Is a set of gears more efficient than a shaft (drive)....when it comes to a "turning" job......assuming that the job could be done with either set up?
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quote:Originally posted by Chameleon:
Is a set of gears more efficient than a shaft (drive)....when it comes to a "turning" job......assuming that the job could be done with either set up?
I'd have to say the gears since they can handle different speeds and the shaft would only be at one speed.
I think you slipped a cog or a link. Maybe it's just your nomenclature usage. You mention a chain in the header then you want to compare a shaft drive to a gear drive. A shaft drive (common term used when describing motorcycles) and a gear drive is effectively the same thing. A "shaft" drive is nothing more than two gears connected together by a shaft. Conventional chains (like a bicycle chain) use sprockets and sprockets are different than gears. Of course one could get the "shaft" and end up on the "chain" gang but that is different too.
Fungo
Fungo
quote:Originally posted by Fungo:
I think you slipped a cog or a link. Maybe it's just your nomenclature usage. You mention a chain in the header then you want to compare a shaft drive to a gear drive. A shaft drive (common term used when describing motorcycles) and a gear drive is effectively the same thing. A "shaft" drive is nothing more than two gears connected together by a shaft. Conventional chains (like a bicycle chain) use sprockets and sprockets are different than gears. Of course one could get the "shaft" and end up on the "chain" gang but that is different too.
Fungo
Wouldn't you get the shaft after you got on the chain gang? Oh...wait...that's a different story too.
