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Re: Robot base
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Date:
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Fri, 12 Feb 1999 22:21:46 GMT
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Philsky <thehahns@^stopspam^netwurx.net>
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I built a base for $50, including tools. It was made out of L-channel metal
girder. It had 2 drive motors, bought surplus, from those kid-cars ($12
apiece). There's a caster as the third wheel ($4), and I have a 12v 4a
battery ($10) plus metal ($10) and blades for my dad's hacksaw ($2). Cheap
and easy base WITH power to boot!
Oh, and if I could put in a good word for those motors: they are
*really* nice and extremely powerful. Haven't tried it yet, but it should be
able to push a fair-sized vacuum around.......
--phil
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| This is why "economy" robot base builders go broke. I'm not picking on Phil here, I'm using his message to make a point that a lot of people miss ... Phil here built a base with one of a kind (aka surplus) parts, didn't charge for his own labor and (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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