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Message #06259
To: alt-beam@eGroups.com
From: James G Watt jim@kinetic-arts.demon.co.uk
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:40:50 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: motors and cells, cheap
In article <19990928105143.17723.rocketmail@web118.yahoomail.com>, Evan
Dudzik writes
>i think i may just auction off my entire BEAM parts
>bin, which inludes 15+ pager motors and 10+ solar
>cells, as well as all sorts of capacitors,
>transistors, and resistors, as well as an entire
>photopopper! all my stuff cost me over $150, and i
>might possibly sell it to the highest bidder, starting
>at $40, email me with offers. trust me, its worth it!
$55 + I'll pay the postage cost too.
--
James G Watt
http://www.kinetic-arts.demon.co.uk
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You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
6260 Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:24:42 +0100 [alt-beam] Re: vibration as "locomotion"? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com James G Watt This could be fun if used in conjunction with BRISTLES.
I remember seeing film of an experimental japanese vehicle that
travelled by vibrating on a bed of angled bristles. You can even guide
the thing (to some extent) by changing the angle of the bristles.
--
James G Watt
http://www.kinetic-arts.demon.co.uk
Part of the Video Arcade Game Collectors WebRing.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
6261 Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:38:53 +0100 [alt-beam] Re: master/slave bicore beam@sgiblab.sgi.com James G Watt In article , Phillip A.
Ryals writes
>Now, this is my very first walker, so I'm experimenting with how to change
>it's walking. The front legs don't lift quite as high as I've seen on the
>others.
I found that with my walker but I solved it by bringing the front feet
closer together for more leverage.
I'm running the guy on 6v too. I wanted to use 3 but it was way to
sluggish (looks good in the air at 3 volts though).
--
James G Watt
http://www.kinetic-arts.demon.co.uk
Part of the Video Arcade Game Collectors WebRing.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
6262 Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:19:22 +0100 [alt-beam] Re: pager motors beam@sgiblab.sgi.com James G Watt >At 12:40 AM 9/30/99 EDT, you wrote:
>>Well well...looky here...pager motors for $1.50...and 100 for $100, not bad
>>huh. Well go to http://www.goldmine-elec.com
to find this great deal...
The only ones I see are $5.95 each.
--
James G Watt
http://www.kinetic-arts.demon.co.uk
Part of the Video Arcade Game Collectors WebRing.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
6263 Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:42:59 -0700 (PDT) [alt-beam] Re: vibration as "locomotion"? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Lee Golden One of my other silly hobbies is collecting wind-up
toys. There is a Thomas the Tank Engine wind up that
has a bristle-brush bottom and vibrates when you wind
it up. The thing travels all over the place, and
seems to have very little friction and contact with
the surface it is placed on. Of course, this will
only work on a perfectly smooth surface like a table
top...
Lee Golden
--- James G Watt wrote:
> This could be fun if used in conjunction with
> BRISTLES.
>
> I remember seeing film of an experimental japanese
> vehicle that
> travelled by vibrating on a bed of angled bristles.
> You can even guide
> the thing (to some extent) by changing the angle of
> the bristles.
> --
> James G Watt
>
> http://www.kinetic-arts.demon.co.uk
> Part of the Video Arcade Game Collectors WebRing.
>
> You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all
> alike.
>
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6264 Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:44:58 -0700 (PDT) [alt-beam] Re: pager motors beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Lee Golden They are in the "September Flyer". Click on the link
for it on the main page...
--- James G Watt wrote:
> The only ones I see are $5.95 each.
> --
> James G Watt
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6265 Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:52:25 -0600 [alt-beam] Fwd: Simply amazing mechanics. "beam@sgiblab.sgi.com" "Dan Larson" Those dragon fly bots are not far from reaility!
Check out:
http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/RCM/RCM/Entomopter/EntomopterProject.html
Dan
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