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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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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'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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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Whoa, I gotta think about this one for awhile..... (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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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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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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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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How about graphite? I don't think that will degrade plastic. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have done quite a lot of experimentation to limit backlash in certain situations. First of all, it is quite easy to make little shims from the yellow plastic material the parts are seperated into in new sets. I make ones with 0.2" holes in (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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The closest thing to an anti-backlash gear is the Conical gear (a misnomer). It can be used to load a gear train. I have used this in a design by Iain Hendry. (URL) have tried using a second motor in the gear train with a slight reverse current. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Isnt that the same as the white clutch gear. Here is a link to it: (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Tech question for us: Any body know what an Anti-Backlash gear is? If Lego made one, we would all have super precise Robots and mechanisisms! BERG carries them... Anybody know what I'm talking about? (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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I read somewhere in the past as an official "Legostatement" from TLC - that no lubricants of any kind should be used with the gears, wheels, axles, pcs. etc... However, it sounds like some people have had success using controlled amounts. I do know (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Try Pegasus (version 3.12c), you have tag-marks to select whom to reply to from all the entries in the header, works perfectly. Andreas (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Andy Gombos writes: > So what software does this? If it is so common to have in an > e-mail program, then which do it? I know of no email software with a "Reply to Recipient" command -- *THAT* is the problem. That's why mailing list operators are (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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So what software does this? If it is so common to have in an e-mail program, then which do it? Andy (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3AC937B7.A66D86...ail.net... (...) turntables? I (...) to (...) Hmm... I have an older turntable (circa 1995ish) and I'd lubricated it about a year after I got it with HO train (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I did that on my oldest turntable : took it apart, thoroughly removed all dust and added a SMALL drop of silicone oil. Works fine since... Philo (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve Baker writes: > > If you're stuck using software you can't change, ask the author to fix it. > > Well, I maintain that since everyone won't do that, There is no point in discussing this issue further. Spend your energy fixing your software, or (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't think that's commonly available - I don't see it under either PINE or Netscape 4.x (the two mailers I use regularly). The observed fact that I get duplicate replies to nearly every message I post to this list suggests that even if that (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve Baker writes: > Chris 'Xenon' Hanson wrote: > > > I can't enumerate the number of time's (like just a moment ago) > > that I replied directly to the sender, not to the list, forgetting > > to change the To line. > > What ends up happening is (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) DISCLAIMER: I've never tried this... I'd definitely avoid any kind of liquid lubricant. I'd guess that a dry graphite lubricant would work - the kind of thing that's recommended for lubricating door locks that comes with a nice thin nozzle to (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Greetings, Any suggestions to safely yet effectively lubricate technic turntables? I have four which are somewhat stiff and require a fair amount of torque to rotate. Thanks in advance! Cheers, Carl Jagt (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ditto. I find this *INCREDIBLY* annoying - because this is the only one of over a dozen mailing lists that I'm subscribed to that works this way. What ends up happening is that people *don't* politely edit the 'To:' lines - instead they hit (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I've built a few line followers to see how fast I can do the test track - but I've concluded that you have a quality/speed tradeoff. I've built robots that *approximately* follow the track at these kinds of speeds - but without some kind of (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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In Creative Projects I make recommendations on line followers. One of them is to add a touch sensor that you can use as a trigger to grab the light levels of the line and the surface and store them in memory. Then you can use the average of those (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Folks, Two BrickBots.Com contests ended last week, and here is a rundown of the results. First, the Top Spinning Challenge - Get as many tops spinning simultaneously for as long as possible. (URL) Tip Top Top Tipper Score: 27 points! (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) In my experience, one wants to reply to the list more often than just to the sender. Perhaps I'm wrong. In any case, anyone wishing to just reply to the sender would remove the list address from their outgoing message, and fill in the sender's (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) No no no no no no no!!!! I ABSOLUTELY hate mailing lists that do that; it makes it near impossible to reply just to the sender. --Ken (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) HeHeHe !!! :-) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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