/challenges-projects/design-challenges/makelifeaccessible/b/blog/posts/make-life-accessible---elapshelf---getting-it-all-together---blog-8The gears on the shelf are not working very well. I need to add bearings to the inside shafts to lower the drag and torque on the motor.Lining up gears with just shafts in holes in the wood is a bit tricky.The current solution looks like this: F...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/makelifeaccessible/b/blog/posts/make-life-accessible---elapshelf---getting-it-all-together---blog-8Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:08:21 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:895d580a-6edc-463d-9ed6-1f5eef8f5f80DAB0<p>You are putting a lot of mechanical stress on your pivot point.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I can see how your implementation would easily become unbalanced and increase the resistance to the turning motion.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would suggest adding a vertical member to the shelf and using a large hinge to take all of the stress of a loaded shelf.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You could then just use a simple lever to move the shelf in and out.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1591&AppID=130&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/makelifeaccessible/b/blog/posts/make-life-accessible---elapshelf---getting-it-all-together---blog-8Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:17:46 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:895d580a-6edc-463d-9ed6-1f5eef8f5f80clem571<p>Very nice woodwork going on here. Did you make or ???</p><p>Clem</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1591&AppID=130&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">