Have fun with the rotary switch newbie. You should be made aware that for about the same amount of money and effort and 1/100 the weight you could put together a solid state switch, here are some examples (there are lots more):
Agreed for the RC flying. This is not a brainstorming technique, rather, I am trying to see why this ability to automate a relatively powerful but cheap piece of equipment has not been more used by hobbyists.
I am actually thinking of several different project, at least two of them use powerful rotating motors and do not need to run for hours.
The first one is indeed a battle bot of some kind. The second is a robot that would climb on walls or cliffs (the hand drill serves at the feet of the robot.) Both of these, I think require, a cheap way to do drilling. Since I am on the cheap, I see this hand drill solution as pretty ideal.
I am curious how you will achieve the rock-face drilling.
- drilling in rock (like concrete) takes a lot of pressure
- rock drilling is best achieved (not only way) when using water/air as lubricant for cooling and chip removal from the hole to prevent clogging and overheat
I am sure that you don't want to reveal what may become a trade secret (keeping a grip on the wall while drilling) but assuming that you are dealing with
- 6 legs ( 2 move forward at a time into new holes) - 2 drills for punching a set of holes at the same time (to prevent advancing at a complete crawl)
I recommend expanding pins on the legs themselves rather than drills. This way, they insert loose, then can be clamped(expanded) or released for holding or moving on.
This would allow you to invest in better equipment and drills for the 2 drills, but it would add extra weight.
If you use only drills for the hole drilling, and you leave them in the hole during a manoeuvre (move other legs), you face the danger of cooling of the rock-wall clamping on your leg drill-bit.
VERY NOVEL idea to pursue ! I love it because I can imagine many applications that I don't want to mention here.
See, that's what I like about Newsgroups. Just when things are getting boring, you get a great post like this one. Someone has an ever so sligtly misguided idea about using power drills as motive force for some robot thing, and another guy comes out of no where, grabs the ball and is suddenly seen sprinting off in a completely unrelated direction for the "rock face drilling" goal line. Brilliant!
Yeah, it's kind of like the old practice that we all used to share many, many years ago. You know the one. It happened when we all stood around on a street corner and talked to one another. I think it was called conversation.
Closer to gossip where you just make stuff up and pass it on. The gizmo is definately a motorized sex toy needed for the customers of a web dominatrix. Remember, you heard it here first!
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