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Re: Experience with Tow Truck 8462?
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:01:39 GMT
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"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:
> I believe Linc Smith posted a long article about using some elements
> from disposable syringes to make an "air flow limiter". It is
> probably a very early post on LUGNET.
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> He basically converted one of the T-connectors (which many people have
> a lot of) so that it was narrower, allowing only a small portion of
> air through. This way the air tank could be used while still
> maintaining fine precision control over the pneumatic cylinders.
I read this article recently, although an immediate disadvantage that
springs to mind is that if you want to move the cylinder quickly you
won't be able to anymore. Another article (perhaps by the same author?)
suggested that a good improvement would be to make the onset of air
pressure more gradual in the switches so that fine and course control is
easier. Sounds like a good idea to me, although with extreme care and
practice good control is possible with the switches as they are. Putting
the gear levers (as in 8462) onto the pneumatic switches makes this much
easier. I suppose an even bigger lever would be possible with an axle
joiner and axle.
Jennifer Clark
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| (...) I believe Linc Smith posted a long article about using some elements from disposable syringes to make an "air flow limiter". It is probably a very early post on LUGNET. He basically converted one of the T-connectors (which many people have a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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