Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03332
To: botdoc@yahoo.com
From: "Jason -" evenflow88@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 06:21:10 GMT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Gumby Legs(AKA household wires)
do u have a picture of your bot or maybe u should attach one and send it to
me via email....so which one is the best among all between #8 to #12 cause
richard caudle send me some fore free he said..wow what a nice guy he
is...so he was saying to send me the type #12 ..so i was wondering should i
suggest anything better...amd u have tell me what type of stores sell heat
shrink tubing ...electrical stores?
thanks again
>Gumby legs is a term that is used that means that it
>is somewhat flexible (there isn't an international
>stadard to my knowledge). either #8 or #12 AWG would
>work... it depends on the bot that you want to walk.
>I'm using 10, i think. it'll break if you bend it to
>much, which is how you modify it to make legs... bend
>it into a shape. to attatch them to motors, well that
>depends on the motor. On one of mine I soldered right
>on the gear, if they have a shaft you can use
>something like a PC terminal connector from radio
>shack (also heatshrink can be found there). Epoxying
>legs on also works. Heat shrink is used to insulate
>wires from electrical current, or anything for that
>matter, most importantly... to make your bot look
>cool.
>botdoc
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