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Message #09797
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Laura & Rob Malinowski MalStudios@tradenet.net
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:10:01 -0500
Subject: Re: Walker Question
> BUDSCOTT@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > thx for the advice, shortly after i mailed that i took a closer look at
using
> > that 74hc245 for a motor drive, certainly much easier to do point to
point
> > on.They say that hobby stores carry something called a hobby servo, i
took a
> > look at the tutorial on how to modify them, but just how common are
they?
>
>
>
> Servos are very common and cheap. Be careful which ones you buy, as in
> most of the tutorials a specific brand is mentioned. I bought some ace
> servos and found they can't be used for continuous motion(on wheels)
> because of the output gear (it is not cut all the way around). Futaba
> puts out my favorite servo, but if you want to take out the motor you
> will have to remove the gears (no real problem) just remember where the
> go. For 360 deg. motion you will have to remove the pot or the insert in
> the bottom of the output gear (again if you can build these bots this
> will be easy).
> R.M.
>
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