Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05763
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bruce Robinson Bruce_Robinson@bc.sympatico.ca
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:37:33 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Contest entry (the bounty bot)
BotDoc wrote:
>
> I just want to state my objections to Ians entry.
Hey, anybody can enter whatever they want! That doesn't mean the judges
have to accept it.
If Chiu got 1000 entries, he would probably refuse to accept anything
that didn't exhibit innovative motion, simply because he'd be
overloaded.
If he got 10 entries, he would probably accept anything a little
different, and let the judging weed out the non-innovative-motion
entries.
And if he got 2 entries, he might very well award a prize to a plain old
bot, just to teach the rest of you a lesson. I wonder how many people
with moderately different ideas didn't enter because they thought the
"big guns" would outshine them. I wonder how many of them are kicking
themselves now.
Regards,
Bruce
5764 Tue, 17 Aug 1999 19:23:34 -0400 [alt-beam] Re: Namiki 1701 pager motors beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Bob Shannon So far, these are the best motors for BEAM designs.
What you have there, is a Mabucci FF-K10WA, the same motors I used in
Vore-n-more.
Actually, your motor may be a varient of the K10, maybe a K20. Whats its lenght
in millimeters?
arno.jansen@superconsult.nl wrote:
> Same herre,
>
> I found some dead drives, but very rare, let alone dead laptops… but i might
> try one.
>
> Thanks, hadn't thought of that yet!
>
> Best,
> Arno
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com] namens
> Jason Jones
> Verzonden: dinsdag 17 augustus 1999 16:28
> Aan: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Onderwerp: Re: Namiki 1701 pager motors
>
> << Bestand: 1.gif >> << Bestand: 2.gif >> as far as size of the motors, in
> Laptop CD drives you will find very tiny
> motors, rivaling most pager motors for size, and they have a lot more
> torque. here are some small pictures of a motor pulled from a Toshiba laptop
> drive. I just need to find a source for dead drives, I've only been able to
> score a few over time here and there.
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 6:33 AM
> Subject: RE: Namiki 1701 pager motors
>
> : Thanks Rob, I have recently crushed my dead cd-drive and indeed I found
> two
> : electromotors. But the motors from pagers are such nice small thingies,
> and
> : I have 1 and need one more for my photovore.
> :
> : Maybe I can make a symet from the cdmotor. Just what exactly is meant by a
> : symet? A bot with just 1 motor and a solar cell???
> :
> : Thank!
> : Arno
> :
> : -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> : Van: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com] namens
> : television_is@mindless.com
> : Verzonden: dinsdag 17 augustus 1999 13:10
> : Aan: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> : Onderwerp: Re: Namiki 1701 pager motors
> :
> : Arno,
> : I don't normally answer anyone on the listen much but I can answer yours
> : so ....
> : You can find very nice little motors in CD drives that move the head
> : backwards and forwards. Someone on the list tried them and found the
> : ones they had were better than expensive ones! I got a few from a
> : surplus place but they must be easy to get find in dead drives.
> : There are also some nice coils and magnets to point the laser beam but I
> : don't have an idea for them yet.
> : Rob
> :
> :
> :
> :
> :
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