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After following the ongoing pneumatic thread, I thought I would 1) show my newly designed electric switch 2) talk about the glory of pneumatics and 3) throw in my 2 pickles. There are references to the previous pneumatic thread in this post. First (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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Much agreement from me! It's amazing what creative uses there are for them, I pointed out earlier that I made a catapult, which when the air pressure builds up enough, it flings a 1x12 which has a open box with ballow tires. I also made a good (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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I must applaud Linc for a wonderfully design switch... I love it :) I also agre with everything he has said about the Pneumatic elements. One trick I have found to be very usefull is using pneumatic cylinders as motion-transfer devices. If you take (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If you use a t-connector to connect each side of the circuit to a compressor (that uses a SMALL pump and NO tank!) you can maintain high pressure, and the fact that the pump's cylinder is small compared to the other two cylinders means that (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That link doesn't work anymore. Can anyone tell us how this construction worked? (any gears? Levers? Maybe a worm gear?) I might want to use the idea in a Mindstorms design. (by the way, I really liked the soda bottle tank idea and might try (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It's a real pity that Linc Smith isn't active here anymore; he seemed to be a very resourceful person. Anyway, I remember fairly well how this switch works, and, yes, there is a worm gear involved. The key idea is this: You put one of the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) the link's moved here (URL) c s soh cssoh@singnet.com.sg (URL) air is power (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Linc also seems to have a new (to me, anyway) pneumatic excavator at (URL) that's really awesome! The bucket was my very first part in LDraw, BTW. I could probably do better now that I'm more experienced, but I'm afraid it will be too much (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) And in message (URL) Soh Chio Siong writes: (...) here anymore. By the way, I also found another design that puts a z8 gear on the micromotor meshed with a z40 gear, then uses a 1x5 half beam to link one of the 4 center holes on the z40 gear (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) in (...) The link is now at (URL) have a more rugged and reliable version of Linc's Micromotor actuated pneumatic switch, referenced in this thread: (URL) The problem I had with his design was that things didn't stay aligned. I tweaked and (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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