Talk:Worm drive

message: Obvious. Dunno why this isn't there to begin with. --Quuxplusone 02:05, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: yeah. Gzuckier 16:05, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Page move notice removed — Graibeard 05:37, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Worm Gear -> Worm gear

message: I set out to change the image but ended up doing a substantial rewrite as the original text was an unlisted  of http://www.flying-pig.co.uk/mechanisms/pages/worm.html, and was still noticably so, even for the (then) current version.
I've also removed the phrase As the speed is reduced the torque to the drive increases correspondingly It doesn't seem to make sense - I must be standing at the wrong angle? — Graibeard 09:13, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite

message: Errr... how about a wrench? I'd assume that's what most people associate them with.--24.91.161.79 07:19, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uses... 

message: I have added a template suggesting various stub pages on worm drive terminology should be merged here, on the grounds that Wikipedia is not a dictionary and the individual pages are too specialized. I have found two of these so far. I am expecting more. I need a search that will find them. Bill F (talk) 00:30, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice work. They are overly forked as-is. They should be deforked, but alas, that takes TIME, precious time. At least this is identified now for future attention. — ¾-10 02:10, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from 

message: A transmission is backdrivable if a force or torque on its output can move its input. An example of a backdrivable transmission is an automotive steering mechanism: when rock climbing in a 4WD vehicle, you should keep your thumbs on the outside of the steering wheel, because lateral torques on the front wheels can violently spin the steering wheel. An example of a non-backdrivable transmission is a machine head on a stringed musical instrument; although the worm can be turned to drive the worm wheel and tighten the strings, the enormous force on the worm wheel is unable to cause the worm to spin.
Non-backdrivable is synonymous with "self-locking".
The title of this section, "direction of transmission", sounds to me as if it is just a description of a behavior, with the section body written to describe that behavior. Because of this, I'm inclined to rename the section "Backdrivability" (reworking its contents appropriately) as this is a real term and should appear in this article. However, I'm concerned that "direction of transmission' may be a formal term that indeed should continue to be included and defined.
Do mechanical engineers working in this topic feel that "direction of transmission" should be preserved as part of this article? --Dan Griscom (talk) 12:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Direction of transmission" section changed to "Backdrivability"? 

message: The third external link "Worm Drive Selector & 2D CAD Drawings of components" appears broken.  Is the site still up etc.  If not, is editing required?  Qwerty59 1:19, 14 May, 2009 (EST)
:Here's the wayback link (), but the webpage doesn't work through the archive. I wasn't able to find a current webpage for it either, so I removed it. Wizard191 (talk) 13:22, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken Link? 

message: Link:
:http://books.google.com/books?id=I2NnbsyJsvAC&pg=PA7
Citation:
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Should anyone care to add a paragraph about the history of the worm drive. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 05:20, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ref about the history of the worm drive