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Re: Tow Truck & pneumatics
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:45:00 GMT
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Joel Shafer <joel@connect#AvoidSpam#.net>
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> > At 05:10 PM 4/22/99 +0000, Dennis Clark wrote:
> Now I'm looking at the tow truck and saying, "hmmm". Expensive, but man
> are they cool!
Cool, let us know if you get it. It would be interesting to know what
nifty parts it has. I had a tough time deciding between the front end
loader and the tow truck. Both appeared to have the pneumatics and extra
parts that I wanted to use with the RIS. Price made the decision for me.
By the way, does anyone have a good design for using pneumatics with the
RCX? I would ideally like to use one motor to both power the compressor
and to activate the air switches. An electrical air switch sure would be nice.
Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) A solution that I have used, although not what you asked for, is to purchase the extra motor kit (pretty inexpensive) and use that motor and the dedicated power box to make a stand alone compressor station. Heck, if the extra weight is an (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Tow Truck & pneumatics
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| (...) This was my quandry and my solution as well. (...) nice. I built up a standalone compressor using the idea that someone on lugnet came up with. He (and I) used the S@H polarity switch and a small pneumatic cylinder calibrated with a rubber (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | pneumatic switch control
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| (...) I've been thinking about this a lot... What about using a differential to separate motor direction output. Turning one direction could control one switch and turning the other could control the other switch. The switches could be controlled in (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Programming RCX?
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| (...) I second that. I've had my RIS kit all year and have spend 90% of my time trying to come up with good mechanical designs that are compact, good looking, and don't fall apart. Before I bought the RIS, I thought of myself as being mechanically (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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