Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #10192
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Robert Selby Robert.Selby@madge.com
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 09:23:13 -0000
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: heat shrink
I use the stuff from Maplin on the shafts of my pager motors - works a
treat.
I also used some to make "shades" for the photodetectors :-)
Its worth spending a bit more for good stuff cos I find that the cheap stuff
doesnt shrink as well.
Regards,
Bob
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bumper314@aol.com [mailto:Bumper314@aol.com]
>> Sent: 14 February 2000 06:59
>> To: beam@corp.sgi.com
>> Subject: heat shrink
>>
>>
>> Hey,
>> I have always hated using heat shrink to decorate my
>> bots because all I
>> worked with is that crap from Rat Shack. I got some fairly
>> expensive stuff
>> from a RC plain store, and boy is that stuff awsome, does
>> just what its
>> supposed to do.
>> So I was wondering what you guys think is the best heat shrink
>>
>> Steve
>>
10193 Mon, 14 Feb 2000 11:43:38 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: IVore beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Sathe Dilip" Imaginary-Vore?
Dilip
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William Cox wrote:
>
> Hehe, that's what I want to know!
> -William
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas Pilgaard
> To:
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:56 PM
> Subject: RE: IVore
>
> > What is the IVore anyway? I've only seen it mentioned briefly on
> > Beam-online.
SNIP
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10194 Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:03:22 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: Cool idea, or so I think II beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Sathe Dilip" Another idea would be to use idler wheels along with the solenoids.
This will be like a roller blader using ski poles to push him/herself.
You won't need stabilizers with these if the angle of the solenoids is
right.
Dilip
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BUDSCOTT@aol.com wrote:
SNIP
> soldering the parts, trying to make it long and wide. The solenoids i'm gonna
> put at a 30 degree angle from the ground parrallel to the cap. The angle is
> going to be critical, because if it mounts at to steep an angle, it will tip
> the unit. Coat hanger wire stabilizers might be a possibility if the tipping
> becomes a problem. I'll need to find some rubber screw protectors or other
> small rubber stoppers so the solenoid can grip the ground. I should have all
SNIP
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10195 Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:32:31 -0500 (EST) [alt-beam] Re: heat shrink beam@sgiblab.sgi.com jester96beam@iname.com I have bought one pack of that ratshack crap in my life, and I never used more than an inch of it. It's the worst stuff I have used.
Basically, the shiny stuff sucks, and the dull (more expencive stuff) is what you want to use. It is definately worth the extra cash.
Chris
> Hey,
> I have always hated using heat shrink to decorate my bots because all I
> worked with is that crap from Rat Shack. I got some fairly expensive stuff
> from a RC plain store, and boy is that stuff awsome, does just what its
> supposed to do.
> So I was wondering what you guys think is the best heat shrink
>
> Steve
>
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10196 Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:30:49 PST [alt-beam] heat shrink??? try this ... beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Timothy Flytch" Have you ever seen colored tubing??? I't a simple process that make an R/C
car look tops... It's easy to do too ... Now I'm not talking about a toy car
but rather a care that is manly for show... takes about 60+ hours to put one
together and it never sees dirt!
But there is a neat little trick to pretty up the wiring harness,bumpers,
roll bars, tie roods, tork rods, etc... take a length of tubing the type you
get at any aquarium store and die it with liquid rit die... it comes out
translucent and the color is all the way through the plastic... you then cut
it to length and slide it onto roll bars, bumpers, or slit it and cover your
servo wires... Looks great! Polishes with light oil... WD-40
Thought #2
When I worked at EBinc. we used non heat shrink tubbing for sodered wire
connection covering... In the body of a silhouette guitar the inside is
spade with a conductive paint... To expedite assembly there was a pigtail
on the pcb that connected to the pig tail on the jack... we found that just
a simple pice of tubing worked best fro these... just slide it up one wire
... soder the two wires together then before the joint has cooled slide the
tubing down over it... looks itself in place ... we did this because the
guys in set up could not be trusted with a heat gun around a $1200.00
guitar...LOL...
Timothy...
>I have bought one pack of that ratshack crap in my life, and I never used
>more than an inch of it. It's the worst stuff I have used.
>
>Basically, the shiny stuff sucks, and the dull (more expencive stuff) is
>what you want to use. It is definately worth the extra cash.
>
>Chris
>
> > Hey,
> > I have always hated using heat shrink to decorate my bots because
>all I
> > worked with is that crap from Rat Shack. I got some fairly expensive
>stuff
> > from a RC plain store, and boy is that stuff awsome, does just what its
> > supposed to do.
> > So I was wondering what you guys think is the best heat shrink
> >
> > Steve
> >
>
>
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10197 Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:30:06 -0500 [alt-beam] Re: IVore "Dennison Bertram" Listen, I think "IVORE" is just the name of someones bot. I don't think it's
actually "something" in particular. One of the curious things about BEAM is
that someone calls their bot something, and then the bot's name typically
enters the lexicon as a particular something. Oh well.
dennison
>
> Hehe, that's what I want to know!
> -William
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas Pilgaard
> To:
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:56 PM
> Subject: RE: IVore
>
> > What is the IVore anyway? I've only seen it mentioned briefly on
> > Beam-online.
SNIP
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