SensibleNick
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At this time last year I was axles deep in snow. Now it's just rain.
Just had time to bolt on the bits I made to convert my snowblower's chute to electro-mechanical rotation and erm... whatever the name is for the other motion
Parts are cut from 5mm stainless steel plate, the rollers are turned from 50mm barstock POM plastic (Polyoxymethylene) with phosphor-bronze bushings in them.
The linear actuator (not got it's motor on it at the moment) is from an office desk (but I shortened it by about 150mm to get it to fit). The Bosch motor on it is 24VCD, but runs happily on 12, and although slow, will lift me off the ground.
The other motor is to all intents and purposes like a windscreen wiper unit, but was from a garage door opener - Already fitted with a handy sprocket and with a crucial difference: it is not "negative earth". :thumbsup:
It's not the fastest when it comes to movement, but then again it's not the most expensive system either
I've made a sort of joystick to control it, and I'll try to get that rigged as soon as possible. And according to the forecasts, it probably won't snow this year.
Just had time to bolt on the bits I made to convert my snowblower's chute to electro-mechanical rotation and erm... whatever the name is for the other motion
Parts are cut from 5mm stainless steel plate, the rollers are turned from 50mm barstock POM plastic (Polyoxymethylene) with phosphor-bronze bushings in them.
The linear actuator (not got it's motor on it at the moment) is from an office desk (but I shortened it by about 150mm to get it to fit). The Bosch motor on it is 24VCD, but runs happily on 12, and although slow, will lift me off the ground.
The other motor is to all intents and purposes like a windscreen wiper unit, but was from a garage door opener - Already fitted with a handy sprocket and with a crucial difference: it is not "negative earth". :thumbsup:
It's not the fastest when it comes to movement, but then again it's not the most expensive system either
I've made a sort of joystick to control it, and I'll try to get that rigged as soon as possible. And according to the forecasts, it probably won't snow this year.