Geared \"degree bar\"?

[abbazaba]

Has it ever been considered to use a gear rack for the degree bar?  I find the “divots” and the thumb screw setup to be unreliable and not very secure.  I think a geared bar with spur gears would be a fantastic improvement.   Anyone done this before?

 

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[wickededge]

We’ve definitely thought about it a lot.

-Clay

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[abbazaba]

Thank Clay.  I hope to be able to purchase it as an upgrade some day.

[Marc H]

abbazaba, welcome to the Wicked Edge Forum, could you share with us which model WEPS you’re finding the thumb-screw set-up unreliable?

I utilize two screws on opposite sides of both the “L” bracket adjustment and the micro adjustment screw on my earlier model WE130

Maybe you can utilize a similar type modification to give you a more secure adjustment.

 

Marc
(MarcH's Rack-Its)

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[abbazaba]

I’m using an upgraded base model with the WE120UP (ball joints and collars) and now also the WE130UP (degree bar, arms, and clamp).  I have the same shock boots over the ball joints like you thanks to this forum.  It works ok if I check regularly to make sure it’s tight, I was just thinking that a gear system would be much better and more user friendly.

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[Marc H]

You might consider the opposite side pair of locking screws.  I no longer have an issue with unsecure positioning.  I utilized your top metal thumb screw, down to the flat  side of the square angle bar and now use two opposing nylon thumb screws on the ball joint screws.  This works well for me because the nylon won’t bugger the threads of the ball joint screws. The opposing force keeps everything nice and tight.  I did cut the 10/32 nylon screws shorter and cleaned the cut end with sand paper so they didn’t stick out too far.

Marc
(MarcH's Rack-Its)

[Bill Kirkley]

Here is another design option. Mount the block on a threaded rod with a flat side.

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