Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #08671
To: "BEAM" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "Richard Caudle" richard@cqc.com
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 22:44:49 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] LEGO Micromotors
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Hello there all!
For all you floks out there who don't know, you can find two of my LEGO/BEA=
M hybrid walkers at
www.geocities.com/frankendaddy/BabyScratchy.html
www.geocities.com/frankendaddy/flibbertyjibbit.html
The LEGO Micromotors are very small and give some pretty good torque. The =
interfacing pulley leaves much to be desired, but nothing a little epoxy ca=
n't cure! They are far from ideal, but they can do the job with some ingen=
uity and good ol' trial & error! J =
My Baby Scratchy walker uses a 9V for it's power supply and the battery wei=
ghs more than the whole 'bot! As far as the aesthetic value of these bots =
goes, they're pretty much in a class by themselves. They look good, but ha=
ve more of a machine-like look to them than most others. Easy to build and=
easy to reconfigure. A good, low-degree-of-frustration first walker.
Richard Caudle
www.geocities.com/frankendaddy
Home ICQ - Frankendaddy
Guardians of the sacred words: Nee, Ptang, and NeeWhon! =
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Hello there all!
For all you floks out there=
who =
don't know, you can find two of my LEGO/BEAM hybrid walkers at
The LEGO Micromotors are very sm=
all and =
give some pretty good torque. The interfacing pulley leaves much to b=
e =
desired, but nothing a little epoxy can't cure! They are far from ide=
al, =
but they can do the job with some ingenuity and good ol' trial & =
error! J
My Baby Scratchy walker uses a 9=
V for =
it's power supply and the battery weighs more than the whole 'bot! As=
far =
as the aesthetic value of these bots goes, they're pretty much in a class b=
y =
themselves. They look good, but have more of a machine-like look to t=
hem =
than most others. Easy to build and easy to reconfigure. A good=
, =
low-degree-of-frustration first walker.
Guardians of the sacred words: N=
ee, =
Ptang, and NeeWhon! =
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