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Message #02346
To: "Nigel Joyce" nigel.joyce@qr.com.au, "BEAM Mail" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:39:53 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Fw: component identifcation and SE Comparison
At 05:54 PM 4/14/99 , Nigel Joyce wrote:
>Oh, 1 other thing, can I get the gears used in the solarbotics miniball
>from somewhere, where did they come from?
They were originally from a Marlin P. Jones surplus purchase, with a pager
motor conversion adapter we had custom machined. The gearmotors are
actually Canon DG12's. The associated motor is very close in power to the
pager (slightly stronger, actually), but has very little compliance, which
leads to no electrical feedback and very often stripped gears. You wanna
buy them new from Canon? They won't talk to you unless if you want the 1250
minimum order at around $21/ea.....
We're investigating other leads for gearmotors. When we have something,
we'll letcha know.
Regards,
Dave
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