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In lugnet.technic, Jeffrey Hazen writes:
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> Others have come up with very clever self regulating compressor designs, if
> that would suit. Check the archives.
I've just put a brief description and some photos of my new "pneumatic and
electric hand controller with integrated on demand compressor" doohickey on
my website. It uses the switch on the small black 9V battery box as part of
the pressure limit mechanism:
http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk/jen/lego/ideas.htm
Jennifer Clark
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| good gracious! That's amazing...that's what I was kinda thinking about playing with... fantastic job! -- "...and all that road going, all the people dreaming in the immensity of it...and tonight the stars'll be out, and don't you know God is Pooh (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| WOW!! That is an amazing piece of work. Have you figured out if there is a way to do it with a Technic 9V battery box, such as the one included in the Technic Space Shuttle? One thing I have noticed with some motors is that they will turn - or at (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| Not quite that simple, but you could arrange a touch sensor to be actuated by a small cylinder. Use a number of rubber bands to hold the cylinder "in" or ""down" to equal the force corresponding to the pressure you want in the tank. Put air from the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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