Drawing velocity polygon for a press mechanism

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Homework Statement
Draw a velocity polygon and identify absolute and relative velocity
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Velocity polygon
Linkage diagram of a press mechanism: a crank with a red arrow and pivot at left, a coupler from point B to pivot C, a link from O6 to C and D, a slider block at E on a vertical guide below, with points B, C, D, E and O6 labelled.
Hello, I'm new to the forum, I want to ask help on this problem here, above is a press mechanism and I'm tasked to draw a velocity polygon based on this mechanism. The point of contact between the two gears is A and consider it as a swivel hinge (rotating but stay still), so I guess it's O2?

Here's my attempt

Velocity polygon with origin Ov and points b, c, d and e joined by vectors labelled Vb, Vc, Vd, Ve, Vb-c, Vc-d and Vd-e, with arrowheads showing direction.

But I feel like it doesn't quite right, if you can help me solve this problem I would be very grateful thank you.
 
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Lnewqban said:
Welcome, @Archives_3 !

Sorry, I don't see points A or O2 in your diagram.
My mistake sorry, A is the point of contact between two gears. Now because the instructions that I've not put it in here says that considers A as a swivel hinge, then I assume then A becomes O2.
Linkage diagram of a press mechanism with points labelled O, A, B, C, D, O6 and E, with a red curved arrow at the crank near O and dashed circular paths drawn around the crank and the coupler pivot.

Here's the picture again, I edited the A and B so to not cause confusion anymore I hope.
 
Thank you.
If those discontinuous lines are the meshing circles of two gears with fixed centers, I don't understand the swivel idea.
The bigger gear should have a clockwise rotation.
In that case, the velocity vector of joint B should be represented as perpendicular to the radius of that gear and pointing to the right.
That vector then determines the velocity vectors of joints C, D and E.
 
Lnewqban said:
Thank you.
If those discontinuous lines are the meshing circles of two gears with fixed centers, I don't understand the swivel idea.
The bigger gear should have a clockwise rotation.
In that case, the velocity vector of joint B should be represented as perpendicular to the radius of that gear and pointing to the right.
That vector then determines the velocity vectors of joints C, D and E.
Linkage diagram of a press mechanism with labelled pivots B, C, D, O6 and E; link BC is horizontal from a fixed pivot at B, with a red arrow showing the rotation direction at B.

So can I see the problem like this?
 
Yes, but only if I am correct about the gears and other assumptions.
Could you consult with your professor?
Is it a number-less assignment, just to represent those vectors in a rough way?
 
Oh okay I understand, I will consult it when I have a chance,
Yes it's a number-less assignment
Thank you for your help
 

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