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RE: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build
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Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:39:58 GMT
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> Hello Ralph...
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> I have built your original compressor from the photos you provide.
> I really like its form, rigidity and functionality. A great design.
Gee, thanks!
> I plan to modify mine tonight into a full stroke design as some have
> suggested. All you need do is use longer axles and attach the wheels
> in front of the two gears. Add another beam in front at the top and
> away you go.
Let me know how this works out. Strangely enough, I have never actually
used the pump do do anything other than test my limit switch.
Here's where I whine and complain about having a good, paying job and
a house, and wife, and great kids, and not enough time for LEGO. Ah well,
if I can make SMALL thinks that work well, and anyone out there
finds it interesting, then I'm a happy guy.
I really wish there was a way to control pneumatics with Mindstorms....
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Compressors, Valves, and Other Wishes
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| (...) Yes, this is still a difficult problem. The best solution I've seen is Linc's micro motor controlled valve at: Hmm, it seems to have moved again... now at: (URL) have built this valve control, but find the action between the gear and worm gear (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
| | | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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| (...) Actually, I've been thinking about this for awhile, and I think there's an "easy" way to switch pneumatics under motor control. The rubber air hoses can be pinched shut with a reasonably small amount of force. It seems to me that you could use (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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| Hello Ralph... I have built your original compressor from the photos you provide. I really like its form, rigidity and functionality. A great design. I plan to modify mine tonight into a full stroke design as some have suggested. All you need do is (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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