Restoring decayed gears

[docs]

Eric, does it remain that angle all the way round or do the teeth straighten off? It's hard to tell.

 

[caution]

Hmm, interesting. Just curious, if the number of teeth is the same, how can they be off by a degree? Each circle has exactly 360* right so as long as the # of teeth is the same, I’m thinking the rotational spacing should be the same too?

Exactly. The inner and outer teeth are independently drawn, they just didn't end up at the same rotation as the original gear. Actually the outers are off more than that, I turned it for the pic but didn't get it exact

Eric, does it remain that angle all the way round or do the teeth straighten off? It's hard to tell.

Yeah. Each tooth is the same rotation of 30 degrees

Angled views can be deceiving because of the way the program adjusts for perspective. Here's a shot of the blue gear above, from straight above, compared to the original. The gap actually looks a little smaller

 

[docs]

Got ya, painstaking and difficult, makes your effort even more stunning.

 

[caution]

I've sent out three of these to members, but haven't received any feedback yet.
If you're interested in trying one, I have two left. First come first serve.

 

[Superduper]

I don’t have that Boombox to try. All that talk years ago about Humpty Dumpty gears discouraged me from considering that model(s).