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That is fascinating. I've not ever heard of that. Can you share any more about that? Is there a particular name for it other than "cloth gears?" I'm having a
by JohnBooty 4y ago
That is fascinating. I've not ever heard of that.
Can you share any more about that? Is there a particular name for it other than "cloth gears?"
I'm having a hard time Googling/DDGing it because "cloth gears" and every variation I can think of returns other things.
It's one of those things people did before
plastics. I have some old Teletypes with a
few cloth gears, and you can see the woven
pattern on the sides
- Animats 4y ago"Men and Volts", p. 317.[1] Here's one you can buy, a replacement part for some old equipment.[2] Look at the large version of the picture. You can clearly see the stitching of the original cloth. Composite materials, the early years. Composites are something long and thin with good tensile strength, combined with something strong but possibly brittle with good compressive strength. Probably the earliest composite was bricks with straw. [1] https://archive.org/stream/menandvoltsstory00hammrich/menandvoltsstory00hammrich_djvu.txt https://archive.org/stream/menandvoltsstory00hammrich/menand... [2] http://www.mcssl.com/store/4833177/fairbanks-morse-magneto-parts/fiber-gear http://www.mcssl.com/store/4833177/fairbanks-morse-magneto-p...
- JohnBooty 4y agoWow! That's fascinating. Thank you.
- TempAccount01 4y agoSearch for "micarta gears". I'm not sure if that is a specific brand or a more general term but it results in lots of pictures. The gears are made of cloth and some sort of phenolic resin. Seems the technique is also used by some for making knife handles out of cloth and epoxy resin.