Gears, James May and me

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 01/07/2017 at 19:10 • Filed to: James May, Gears

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I’ve been watching James May reassembling a Kenwood food mixer and I find that we have a thing in common.

Both of us have looked closely at gear teeth meshing with one another and realised that there’s an awful lot of design involved in arranging for them to mesh and unmesh with the minimum of friction.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Cé hé sin 01/07/2017 at 20:51

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Part of my job literally involves inspecting gear tooth profiles. They are far from simple

shop-teacher > Cé hé sin 01/07/2017 at 21:31

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Whenever one of my students confidently declares “I’ll design some gears!” I smile and say, “Go ahead and try!”

I think it’s important for them to figure out on their own that they don’t know as much as they think they do :)

Forge Crown Victor! > Cé hé sin 01/08/2017 at 01:41

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This is the nerdgasm I needed tonight. Thank you OP.

jimz > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 01/08/2017 at 04:58

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hypoid gearsets mesmerize me. And remind me there’s a reason gear oil is such stinky swill.

Stephenson Valve Gear > Cé hé sin 01/08/2017 at 12:55

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Gears are beautiful and elegant; simple yet complicated...

atfsgeoff > Cé hé sin 01/08/2017 at 16:18

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A manual gearbox with a handcrank on the engine side and a clear acrylic case would make for an AMAZING living room conversation piece (and countless hours of entertainment for car people).

Amoore100 > Cé hé sin 01/08/2017 at 16:57

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It’s a wonder anything gets done at all in my mind what with all the power loss through gear friction that pretty much any modern mechanism has today.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Cé hé sin 01/09/2017 at 17:58

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Listen to this with your best earphones.