[dorkbotphiladelphia-blabber] Still talking free parts...

[Robert Rittich]

I live in Montco, but actually work in Bucks County, Doylestown to be
exact. From Rittenhouse Sq, on a good day, that is about a one hour
drive up Broad Street/Route 611. There are plenty of old copiers here
with magnetic clutches and those motors. The only catch is, and I
thought I mentioned it, you will have to dissassemble it yourself and
take what you need. For my own collection, I sometimes take a
screwdriver to the machines and grab what I need, but I don't have a
stack of parts already sitting here ready for taking.

Now you seem a nice enough fellow to where I could pull a couple of
parts for you if you specify what you need (no guarantees that I can
actually find them of course). I didn't know you lived so far away.
There is a place that is actually closer to you that is much larger than
where I work and that has hundreds of copiers being trashed. It's called
... well I can't remember the name right now, but we buy used machines
there sometimes. I will post the name tomorrow. At any rate, given the
distance, the gist here is that you can get parts for free probably at
most any copier repair place (just lurk around the dumpsters...). If you
want parts from me, we just have to solve the logistics somehow.

Let me know...

-Robert

>>> "Jimmy Sastra" <jimmy.sastra at gmail.com> 05/16/06 4:38 PM >>>
Hi Robert.

Thanks for the picture and posting our conversation to the listserv.

That motor looks awesome.  You mentioned something about magnetic
clutches.   I'd like to take a look at those as well.

I'm not familiar with Montgomery County.  Is it far outside the city? 
I
live near Rittenhouse Sq.

Jimmy



On 5/16/06, Robert Rittich <rrittich at mail.ucf.edu> wrote:
>
> 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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