With a box of Legos you too can mill your own toast.

http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/bedrtl1.mov

http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/index.html



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Dan

D Murphy wrote:

With a box of Legos you too can mill your own toast.

http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/bedrtl1.mov

http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/index.html

Very interesting. Especialy following the second URLs first link (got
that? :-))

Nick
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Motor Modelle // Engine Models
http://www.motor-manufaktur.de

(Nick Müller) wrote in news:1h45y6y.wa4duocz0r0kN%
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D Murphy wrote:

With a box of Legos you too can mill your own toast.

http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/bedrtl1.mov

http://www.ozbricks.com/bobfay/index.html

Very interesting. Especialy following the second URLs first link (got
that? :-))


Yup the "orthoglide". My kid is old enough so that when he was of the Lego
age, Legos didn't have electric motors and the like. I wonder how it's
programmed?


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Dan

D Murphy wrote:

My kid is old enough so that when he was of the Lego
age, Legos didn't have electric motors and the like. I wonder how it's
programmed?

With software? I know this answer is stupid, but what did you want to
hear? There was a link (somewhere one the page I mentioned) that
describes the math behind it (I didn't read, but I bookmarked the page).
This is a software-approach. Make the mechanics simple, stiff and
flexible (no contradiction here!). Solve all the other problems
(kinematics) with software. No problem at all nowadays.

BTW:
Do you have Fischer Technik (in the USA)? The pictures you made would
suggest to make the mechanics with Fischer Technik (the ones that make
the plastic dovels). It's more like Lego on steroids for us mechanics.

Nick
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Motor Modelle // Engine Models
http://www.motor-manufaktur.de

With a box of Legos you too can mill your own toast.

Very funky i love it. ?

(Nick Müller) wrote in news:1h46y8g.1fy3bjfn683j2N%
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With software? I know this answer is stupid, but what did you want to
hear?

I was wondering if it was G and M-code type programming or a "Teach in"
type like is used on robots, or if it was something else all together.


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Dan

(Nick Müller) wrote in news:1h46y8g.1fy3bjfn683j2N%
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Do you have Fischer Technik (in the USA)? The pictures you made would
suggest to make the mechanics with Fischer Technik (the ones that make
the plastic dovels). It's more like Lego on steroids for us mechanics.

Yes we do but they are hard to find.

http://www.fischertechnik.com/html/resellers.html

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Dan