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- From: shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough)
- Subject: Crazy about legs
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:33:05 GMT
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- I've been thinking a lot about legs recently (don't we all? :-).
- If you're going to do a nice leg, say Brooksian, it seems like
- you'd need about one miniboard per. If you use 6 legs on your
- beastie, that's quite a few miniboards. Is that a good way to go?
- Or is something a bit more powerful a better idea?
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- Miniboards are such a nice "out of the box" solution, but a chain
- of them like that sure would suck down the juice.
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- Questions:
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- Does anyone have sources for some good leg designs?
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- Any good text book suggestions (I have the miniboard and 6.270 docs)?
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- There are lots of lists of Electronics/Motor suppliers around, but
- what about other hardware? Aluminum stock for legs, chassis, etc?
- Tool suggestions, etc., anything that comes to mind?
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- Is there an FAQ for this group?
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- -Shane "I wanna build a critter" Bouslough
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