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    Bearing support for vertical shaft

    I have short (12") vertical shaft. The shaft will supported at the top and bottom by a bearing. The only axial load will be from the weight of the shaft and gears on the shaft. I'll estimate the total weight of the shaft and gears at around 5 lbs. Shaft will rotate at around 1000 RPM. From...
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    Calculating stress given torque

    Not sure what happened there, I've added the diagram to my post.
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    Calculating stress given torque

    I'm trying to figure out the stress on member AB in the attached diagram, given a load of 250lbs at point C. Obviously there is a torque of 250ft-lbs at point B, but I'm not sure how to translate that into stress on member AB? My end goal is to size member AB so that the stress is stays below...
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    Calculating the force to bend steel

    Picture a game of hangman. You have a vertical pole, a horizontal bar extending out from the pole and then the poor guy being slowing hanged hanging at the end of the horizontal bar. I'm trying to calculate much weight the pole can support before it bends. Well, actually I'm trying to hang a...