Bevel gear mechanism · 18 January 06 by Jesse Crossen
We’ve been doing a lot of mechanical brainstorming on the body-powered hook, trying to solve various practical problems with the original pin-in-slot mechanism. Many more ideas have been considered than I could possibly illustrate and explain, but the best one so far is pretty good:
See the project page for details about how it works. We initially shied away from introducing gears because of their weight and complexity, but this idea might just work (it uses stock bevel gears smaller than a penny).
