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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 (URL) in advance, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Contents of Ultimate Accesory Set
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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)
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| | 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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| | Laptop IR
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Hello, Does anyone know how to control the brick with the built in IR port of a Dell laptop instead of the tower? Thanks for your consideration. jim (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Laptop IR
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Jim, I asked this question a few weeks ago, about an Apple PowerBook IR port.... This is the response I got from Dave Baum: ------- In theory it may be possible, but in practice it hasn't been done. The reason is that the PB uses IrDA (it also (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Laptop IR
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Ben- I am using a Dell laptop than claims it can be used as a serial port. I think that it is a different IR port than the Mac. Thanks for the input though. Jim (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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