "Recycled Shame". Motto "Ship your shame to the other side of the planet, where something good might come of it. When the bin's full."
"At the end of the day, all these problems come down to one root cause. I rushed the design and left a lot of the problem solving to future me. And now I was future me, and it sucked." AMEN BROTHER.
i have never encountered this young man before. YT just suggested his channel. wow! this is so up my street im surprised we dont meet when the postie arrives. cheers
That side project / ad read was class
@NoEngineerHere
Ай бұрын
Very glad to hear 🙏
That’s got to be the best pcb way ad ever
@josephjones4293
Ай бұрын
Jlcpcb tends to be cheaper… lol
You put together a really good video in the way you present yourself. I admire anyone with a vision for ingenuity and thinking outside of the box! Great job!
It's so satisfying seeing you redo the same work over and over again so calmly and eventually get the right results.
Oh man, sending it to Inheritance Machining's box of shame was genius! Subscribed.
17:40. Good thing you had Leeloo to help you lift that new bandsaw.
@72mardy
22 күн бұрын
Multi pass
@djgrazzy
11 күн бұрын
Plays halp
@mattmanyam
7 күн бұрын
Chicken good.
If your audio was bad, I wouldn't be watching. You've learned the important lesson of having good audio. Bravo.
Impressed by the sound quality of that soldering iron.
As an engineer, I absolutely loved your time-warp effect ❤❤ ...and also your creative use of translated lyrics subtitles between 18:00 and 20:00 was just genius! First casually building confidence, then sneaking in the message 😂😂 Thank you for an absolutely wonderful video!
Thats an impressive build 🥸😃
@InheritanceMachining sent me here and I'm glad I found you! you're work amazing and im laughing along the way. extremely enjoyable and a pleasure to watch. look forward to watching future videos!
I'm not a machining nerd but I was totally blown away that you could make such a thing in your shed at home. Amazing!
The quality if your videos and everything you put out on your channel is legitimately insane. That doesn't even take into account the size and age of your channel, if you do take that into account, you're on a whole different level. Thank you for making awesome content, you rock!
24:10 That is called an internal nut. Also, in some instances, it is called a 'gland' or 'gland nut' [mainly in hydraulic applications and maritime drive shaft applications, where some form of [usually lubricated] fluid seal and sliding, or rotating shaft is being held by the assembly.
@dinguloid
28 күн бұрын
Hm I thought an internal nut was something else entirely . . .
@renxula
13 күн бұрын
] 😅
Immediate subscription. Excellent camera angles, personality and pacing.
man that was so cool to watch i love seeing an idea come together. for a prototype id say that was very well done. someone give this man a larger budget.
A not-engineer sends the culmination of countless hours of work to an engineer. Engineer promptly stuffs said project into a box of shame. Despite the forewarning of the lathe crash, I still got a jolt of adrenaline when it hit. Love your work 👍
Mate the standard of your work for someone claiming to not be an engineer is nuts. You create some of the most precise things I've seen on KZread from any channel that's not a company or Clickspring, another Aussie, (is it something you drink?) but the 2 of you work at virtually opposite sides of the scale. The Inheritance Machining gag was top notch another thing your channel brings to the machinist space, a bit of fun not taking something, you obviously do very seriously, to seriously something until now I had to rely on This old Tony for. Thank you
@mrimmortal1579
29 күн бұрын
It’s gotta be the Vegemite…
@itarry4
22 күн бұрын
@@Turnipstalk so you don't watch inheritance Machining then? The bloke who runs that is exactly that an engineer who does top notch machinists work on his channel. Which a part of why the joke in this video. Oh and not sure why you felt the need to tell me this when my "for someone who claims to not be a engineer" is just a saying nothing more. I don't expect him to be both nor does it matter to the quality of his work.
@itarry4
22 күн бұрын
@@Turnipstalk sorry bro having a bad day at the time and reacted without really taking in your comment. Get so used to getting attacked on KZread by people being, well people who can say what they want without consequences that it was basically automatic.
"it really came down to rushing the design, and leaving the problems to 'future me', and now I'm 'future me', and it's a problem"
What a beautiful piece of engineering.
That lathe clip in the intro
@NoEngineerHere
Ай бұрын
It lives rent free in my head
@jjtb7300
Ай бұрын
@@NoEngineerHereI am a Machinist, and I accidentally selected a feed lever the wrong way once it was .6mm/rev where I wanted .3mm/rev it was going at 400rpm and the 50kg chunk of metal was on a bit of a angle and stalled the lathe instantly I thinking just how bad might of been if it was not a small part in a small lathe
ahh yess the casual cameo of one of my favorite machinists is top tier, also that lathe crash made my soul jump
Made me cry thinking about that one day I really thought I could mill one myself, rather than printing it!! Thanks for showing all the effort!! Congrats on the build!!
17:49 i appreciate your effort with including your lawn mower and LONG grass. Easily missed by your average punter but a true Easter egg😊
As an engineer and a fellow countryman an hour up the F3, it’s so nice to hear the technical term ‘rooted’ in use on KZread.
I don't have the money nor the intelligence to do the things you do. I've turned wrenches on and off for 25 years. I enjoy discovering how things work even if I don't completely understand the details. I get literally giddy with excitement when you release a new video. Keep them coming! ❤
@fewwiggle
21 күн бұрын
Weird, I've never found the on/off switch on my wrenches . . . . :-)
Arrived here from IM and have just hoovered up every minute of content you've so far put out. I've not done that amount of back-to-back KZread onsessive watching within the same day since I discovered Bobby Fingers. You're killing it - and making me realise that I need to embrace the Dunning-Kruger effect a little more in my own workshop. Nice one. Charlotte
What a masterwork of a video.
