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WorksheetsSimple Gear Train and Gear Train with Idler - VEX First Build
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What are these used for?
To stack on screws to make them fit
They just came with the kit and are not useful
To protect places where metal crosses metal
To make your gears tight
Which are important to remember about locking collars?
Get them extra tight
Don't lose the center
Use only on screws
They are pretty
How do you choose which size screw to use?
Not too long and not too short.
Use the longest I have
One that barely fits
Which one I pick up
Which direction do the teeth of the Keps nut go?
It does not matter
Only use with shafts
With the teeth away from the metal
With the teeth toward the metal
Which is true of a 1:1 gear ratio?
The gears are different sizes
They turn in the same direction
The gears are the same size
They require and idler
An idler gear has one job. What is that job?
To change direction
To subtract from the gear ratio
To add to the gear ratio
To make it look complex
What is a shaft for?
Making your parts stand apart
Poking in holes
Holding the gear
Decoration
What does a standoff do?
Holds parts apart at a specific distance
Holds the gears
Decoration
Use when you don't have keps nuts
What is the gear ratio?
1:1
2:1
60:30
1:2
What is the gear ratio?
1:1
2:1:2
2:1
1:2
Do you understand what we have worked on this week?
YES!
Mostly
Not really
I need help
Are you enjoying building?
YES!
Mostly
Not really
I hate this
Do you think your team is working well together?
YES! I love my team
Mostly
We could be better
Why am I with these people?
I understand that Mrs. Seigler will be out next week and I promise to be good for the sub.
YES!
Yes but lower case
What?
Really?
I will bring my Chromebook to class every day.
YES!
Yes but lower case
I don't want to
My chromebook is lost/broken
