Thanks Carl and everyone else, some excellent suggestions. If anyone is interested in what I am attempting then go to my site and look under "Other Projects"...
For those considering a micro-MM, here's a good starting point, if you don't mind spending a small amount: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ...
Pat, You might try asking for a damaged one. Most of the damage that would disqualify a block from further use, doesn't matter to MM. Bobby ... -- Toward...
Hi Charles While reading this email a couple of things came to mind. FWIW here are my 30 seconds of thoughts :D Modify your frame so that one or more springs...
Hi Again Sorry, I meant cause the WHEELS to tilt into the corner, not the frame. On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:40:49 +0800, Peter sanders ... -- Regards Peter Using...
Hi Peter, thanks for your thoughts, we seem to be on the same track. ... I'm setting the frame up very low so the weight is below the centre line of the rear...
Hi Charles ... The princple would not work on a design as you have described, I thought about this before thinking of the tilting wheels. ... Hmmm? My thoughts...
A shunt type DC motor has field windings instead of permanent magnets. It does have brushes. "Shunt" signifies that the field windings are in parallel with...
After a quick read, I get the basics. The DC motor theory page link at the bottom gives it in a nutshell. A shunt motor can work just like a permanent magnet...
Carl, Sounds like you backed into a brushless DC design - uses electronic controls instead of brushes. In model airplanes, they are achieving astonishing ...
I was going to buy a bad Mercury block to try out but just had to pay out $200 for new Apple hardware and software.Maybe next month! Pat ... if you ... passing...
I just discovered the MultiMachine this afternoon and am fascinated by the possibilities. We teach village development in the 3rd world. Anyone out there using...
If you are looking for any kind of tooling from drill bits to lathes, mills battleship gray warner swasey. You might want to call these guys they live 10 miles...
Pat, First of all, thanks for all you have done to create the MM. Thanks for sharing it with us! I'm new to the group and not a machinist, but I do like to...
That's a really good idea, but most motorcycles (at least the asian variety) have engine cases and transmission cases integrated into one piece. Many of them...
The variable speed pulleys that you were looking at for the gokarts are Comet torque convertors. You would be better of to go to Grainger or McMaster Carr and...
Amongst my many sidetracked projects is a variable speed drive made from hardware store pulleys. The input and ouput pulleys are on separate shafts and are...
I like the motorcycle transmission idea. I would use a 2 stroke unit so that the transmission oil would not be around the crank shaft. next would be to remove...
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The "Poor Man's Mill" article has a bunch of good ideas in it, I suggest that you read it carefully. One idea is the importance of a power feed when making a...
Surplus Sales has this item on their new products section. It's a 5KW 3ph 270VAC 120Hz alternator. Get some really big diodes and you've got a helluva...
There is an industrial supply near my house that is unloading all kinds of stuff in pallet lots that has never moved over the years. One item is a five inch...
Has anyone considered using parts out of a washing machine transmission? Usually good cast iron or steel gears and they deliver a LOT of torque. ... ...
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