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Greatly improved pedal; both secondary chain sprockets in place.

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Simon Brooke 2025-09-06 07:53:11 +01:00
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README.md
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@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ Design of a highly experimental recumbent tricycle, not software at all.
Still at a very preliminary, pre-prototype stage. Work is documented [here](https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/tags-output/Tricycle/).
## Copyright
## Dependencies
Copyright © Simon Brooke, 2024-2025; may be used and modified under [Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) licence.
#### Parts of the following libraries are incorporated into this model
The following libraries are used into this model. They should be downloaded and installed into your [OpenSCAD library directory](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Libraries), which on Linux systems is usually `$HOME/.local/share/OpenSCAD/libraries`.
| Library | Referenced as | Author | Licence |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
@ -24,4 +22,6 @@ Copyright © Simon Brooke, 2024-2025; may be used and modified under [Creat
but (currently) uses elements from's [BentSim](https://github.com/PRouzeau/BentSim) project, which is [GPL](https://github.com/PRouzeau/BentSim/blob/master/LICENSE) licensed, and sprockets from s, which is licensed under .
## Copyright
Copyright © Simon Brooke, 2024-2025; may be used and modified under [Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) licence.

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model/chainset.scad
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@ -3,17 +3,16 @@
// (c) Simon Brooke 2025; CC-BY-SA
// Derived from Hampus Andersson's Sprocket Generator
include <SprocketGenerator2/files/Sprocket_Generator_v2_example_10.scad>
include <BOSL2/std.scad>
include <pedal.scad>
function sprocket_radius(teeth=52, roller=7.9, pitch=12.7) = let(roller_radius = roller/2,
radius = pitch/(2*sin(180/teeth)))
sqrt((radius*radius) - (pitch*(roller_radius+tolerance))+((roller_radius+tolerance)*(roller_radius+tolerance)));
function sprocket_radius(teeth=52, roller=7.9, pitch=12.7) =
let(roller_radius = roller/2,
radius = pitch/(2*sin(180/teeth)))
sqrt((radius*radius) - (pitch*(roller_radius+tolerance))+((roller_radius+tolerance)*(roller_radius+tolerance)));
module chainring( teeth=52, roller=7.9, pitch=12.7) {
radius = sprocket_radius(teeth=teeth, roller=roller, pitch=pitch);
@ -36,6 +35,14 @@ module spider(radius, arms) {
}
/**
* parameterised chainset with, currently, only one chainring; and,
* currently, derailleur-sized chain. Parameters are:
* `teeth`: the number of teeth, obviously;
* `arms`: the number of arms on the spider;
* `crank`: the length of the crank, in millimetres;
* `bbshell`: the width of the bottom bracket shell, in millimetres.
*/
module chainset(teeth=53, arms=5, crank=172, bbshell=68) {
radius = sprocket_radius(teeth=teeth);
@ -54,9 +61,9 @@ module chainset(teeth=53, arms=5, crank=172, bbshell=68) {
prismoid(size1=[10, 25], size2=[7, 18], h=crank +20);
// pedals
translate([0-crank, 0, 20 + bbshell])
translate([0-crank, 0, 8+bbshell])
pedal();
translate([crank, 0, 0-4])
translate([crank, 0, 0-2])
mirror([0, 0, 1])
pedal();
@ -73,4 +80,4 @@ module chainset(teeth=53, arms=5, crank=172, bbshell=68) {
// chainring();
// spider(90, 1);
chainset(teeth=82, crank=140);
// chainset(teeth=82, crank=140);

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model/pedal.scad
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@ -2,15 +2,31 @@
// (c) Simon Brooke 2025; CC-BY-SA
include <BOSL2/std.scad>
module pedal(){
rotate([0, 270, 0])
scale([.6, .6, .6])
translate([-50, -160, 0])
linear_extrude(height = 10, center = true)
// color("black")
import("library/look-keo.svg");
cylinder(h=80, r=6);
color("black")
intersection() {
rotate([0, 270, 0])
scale([.45, .45, .45])
translate([-20, -160, 0])
linear_extrude(height = 40, center = true)
import("library/look-keo.svg");
rotate([0, 90, 90])
translate([-50, 0, -43])
prismoid(size1=[60, 25], size2=[60, 5], height=90);
}
// axle
color("black")
cylinder(h=80, r=7.1);
translate([0, 0, 8])
color("black")
cylinder(h=3, r=9);
translate([0, 0, 12])
color("black")
cylinder(h=12, r1=10, r2=9);
}
// pedal();

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model/subframe.scad
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@ -12,31 +12,31 @@ include <epicyclic.scad>
module subframe () {
// front leg (supports cross-shaft, epicyclic, motor
translate([-25, 1820, -550])
color("grey")
color("silver")
cube([50, 25, 230]);
// bottom bracket leg
translate([-25, 1690, -578])
color("grey")
color("silver")
cube([50, 25, 310]);
// wheel leg
translate([-70, 1430, -593])
rotate([0, 5, 0])
color("grey")
color("silver")
cube([25, 75, 363]);
// front upper
translate([-25, 2000, -385])
rotate([70, 0, 0])
color("grey")
color("silver")
cube([50, 25, 330]);
// central upper
translate([-25, 1700, -275])
rotate([82, 0, 0])
color("grey")
color("silver")
cube([50, 25, 370]);
// rear leg
translate([-25, 1200, -515])
rotate([-23, 0, 0])
color("grey")
color("silver")
cube([50, 25, 344]);
// wheel
@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ module subframe () {
scale([0.70, 0.70, 0.70])
wheel(rim=451, spoke_nbr=0);
translate([-30, 1467.5, -450])
rotate([0, 90, 0])
color("grey")
sprocket(teeth=30, roller=7.9, pitch=12.7);
rotate([90, 0, 90])
translate([1680, -410, -40])
chainset( teeth=82, crank=140);