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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote: (SNIP) (...) Sadly not, though I'll upload a lot more to my Brickshelf once my digital camera arrives. That will be better than circuits for explaining the positions of offset switches. I had also planned to (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Video of Cable Shovel In Action
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(...) I probably could reduce bulk and noise by using worm gears, but at the time I built that part of the machine I only owned two worms and I needed them in other places. The 'crowd' has two motors and transmissions and I had already used one worm (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Video of Cable Shovel In Action
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(...) Cool. Could you get less noise and a reduction in space using a worm gear? I seem to remember them being less efficient, but they would give good reduction, and should lower the noise considerably, although they may require placing motors (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Download Problems With Video of Cable Shovel In Action
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(...) That might explain why I had no difficulty - I *always* download first, then watch something, I am just too careful and would not like my browser being crashed by slightly awkward content.. Danny -- (URL) - Build Robots (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Video of Cable Shovel In Action
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(...) Most of the noise is coming from the 'crowd', the part that pushes the bucket back and forth. It uses a bunch of 40, 24 and 8 tooth gears to do it's thing: (URL) And they make a ton of noise, the gears. The motors there do not have built-in (...) (19 years ago, 30-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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