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| Chris Phillips wrote in message ... (...) pushing (...) Chris, Thanks for the insight! They say, curiosity killed the cat.... Good thing I'm not a cat! I opened one of my motors and took photos for everyone to enjoy. (URL) Chris, I also was unable (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| I know one thing that can ruin a motor.... Never drop it shaft down on the ground, even in dirt. I was carrying it across my yard, and it fell, and now will not work anymore. The shaft was jammed back inside the motor. If your motor will not turn at (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Nice pictures! Now Merlin, my black long-hair cat is telling me to go for it! I guess I'll have to rip into my half-dead motor to see what's inside there. Since it's not reliable, I've got less to lose by (gasp!) cutting the plastic or (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| On your web page you ask why they made the commutator so small. I think the most obvious-by-far reason is to reduce the amount of wear on the contacts due to friction. By making the radius of the commutator cylinder small, they reduce the linear (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| Hari Wiguna writes: > I opened one of my motors and took photos for everyone to enjoy. > > (URL) > > PS: Chris, I also was unable to take the guts out of the casing. Right. You can't do that without destroying the motor. > Considering that this is a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Did the autopsie show what killed the motor? Play well! Marcus --- Marcus Fischer Mellbin E-mail: marcus no-spam-at fischer-mellbin.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Fischer&Mellbin writes: > In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes: > >I autopsied a dead motor. Photos at (URL) > robotics/5225/ . > > Did the autopsie show what killed the motor? Alas, no. It wouldn't turn, but after I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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