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Re: Neat string spooler?
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:14:08 GMT
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Jerry,
Jerry Kalpin <jdkalpin@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:G6ntIx.CrE@lugnet.com...
> Ross, I am currently building a Spooler, similar to industrial converting
> machines used for spooling photographic films and papers. Of course, LEGO
> is small, so for a stock-roll I am using a spool of thread and for
> customer-rolls I am using sewing-machine bobbins. I have windup and • unwind
> motors with speed control (RIS) and tension control using a weighted
festoon.
Sounds pretty amazing!
> The system I use for having the thread wind evenly across the bobbin is a
> worm-gear which guides back and forth. You do that by reversing the • driving
> motor. The thread is moved by the screwing action of the worm-gear. Now,
> bobbins are not very wide, but you can put several worm-gears on the same
> shaft if you want a wider roll.
Thanks! This may be exactly what I need. I never thought of using the worm
gear directly as a guide!
Regards,
ROSCO
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| Ross, I am currently building a Spooler, similar to industrial converting machines used for spooling photographic films and papers. Of course, LEGO is small, so for a stock-roll I am using a spool of thread and for customer-rolls I am using (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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