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Message #12026



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dave Hrynkiw dave@solarbotics.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:29:56 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Mark Tilden Tact(Mr.mark T please reply)


At 09:08 AM 3/17/00 , Jason - wrote:
>I am just wondering what material does mark T use to construct the legs of
>his walkers.....it seemed so configurable and can be easily be bent.

He usually uses 8 or 10-gauge solid-core house wire. When he has the shape
right, he replaces it with 1/16 or 1/8" nickel welding rod.

Regards,
Dave

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"Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
http://www.solarbotics.com



12027 Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:14:38 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: tiny pager motors $3.75 beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Dave Hrynkiw At 08:33 AM 10/7/99 , television_is@mindless.com wrote:
>We don't have all that many, so get
>yours now. 30525 TINY DC MOTOR $3.75 / each

http://www.sciplus.com/category.cfm?subsection=18&sction=6&category=171
Cute. Too bad they don't ship to Canada anymore....

-Dave
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"Um, no - that's H,R,Y,N,K,I,W. No, not K,I,U,U, K,I,_W_. Yes,
that's right. Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK." Yup, only
2 vowels. Pronounciation? _SMITH_".
http://www.solarbotics.com



12028 Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:44:16 -0700 [alt-beam] Re: A little irrelevant.................. beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "John A. deVries II" At 06:47 AM 3/17/00 , William Cox wrote:
>What's the spinal column list?
>-William

an eGroups mailing group; you can find it at
http://www.egroups.com/list/spinalcolumn/

>Group Description:
>A discussion of the applicability of complex bicore (and other) networks
>to the creation of control systems (including artificial spinal cords) for
>robots. Discussion of concepts that aren't adequately handled by the
>"regular" BEAM emailing list. A place to discuss issues that would merely
>become flame wars on the regular list. This list was created in
>recognition that the level of discussion on the regular list doesn't seem
>to get past the solarengine/walker/BEAMAnt level. Although that is a
>perfectly adequate venue for those discussions, it was felt that a place
>to discuss more technical issues was required. Expect traffic on this list
>to be... um... chaotically periodic. A whole bunch of articles followed by
>silence followed by... perhaps one or two followed by... something no one
>can predict! Although readership will always be open to
>everyone, it is possible that at some future date posting will be limited
>to members only. However, becoming a member will only require requesting
>to be one.

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