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Re: NEW pnumatic parts! (sort of)
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Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:05:33 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
> "Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > I physically whimpered. With Rob's clever 2-valve 1-output mechanism, this
> > > seriously makes me want to get into pneumatics.
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> > Could you please let me know what Rob's clever mechanism is? I'm very into
> > pneumatics and have a few 2-vavle 12-output mechanisms of my own.
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> What I meant is, he uses one RCX output and one RCX input to control two
> separate valves (thus two cylinders). It's VERY good. So easily with 1 RCX
> you can do 6 cylinders with ease.
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> http://sparky.i989.net/rstehlik/
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> http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~stehlik/projX.html (linked to ecf because
> sparky is giving me massive issues and I can't load the page - but you can
> cilck Robots then eXpedite, and scroll to "valves".)
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> I have more than a fair chunk of video of Rob's machine in action... one of
> these days I'll MPEGize it for him.
I thought you might have been talking about combining two switches to reduce the
off zone:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/Computing/p6040062.jpg
or eliminate it:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/kclague/Computing/p6040061.jpg
Doug Carlson came up with the geometry for the "no off". I modified it to
reduce the off zone.
Kevin
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> Iain
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| In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Kevin L. Clague wrote: <snip> (...) That is seriously sweet--little to no off for the cylinders... Iain was talking about this, though: (URL) In the pick you can see the motor driving the differential--spin it one way, (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: NEW pnumatic parts! (sort of)
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| (...) this (...) into (...) What I meant is, he uses one RCX output and one RCX input to control two separate valves (thus two cylinders). It's VERY good. So easily with 1 RCX you can do 6 cylinders with ease. (URL) (linked to ecf because sparky is (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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