[dorkbotphiladelphia-blabber] Breaking the silence

[Robert Rittich]

Hello Jimmy,

I looked at your "robotic gaits", they are pretty neat. I figured I
might as well post this conversation to the list, not that there is so
much else going on anyways...

The motors inside those copiers are mostly DC motors, usually 24V, of
varying RPMs. Copiers are built fairly modular (like your robots, and I
think like just about anything else in the world), in that the motors
are usually mounted on a standard type controller board. Now I don't
understand electronics as much as I like to, but I know that the boards
control the motors timing, something very important in a copier.

I am not sure if I can add attachments to posts to the list, so instead
I uploaded a picture to this link
(http://132.170.240.30/~rrittich/motor.jpg).

Is this anything you can use?

-Robert

P.S.: Good to see some activity on the list...


>>> "Jimmy Sastra" <jimmy.sastra at gmail.com> 05/15/06 6:08 PM >>>
Hi Robert,

I'd love to take some of those motors off your hand.  Are these DC
motors?

I've been too busy preparing for my Qualifying Exam to do any projects
on
the side, but I should have more time starting late June.

Jimmy

PS: n case you're interested my focus is on modular robotics:
http://www.grasp.upenn.edu/superbot/projects/superbot/


On 5/3/06, Robert Rittich <rrittich at mail.ucf.edu> wrote:
>
>  Hello fellow Dorkbots!
>
> It's been a couple of weeks since I read a story on CNN about dorkbot
and
> its intriguing proposition. Right then, I decided I wanted to be a
part of
> this and joined this mailing list. Since then I have not seen a single
post
> and am beginning to wonder if I may have not been added to the list
> properly.
>
>
>
> Separately, I wanted to find out what is going on in the Phila dorkbot
> community. I am currently too busy to work on any of my own projects
(which
> will hopefully change soon), but I think I can contribute to others in
quite
> a unique way: for those looking for parts, I may have an answer how to
get
> them through me for free. I work at a copier repair shop and we are
> constantly throwing out big copiers with literally thousands of good
working
> parts in them. Every once in a while, I pry off, disassemble or
otherwise
> remove a magnetic clutch, a DC motor, a switch, a string of cables,
the list
> goes on...
>
>
>
> We just trashed a 600 pound color copier with all sorts of neat,
usable
> parts. It broke my heart watching it go, but then there is only so
much
> 'trash' my wife lets me bring home!
>
>
>
> So here it is, a post to get things started. My name is Robert, I live
in
> Montgomery County.
>
>
>
> Who else is out there?
>
>
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