Talk:Worm gear

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[edit] Worm Gear -> Worm gear

Obvious. Dunno why this isn't there to begin with. --Quuxplusone 02:05, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

yeah. Gzuckier 16:05, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
Page move notice removed — Graibeard 05:37, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

I set out to change the image but ended up doing a substantial rewrite as the original text was an unlisted {{copyvio}} of http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/mechanisms/pages/worm.html, and was still noticably so, even for the (then) current version.

I've also removed the phrase As the speed is reduced the torque to the drive increases correspondingly It doesn't seem to make sense - I must be standing at the wrong angle? — Graibeard 09:13, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Terminology

We definitely have a problem with terminology here. The opening definition seems to say that the "worm gear" is the ordinary radially-toothed gear (spur gear) that engages the "worm", which is the screw-threaded gear. Two sentences later we contradict ourselves by saying that a "worm gear" is a screw. There is quite a bit of confusion in other places, and in other articles that deal with this topic. The radially toothed gear is sometimes called a "spur gear" (see Gear→Spur gears) , a worm-wheel (see this article, section: Explanation) , or a "pinion" (see Gear→Worm gears). The screw-toothed gear is called a "worm gear" or a "worm". I don't know which is right. Possibly there is no real standard for these terms. Does anybody out there know anything about this?

  • It's just a matter of a pinion. Ha! Seriously, the screwy thing is the worm, the regular looking gear is not, in my half-vast experience. Gzuckier 17:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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