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Re: Unidirectional drive (was Re: Synchro drive in Lego)
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:17:31 GMT
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Original-From:
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Paul Speed <pspeed@IHATESPAMaugustschell.com>
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Mark Tarrabain wrote:
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> "S. Crawshaw" wrote:
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> > > My original thinking was to try and figure out a way to
> > > get the whole assembly to want to drive rather than turn without
> > > any linking to the plate. (Unfortunately, even with enough
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> > could you not (I haven't tried this!) use a ratchet on the assembly so
> > that axle rotation one way turns the assembly, and the other way drives
> > the wheel?
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> Yup, that'd work. But it would have the annoying side-effect of making a
> heck of a lot of noise as the ratchet went from tooth to tooth. Is there
> any way to minimize that?
It would only do it when turning the assembly, not driving
the robot. So it might be acceptable. I don't think I have the
parts to try this unfortunately.
-Paul (pspeed@augustschell.com
--
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