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Subject: 
Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx
Date: 
Thu, 30 Sep 1999 06:55:33 GMT
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John Morgan wrote:

> Hi Chio
>    Thats a pretty interesting design. Nice work!
> 
> http://tns.utk.edu/~trees/compressor/compressor.html
> 
>  Here is a link to some pictures of the two stage compressor I built. Hopefully
> there are enough details shown to reconstruct it but if you have any questions
> let me know. The actual compressor assembly is fairly compact and a drive line
> could be designed in other ways but I wanted to have the motor and compressor
> in a compact unit to insert into various models. After seeing your test
> results, I added the extra gear ratio to increase the pump speed. Using the
> belts allows the drive to slip when maximum pressure is reached. The chain
> drive will only operate smoothly when the motor is turning clockwise.
>  well, let me know what you think : )
>    John

My, that is an awesome looking compressor design, indeed. I hope it doesn't throw
my recording device off-scale.

I'm not too sure I can build it just from the pictures but I'll give it a go. It'll
help if you could include some exploded views and a full parts list. I probably
would have most of the parts.

Of course, it would be even better if you could just DHL the whole thing to me ...
;-)
--
C S Soh

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~cssoh
... where air is power



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(...) heehee more air power is better,right ? <grin> of course it really depends on the application, but in this case I want to push about 8 cylinders. maybe this upgrade to the pump will help get me inspired to complete it. (...) I will put some (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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(...) Hi Chio Thats a pretty interesting design. Nice work! (URL) Here is a link to some pictures of the two stage compressor I built. Hopefully there are enough details shown to reconstruct it but if you have any questions let me know. The actual (...) (27 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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