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Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 14 Oct 1998 20:34:53 GMT
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Moz
> With a lot of fiddling I managed to get a worm gear directly attached to a
> micromotor to operate the switch via a toothed plate. It made the whole • assembly
> fairly compact (3x12x5 or so), but slow and noisy. Because of that I've not
> really tried a bigger motor at all.
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> I used the direct approach - attach the switch so the lever moves • horizontally,
> put a #1 angle connector on the end, an 6x1 or so beam on that. The • Micromotor
> needs a couple of 2x1 technic beams in front of it with the drive going • through
> them to the worm, which then lies along the toothed plate. The other and of • that
> plate has a 2 beam on it attached to the 6 beam above.
Thanks, I might give that a whirl.
Andy Bower
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| Andy Bower wrote in message ... (...) With a lot of fiddling I managed to get a worm gear directly attached to a micromotor to operate the switch via a toothed plate. It made the whole assembly fairly compact (3x12x5 or so), but slow and noisy. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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