Dude you're getting into the realms of farmcraft101, TOT, old AvE and so on in my book. I get excited like a kid when you upload. Good jerb
It's even funnier when you realise he is holding a soldering iron which actually has no mic attached 😂. Love your content!
good to see the full process , nice one
I have no idea what its use is, but it is beautiful and I really enjoyed watching you make this beautiful thing!❤ looking forward to learning what it does in the future totally here for it!!
I hope the trend of makers sending Inheritance their scrapped parts catches on
The soldering iron "mic" is a nice touch.
@bartvanh
22 күн бұрын
I was subconsciously waiting for him to suck on it like a hookah
I love your engaging video production skills! It's funny and full of easy-to-miss Easter eggs. You're definitely a brilliant nerd!
Wow, this project is CRAZY!
Watching these videos is just such a joy. Just my kind of humor! Also I keep tripping over the fact that this is your 7th video, cause they are as polished and well done as if you were into at least the 100s. Just amazing, and thanks for the entertainment!
Man you really outdid yourself on this one! The cameo, your wife/girlfriend/whatever shouting wtf, the project, loved it! Became a patreon after having laughed for a few video's, worth it. :)
mixing in the rhythmic noise with the perfectly fitting soundtrack is genius.
great video man, very well put together! i'm hoping we'll see more of this gearbox in the future
You never fail to disappoint my upside down friend! So close to 100k!
This is a final test, a true engineer would never ever think of doing a cycloidal reduction himself. Never, no chance.
the time you spent making this video is appreciated
my god the edit job just got 50x more complex and nicer, keep it up love the vids!
Has anyone realized how mind blowing & amazing it is to have Nearly 100k subscribers AND ONLY 7 VIDEOS! I think you are doing something right, looking forward to more content.
So, I'm watching this man make a very complicated gearbox to remove backlash. But so far he hasn't mentioned why he NEEDS no backlash whatsoever. What application needs this design?
@indivisibleat0m
23 күн бұрын
I can't think of one offhand for something at home, but I've run into them at work for speed compensation gearboxes in printing where any backlash results in huge changes in print or cut quality
@iwannadrum1001
23 күн бұрын
For some axis movement on his CNC machine. Any backlash will take your milling tool out of center
Impressive. I want to see this same cycloidal drive incorporated into a hand held socket ratchet. Love the content. Much respect from Texas.
Not everyone who graduates with an engineering degree SHOULD be considered an engineer. You know more than most about machining, and machine design as well. Really enjoyed your video.
What I need from a gearbox is some more alcohol. Love your vids 😊
Awesome engineering for someone who's ..... not an engineer! Though I was a little confused when you had PCB way machine the simple stuff, and you tackled the complicated high precision work in your shed. ??? By the way, what was the cost comparison of the PCB Way insert tool holders to the import sets? I've seen many KZreadr's make tool holders but I have found that the import holders I have purchased are of extremely good quality, and I couldn't even buy the materials and hardware to make them myself for the cost of an import sets, let alone the incredible amount of work to make them. Great video as always! Regards.
@NoEngineerHere
Ай бұрын
Those holders worked out to about $70usd a piece, with shipping and customs, not including hardware. Of course that price comes way down if you're just getting bulk of one style. If I'd just gone with like 20 of the extended style, I think they'd be closer to $50USD. Worth playing around with their quoting system!
@NoEngineerHere
Ай бұрын
Mind you the import sets are a bargain, and totally fit for purpose. I just wanted a couple of special features. The extended holders make it much easier to use a live centre, and as far as I could see, there aren't any cheap alternatives the the $309usd aloris model
@KW-ei3pi
Ай бұрын
@@NoEngineerHereThanks. Yes, they are a bargain. The last 5 piece set of BXA holders came in at less than $14 usd each with all of the hardware, and were very nicely surface ground.
Love your futuristic mic bro, glad you made it!
Thanks for the video mate. Very entertaining. Good luck with with your future projects 😊
I'll just make helical gears if I need no backlash.
I beleive it is in fact a "but"
Fabulous video, thanks for sharing. The end result was stunning. The Inheritance Machining gag was great. At 23:00 I really like the steel toe protectors that actually conform to the shape of your toes. Mine are the old fashioned one-piece kind.
Amazing project, and excellent music choice!
Love the fushia pop of color on your lathe!!!
Excellent work. You demonstrate the second rule of engineering: Patience, Perseverance and Persistence, as in, "Never, never, never give up." Which relates to Thomas Edison's statement "So many people have been so close to success, but not realizing it became frustrated and gave up." Everyone gets into a deep project and hits the proverbial wall, exclaiming "What the %$^# was I thinking?!" You're a better engineer than many I have worked with, simply because you have the right attitude. Keep up the good work, it is inspirational to the rest of us. And always remember the third law of engineering: "All the easy problems have already been solved by others, and the ones left are close to impossible!" -cheers
That was great, wow so crazy to build.
Such an impressive build!
I was already enjoying this video... and then the cameo really got me smiling! I hope this is a glimpse into a possible future collaboration project!!!
I found your channel through this video. You are effing awesome. Love your work, attitude, and your videos! I've watch all your videos in the last day! Can't wait to see more!
Great video mate! You're a better machinist than I ever was
3 Minutes into your video (first one I ever watch) and I subbed... already love your attitude and humor apart from the knowledge you give!! Great job brother!!