Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #10829
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Laura Malinowski Laura/Rob Malinowski malstudios@tradenet.net
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:13:43 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Walker Legs
I have been reading your plight and hope you will post a picture somewhere.
Rob M.
BUDSCOTT@aol.com wrote:
> i'm finally finished making the frame, and boy is it something else. it
> consist of a typical four AA battery clip with four NiCd rechargables in it.
> the batteries face up, on the underside, i used two aluminum strips, bout 1in
> x 1/16in x however long they needed to be. the front strip angles up at about
> a 35 degree angle, i used nylon hose clamps and electrical tape and mounted
> those wierd motors to the strips with a couple of size 8 screws now i plan on
> usin a perf board to make a nice foax PCB, and mount the bicore on the
> bottom, i also found a cool switch to use of on/off (not BEAM at all). i'm
> gonna try that terminal block idea for mounting on some temp legs, once i'm
> familiar with the mechanics of the walker, i plan on creating some heavy duty
> non-wire legs, like some kind of thick beam type of stuff, i'll have to go
> hardware huntin, but it oughta turn out prretty cool. thanks for all the help
> your ideas, couldn't have even started without this lists help!
>
> -Spencer
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