Nested eccentric cams
 

Is there a simple set of relationships or formula for one eccentric
inside another?

I'm trying to figure out how to use a mounting bolt through the inside
one so it can be moved as though along a slot. It doesn't have to be
constrained to the virtual slot, just that all places along the
virtual slot are available. This is for adjustment - the eccentrics
will be locked once the bit is bolted down in the right spot.

Nested eccentric cams
 

On Thursday, May 22, 2014 5:52:55 AM UTC-7, thunk wrote:
Is there a simple set of relationships or formula for one eccentric

inside another?

An eccentric is just a short linkage arm, the arm length being
the deviation of the external cylinder's center to the internal
shaft's center. So, when you have two arms with equal length, you
can make a straight-line deviation from the center by anything
from +2L to -2L, in any direction

If the lengths aren't equal, your situation gets odder, of course;
and you'll never be able to hit the center though some long straight-line
segments that miss the center are possible.