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Subject: 
Motors: Please help! Going out of my mind...
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Date: 
Sun, 25 May 1997 19:42:57 GMT
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Fred Cass <fcasshb@usa.netSAYNOTOSPAM>
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Please somebody help! Actually it's not quite that bad, but I've been
searching and hunting trying to find some motors to use for a new robot
base.  Does anyone have any suggestions for where to find motors with
gearboxes that can carry a few pounds of load on the shafts?  Actually,
the best would be motors with gearboxes, and shaft encoders built in.
Does anyone have any suggestions perhaps for some household item, or
tool that I could rape for it's motors? Currently I've been using modified
RCD servos, but they are noisy, and cant really carry any load to speak
of... Thanks for any suggestions... -=Fred Cass=-



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  Re: Motors: Please help! Going out of my mind...
 
(...) Of all the things in a Robot, motors are in some ways the most difficult to obtain. (...) Both Brevel and Globe make such motors, they typically go for anywhere been $175 each and $500 each. (...) [I'll assume that the above exceeds your (...) (27 years ago, 27-May-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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