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| (...) See www.ldraw.org :) It even describes how to output to povray to get a really good looking final image! bfn - Ciaran (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| |  | | Re: Pawl and rachet? -- slick!
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| Wow, this is very cool, I like the sliding-worngear principle, a neat hack -- and it's x2 more simplier than my design. :) Thanks for the help! (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| |  | | Ignore the drawing is last post
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| sorry the drawings got messed up, please ignore them (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| |  | | one motor- four diffrent axles
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| I had a great idea. I'm not sure if anyone has done this before, but I have found a way to make one motor drive four (or more) axles, individually! The downside is that only one axle can be rotated at a time and in only one direction, and I'm having (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hello, I designed just such a drive, using worm gears instead of ratchets. It does, unfortunately, take a tiny amout of time to shift between moving forward and spinning in place. Perhaps it will meet your needs anyway. The relevant images are steps (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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