Hello ya’ll, I made up this concept of a kicker/slapper to put in between of the two top bars of a double reverse 6 bar that I have built. The specifics are that the gap between the two top bars is roughly 3 inches, and the slapper will be connected to a 60T gear. The slip gear is a 36t that will be moved by two 6t sprockets using a 9p chain. I’m trying to get everything to be inbetween that 3 inch gap but it looks like it will not work? I’ll let yall be the judge of this:
*Keep in mind this is the top bar and the front excess space is to add a passive clamp of some sort and the back excess space is where the double reverse six bar is connected.
I would avoid using chain if you can. I see why you decided to use it, the chain allows you to keep the motor inside your mechanism. However, one big simplification you can make is to (if you can) allow the motor to reside outside of your mechanism; you would essentially be direct-driving the slip gear, allowing you to have fewer axles.
Thank you for your response, you are right about me using the chain to keep the motor in between my mechanism. I only want to keep it like that because of weight. So having the motor be on the side would be a weight disbalance. I would have the motor positioned vertically and use a bevel gear but VEX bevel gears are weak.
