Recent content by carman435

Ah I follow I think. Yes I understand the concern. The centre lines are just the basis here and its mainly just to help describe the formula and calculations I was looking for. This likely won't be put into production but was a test case to help us explore 4 bar linkages. If we were...

They are interconnected gates! Yes. I will have a look over that site and see if it helps. I do have access to AutoCad, although I was using Webcad as I was at home. I've installed proper AutoCad onto my home pc now which is making life easier. In terms of the thickness of each I'm not sure...

Fair enough. The lines are fixed bars that end at those defined points. I think I've got far enough that I could recreate it which is what I hoped for. Thanks for you help.

Did you manage to get any further on this?

I think I've managed to brute force a correct answer just by setting a constant and then guessing using an excel sheet. That said I'm sure there is a more effective method

I'm hoping for a tad of guidance here. I believe the solution to this problem has mutiple answers. Is that the case? I think two of us could look at it and get two separate bars of different lengths and they would both work equally well? If I'm right I may be close, if not I will revert back...

Not a problem thankyou for your help I'm trying to find common points now but im unsure if there is a better way then trial and error! Hopefully so! Thankyou for all your help and time

Hi thanks that's actually spot on. I don't suppose you got anywhere with connecting them? I'm still working on that at the moment

Thanks. I appriciate your help in this. I will stop supplying info as I get the impression I'm no help here at all!. Thanks for your help and time

Here's another photo showing just the arcs and there limit. It does not show the entire circle. Just the arcs the lines will follow

Ah okay, does the above info help at all

As for a plan view or an elevated view. This is a 2d rotational model I've been asked for help with. My friend believes they have other working models which they use to test things before furthering development but I'm being given limited info here

Yes sorry. I tend to babble and get people confused a lot. Poor trait but I'm working on it ! The view we are seeing is a side view. The reason they won't hit each other is that they won't do a full rotation around the axis. I've simply put the circles on as I was trying to visualise it. The...

What two equations would they be? Would you know the names or where I could find them?

I think I'm confusing things here. Effectively what I'm looking for is the formula to calculate the coupling position and the lengths they are. The starting points of the rotation shouldn't matter for me as I can adjust them in the formula (I think) The end points again shouldn't matter. If...