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Re: Pneumatic Air Tanks
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:17:19 GMT
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Original-From:
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Shane Weston <shanew@/avoidspam/bmi.net>
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Kevin A. Saddi wrote:
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> do you happen to have a picture of this homebrew air tank?
There's one here: http://www.bmi.net/shanew/homebrewtank.jpg
I just set the tank on my scanner and edited it a bit so sorry for the
quality. but I think you can get the idea from it.
> > > I was wondering where I can buy these? I checked the latest S@H catalog
> > > and didn't find one there. Anyone know?
> >
> > I have to wait till x-mas to get a super tow truck set. I didn't have a
> > air tank either. So I made one. I used 1" PVC pipe. It just takes two
> > endcaps and a length of pipe that is how ever long you want it to be.I
> > then drilled two small holes in one of the endcaps and epoxied some
> > pieces of rigid tubing in them. Then I glued the endcaps onto the pipe
> > with pvc glue. It works great.Next I'm gonna epoxy a lego plate to the
> > bottom of it.
> > I'm looking for a way to switch the air with the RCX as well haven't
> > came up with anything good yet though. I have made this switch
> > http://www.members.home.net/ourcreations/pictures.htm
> > But it is hard to accutatly control. I'm using a regular motor maybe a
> > micromotor(on their wsy from S@H) works better. we'll see.
> >
> > Shane Weston
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