Recent content by jmay4096

Excellent thanks for your time and effort CWatters. Most helpful.

Thanks Cwatters. Any idea how i should calculate the advantage? The thing i can see for sure is that it takes 2 revolutions of both sprockets for the rod to make 1 comlplete path around.

Doug I guess your right thank you Sir. Its just a strange design like i never seen kinda got my sprocket an chain turning lol. Its the fact that the chain link attachment is the output that kinda got me confused.

I understand the the mechanical motion conversion of the machine its the output of this arrangment that has confused. I can't visually see the mechanical advantage but it must be because the speed ratio between input sprocket and output chain link. Am i wrong to assume that speed ratio...

So it seems the ratio is 2:1 by counting the drive sprocket teeth an the chain links rollers. So is this same as a 15 tooth pinion and 30 ring gear? If so the chain should be like a ring gear and drive sprocket like a pinion?

More pics of mechanism in gear box. This is an old windengine(windmill). It seems to be 2:1 drive ratio but i just can't wrap my head around it.

Hi guys and girls this my first post! Hope i got it in the right place. I need help understanding the mechanical advantage of this mechanism. The top sprocket is the input power the bottom sprocket is an idler the attachment on the chain is the output. Help!