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Old 12-04-12 | 06:50 PM
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From: Willy, VIC
Originally Posted by ftwelder
I am working on a linkage that changes a rotary action to a tilting action at specific location. The guy before me gave up when he had four sets of levers/links and still had nothing. It took me a couple of days staring at it making mock-ups before solving the problem with one spherical rod end and one axis (with two bearings) It was a very simple solution but so hard to find.
Glad you found your solution.

A fascinating source of thousands of such solutions is the four volume set of Franklin Jones's "Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Engineers". If you ever find a copy for under $100, jump on it.
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