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Re: Mechanical Indexing Drives
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:30:19 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.#spamless#net>
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Iain Hendry wrote:


Has anyone done any type of indexing drive, say, where a carousel is
driven intermitently, with dwell, from a continuously-rotating input
shaft?

Here is a nice Geneva escapement done in Lego:

    http://home.insight.rr.com/worldof/lego/gen_whl_esc/index.html

I used this quite successfully - although it is rather bulky.

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(...) Great job Steve!! I *KNEW* someone must have built one already! As soon as I saw Iain's post I started thinking about it, and quickly built one. Although not as pretty or sturdy as Steve's, it works nonetheless. Since I don't have access to a (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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"Nick Tarleton" <jp_prongs@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GzwyvF.16K@lugnet.com... (...) Well, of course... I guess my question was more or less meaning has anyone done similar to the units offered by CAMCO or Sankyo (indexing turntables). Or a (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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