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Controlling a Unimat lathe
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:14:14 GMT
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I have an old Unimat (model 14412) lathe that I would like to try to control
with one of our lab's Mindstorms kits. Does anyone have any suggestions for
ways to connect the motors to the two lead screw adjusting wheels?
(Photo at http://eame.ethics.ubc.ca/users/pad/Robots/Unimat.jpg)
Thanks in advance,
Peter Danielson
Robot Ethics Lab
Centre for Applied Ethics
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
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| My mailserver has been unstable for the last few days, so please forgive me, if this has already been answered. On the Mindstorms homepage, the exact contents of the Ultimate Accesory Set are revealed: SET INCLUDES: 45 LEGO ® PIECES, INCLUDING: 1 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Controlling a Unimat lathe
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| (...) Ya, go buy a stepper motor... The problems would be backlash and power. Even the best (IE, using a 1:40 reduction, with the angle mesured on the imput shaft) would likely put out too little power. Backlash is the harder one...you could (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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