found new six legged robot in progress, maybe someone interested...

What are the really neatest things are the model turbine jet engines like these.

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they are pretty noisy. The small model RC diesel engines on the other hand, are amazingly quiet, you almost can't tell when they are running.

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Earl Bollinger
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Well it got me to looking. Here is a neat 1hp gas 4cycle engine from Honda

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would work pretty good, especially with the clutch add on too. I'll have to think about the RC model diesel engines some more. A RC car centrifigal clutch on the end of one just might do the trick. Ill have to go check out our local hobby shops later.

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Earl Bollinger

--Speaking of pneumatics, etc check out Trevor's latest here:

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steamer

I appreciate anyone who creates from scratch. Some of the pictures are missing though, and all of the requests for the pdf files return a:

Not Found The requested URL /max/pdf/ was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Apache/1.3.27 Server at max.hm2003.nl Port 80

Is there anywhere else to find them?

Michael Hearne

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dan wrote: Sadly, all my robots are built by drill > press, hack saw, and file, and I'm always envious of those guys with > milling machines.

Hello Dan, You remind me of my self, being an amateur radio operator, and living in an apartment can also be a challenge.

However, I respect the person who built their computer on a piece of perfboard more than the person who was able to purchase the most state-of-art machine available. That is because I remember when all personal computers were built on perfboards.

You are the thinker, as well as the doer, and your actions carry a lot more weight than all of the philosophers put together. IOW, anyone can put anything on paper, but only someone actually making a robot can say anything with authority (that is, this worked, but that fell over).

When the first electric motors were made, back in the 1840's, the builders actually had to have their wire drawn. It just wasn't commercially available. Magnets came from caves. Batteries were glass jars full of dangerous acid.

I think that you can make a bender and a shear, with improvised parts.

Keep up the good work, we are all with you 100%.

Michael Hearne

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