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  Re: Cable Operated Shovel
 
(...) Hello Ross, About the bucket - that is the one thing I forgot to take pictures of. The bottom of the bucket does open and close. At the end of the boom that the bucket is mounted on, at the intersection of the grey and black pieces, there is a (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Cable Operated Shovel
 
(...) Hello Nathan, so I do want to spend a fortune on the tracks.. I just need to get my hands on one! Did you see the (incredible) "PARV": (URL) I would really like to build some tracks like that machine has, when I get a chance to save up some (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: New technique: three position piston control
 
(...) Its all over my head. Thats all I can say. Maybe one of these days I can understand all that circuitry. Good job Kevin! (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: New technique: three position piston control
 
In lugnet.technic, Mark Bellis wrote: <snip> (...) Was this single or dual piston? (...) Kevin (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: New technique: three position piston control
 
(...) <snip> (...) The center stop is not the same spot when expanding vs. contracting. I did not try it at different pressures. I just pumped a hand pump as fast as I could to make the sequencer go. I've not seen it overshoot the mid point. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: New technique: three position piston control
 
In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote: (SNIP) (...) Interesting stuff! Should make walkers move more smoothly, with the possibility of more groups of legs. The trick will then be reversing all the groups, since it was easier with just two, using (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
 
  New technique: three position piston control
 
Years ago when I first started playing with pneumatics, I first learned that I could control a piston using a switch. I then learned that you could mechanically link a piston and a switch, and have piston controll the switch. I learned from Eric (...) (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc) ! 
 
  Re: Cable Operated Shovel
 
Nice Ben! (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  NWBrickCon, MECHA
 
Time is short, and now that I got your attention, you need to know that if you want your mecha a NWBrickCon, you should tell me. snowleopardNO@SPAMfo...ternet.net Tell me what your bringing, how much room ya'll need. And if you want to send stuff, (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics) !! 
 
  WebCamBot
 
Though I don't have the Web setup yet, I have a fully operational webcam robot that will hopefully be internet-controllable in the near future (think, by the end of next year, maybe, if IB tests and extended essay don't get in the way!). The ruler (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)


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