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Interesting point about the rubber bands vs the resultant torque loss, it is true that the opposing forces on the gears along with the "rubber pull" will tender them to one direction or another in concert... However,...and I say this kindly and (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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yeah, probably work real good,,,,,interesting , But I would'nt use it my self. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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>>>>>> However,...and I say this kindly and jokingly, ....Cheater!!! You experimented (cheated) with washers of a sort, gaaa.. <<<<<< Hey! real engineering uses shims (not washers ;) And I can honestly put my hand on my heart and say everything in (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Whoa, I gotta think about this one for awhile..... (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) one would do with this. The Lego Mindstorms booklet doesn't explain it at all. (My host laptop computer runs Linux, and so if it is explained in the nifty multimedia CD-ROM that came with Mindstorms, I've missed it.) It took me weeks to (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Ha Ha that's great...ok buddy, thanks... Eric, - I still have got to ponder these pix for awhile! (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I didn't mean to start such a firestorm about this. I suspect, reality being lazy, that it's easier to fix a 'problem' like this in one place (the centralized mailing-list software) and not in a great multitude of places (everyone's varied (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm considering the ambitious undertaking of trying to port NQC to my Palm IIIx. I've gotten the RCXlib running, though the demo program seems to not be able to find my RCX 'alive'. I know GCC can be used to generate Palm apps, and NQC doesn't seem (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Greetings, Chris! Have you seen Mike Kory's BrickRemote? ((URL) His app relies on a physical connection with the Lego IR Tower (serial port) and (I'm probably speaking way out of turn here) also appears to be able to by-pass any need to (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I hadn't. Don't have the necessary serial connectors to do so, and it seems like it would be bulky and awkward even if successful. I'd be very happy to eliminate the IR tower from my laptop too, if there were any way to make Lego IR and IrDA (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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In what is the most pro-active customer support I have ever experienced, Paul Ellams contacted me and suggested I might beta a newer revision of his Robotics Mover software for the Palm platform. He was suprised that my range using a Handspring was (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.palm)
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Graphite could work, and should be safe. I've been using it for model train couplers, which are made from Delrin. It comes in a little tube, and you sort of "puff" it on. Kadee is the manufacturer, and it should be available in the model train (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Why not? Graphite's carbon rings are most definitely not going to harm ABS plastic. Is it a purism thing? (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Oil may work well on turntables, but don't use them for pneumatics. I oiled them with some kind of oil (I can't remember), and now they stick and stutter when you pull them. They seem to operate fine now, but not if they get much worse. I would not (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think that people think it is a pain in the a$$, as there has been a post on this before, but it has been this way for a long time, and people are used to having to delete senders. I am not saying that I like to do this (I don't), but that people (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Why would one "never know"? This is chemistry, not astrology. Graphene sheets (the molecular unit of graphite) are quite stable and inert. Most hydrocarbon oils should also be fine for turntables and other parts with all-ABS construction (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Well, I just got some bad news from Dave 'NQC' Baum. Apparently he's a Palm developer, and he won't touch the project, because of architectural limitations in the Palm OS. Apparently NQC needs a lot more dynamically- allocated memory than the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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It's not so much the "conical" gear that takes the backlash out of the setup that Bob Fay provided links to, but the ability to use the technic axles as torsion springs and keep the gear teeth in the train loaded at all times. That particular gear (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) What set(s) include this "conical" gear? (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I just did some measurements of heap usage for NQC, and it isn't quite as bad as I feared. Compiling a trivial program without including the standard API uses about 11K. If you include the standard API, this grows to about 64K. For a modest (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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