Talk:Cam (mechanism)

message: This article was written so poorly I can't tell the difference between vandalism and poor writing/a poor attempt to explain what the purpose of cam lobes are...this article IS sad  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.13.226 (talk) 02:05, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, one just needed to look at the history to see what the vandalism edit shortly before yours had overwritten (ie, most of the lede). The article wasn't quite as sad as you thought. I reverted to the pre-vandal version. Cheers, — ¾-10 05:18, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Redux

message: Brushed up definition; it was way too hard to understand properly eg by people without engineering skills. Now it states:
A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion or vice versa. cam definition by Merriam WebsterAnother definition giving a similar explaination It is often a part of a rotating wheel (eg. an eccentric wheel) or shaft (eg a cylinder with an irregular shape) that strikes a lever at one or more points on its circular path.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.176.221.125 (talk) 09:41, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition

message: thumb|right|150px
Added this [first] image. Needs CGI'ing dough.
:I've removed this image, because it does not depict a cam, but rather an eccentric. I watched the source you listed on the image and I heard them refer to the eccentric as a cam, which is just incorrect. Wizard191 (talk) 19:50, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree. The first image appears to be a complicated slider crank, not a cam nor an eccentric. - AndrewDressel (talk) 19:31, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Changed my original picture and uploaded it at eccentric page. Added this [second] image instead. - 91.176.222.111 (talk) 16:29, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The second image, Rotary to linear motion conversion cam 1.jpg (replaced with a dupe on commons so name is changed --MGA73 (talk) 08:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Andrew, you are quite right, that is not a cam, but rather a crank. Wizard191 (talk) 18:16, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the correction, changed the images
KVDP (talk) 11:26, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Image

message: When i get some time, I'd like to add a displacement diagram to the article.  This handbook should be referenced in this article: C. H. Moon, Cam design, a manual for engineers designers and draftsmen, AMCAM, 1961 ---BAxelrod (talk) 01:58, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: new reference

message: Can we talk about this concept? It's what the nautilus cam used I think. DB (talk) 01:13, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [[cam pulley]]

message: Ty 72.175.182.129 (talk) 06:15, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  TT 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: Moved (closed by non-admin page mover) BegbertBiggs (talk) 22:02, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 2 January 2024