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James, I've been extremely inspired by your tiny weight shifters.
I knew that my original attempts were going to be bested, but I hand't
gotten inspiration to make them smaller. I actually finished up a uCOG III
that had smaller feet than uCOG II, but it wasn't much of a victory.
Using some ideas from your design, I came up with uCOG IV, an upright walker
that is notably smaller than uCOG III, where the footprint is a 2x4, instead
of 4x6.
Here he is:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070038.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070039.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070040.jpg
Here he is standing next to uCOG III
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070041.jpg
uCOG IV is not as small as Mighty Mite 2, but he has a smaller footprint and
more foot clearance.
Kevin
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I forgot to mention that given uCOG IV weighs so little, the torsional and
bending resistance of the cable has a huge effect on walking. I'm motivated
to make a micro-battery pack, with six hearing aid batteries.... :^)
Kevin
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague writes:
> James, I've been extremely inspired by your tiny weight shifters.
>
> I knew that my original attempts were going to be bested, but I hand't
> gotten inspiration to make them smaller. I actually finished up a uCOG III
> that had smaller feet than uCOG II, but it wasn't much of a victory.
>
> Using some ideas from your design, I came up with uCOG IV, an upright walker
> that is notably smaller than uCOG III, where the footprint is a 2x4, instead
> of 4x6.
>
> Here he is:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070038.jpg
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070039.jpg
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070040.jpg
>
> Here he is standing next to uCOG III
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070041.jpg
>
> uCOG IV is not as small as Mighty Mite 2, but he has a smaller footprint and
> more foot clearance.
>
> Kevin
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Kevin,
I'm glad you were inspired by my little walkers. This one is pretty cool. It
reminds me of a little toddler =) I saw uCOG III a couple days ago(those
24-tooth gears sure come in handy as cams) and thought it looked nice.
You're right that Mighty Mite 2 doesn't have a lot of foot clearance, but
it's enough. I'm working on Mighty Mite 3, and I'll post some pictures as
soon as I finalize the design.
-jrl
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In lugnet.technic, James Loewen writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague writes:
> > James, I've been extremely inspired by your tiny weight shifters.
> >
> > I knew that my original attempts were going to be bested, but I hand't
> > gotten inspiration to make them smaller. I actually finished up a uCOG III
> > that had smaller feet than uCOG II, but it wasn't much of a victory.
> >
> > Using some ideas from your design, I came up with uCOG IV, an upright walker
> > that is notably smaller than uCOG III, where the footprint is a 2x4, instead
> > of 4x6.
> >
> > Here he is:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070038.jpg
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070039.jpg
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070040.jpg
> >
> > Here he is standing next to uCOG III
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/mm-walker/p5070041.jpg
> >
> > uCOG IV is not as small as Mighty Mite 2, but he has a smaller footprint and
> > more foot clearance.
> >
> > Kevin
>
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>
> Kevin,
>
> I'm glad you were inspired by my little walkers. This one is pretty cool. It
> reminds me of a little toddler =) I saw uCOG III a couple days ago(those
> 24-tooth gears sure come in handy as cams) and thought it looked nice.
> You're right that Mighty Mite 2 doesn't have a lot of foot clearance, but
> it's enough. I'm working on Mighty Mite 3, and I'll post some pictures as
> soon as I finalize the design.
James,
By all means Might Mite 2's foot clearance is enough. Sorriy if it
sounded like I said that. I'm still amazed at how small a COG shifter you
made. It is a thing of beauty.
Kevin
>
>
> -jrl
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