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Re: Has anyone ever tried to design a washing machine mechanism?
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Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:00:14 GMT
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Hmmm - but that was hand-cranked. Did you try applying a motor to it, and
see if it could take on the same amount of torque?
Rotational speed isn't the only factor to take into account, there is also
the torsional component. To make a half-decent representation of a tub I
expect it'll be quite heavy, as far as LEGO itself weighs.
What did you use for the fan itself? I've experimented with those little
propellors from the Aquazone series, but they're too small to make much of a
breeze by themselves unless you enclose them in something, or put more than
one on the same axle.
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Mark D. McKean <qpanda@iwaynet.net> wrote in message
news:qpanda-793FB7.17194926072000@lugnet.com:119...
> In article <FyA7n1.Myo@lugnet.com>, "Geoffrey Hyde"
> <ghyde@ledanet.com.au> wrote:
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> > Then there is the speed of the washing machine tub in it's spin
> > cycle. I'm not sure how this would work, as most of the current
> > motors run too slowly. Perhaps two could have their combined output
> > geared together and accelerated through the same gear train.
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> I don't know about the agitator, but with enough gears, you can speed up
> the rotation from a single motor quite easily. With 4 pairs of 24-tooth
> gears driving 8-tooth gears, I created a hand-cranked fan with
> incredible speed. So as long as the mass of the tub isn't too great for
> the motor's torque, this should work.
>
> --
> Mark D. McKean - The Quantum Panda - qpanda@iwaynet.net
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