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Re: Rack and Pinion Steering and idea for precise angle of rotation detection
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Date: 
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 17:57:52 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, dave madden <dhm@mersenne.com> writes:
=>> On it (http://www.wordsmithdigital.com/mindstorms/rack-and.htm) is a scan
=>> and detailed description of my (at last) finally-successful • implementation
=>> of a rack-and-pinion type of steering mechanism...

I just looked at your pictures, and I wonder if the way you've got the
final axles mounted (1x2 gray 2-hole beam, studs into side of 1x6
yellow 5-hole beam) is OK.  I seem to recall reading somewhere that
the parts fit that way, but that the mating caused deformation of
either the studs or the holes if left for a long time.

Does anybody else remember that passage?  Or am I just inventing
excuses for why I didn't think of this nice solution? :-)

d.

Don't worry, someone did say that.  On page 14 of The Art of LEGO Design
(ftp://cherupakha.media.mit.edu/pub/people/fredm/artoflego.pdf), Fred Martin
admonishes us not to do that because the plastic will in fact eventually
deform.



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  Re: Rack and Pinion Steering and idea for precise angle of rotation detection
 
Yeah, this serves me right for de-lurking before rereading all of the previous posts... :) (...) scan (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Rack and Pinion Steering and idea for precise angle of rotation detection
 
=>> On it ((URL) is a scan =>> and detailed description of my (at last) finally-successful implementation =>> of a rack-and-pinion type of steering mechanism... I just looked at your pictures, and I wonder if the way you've got the final axles (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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