How to attach Servos to Brackets?

[Labot2001]

Can't find the manuals for our servo brackets (are there any??), no luck online either. We're wondering how to mount the servos to the brackets basically, because we can't made head or tail of these brackets...

Any help would be mucho appreciano, thanks :D

[EricH]

Got any pictures of the brackets?

[MWB]

What you are looking for is called a servo horn, this is what they look like. http://www.active-robots.com/products/motorsandwheels/servo-motors/servo-horns/hmsh-02-500.jpg

[EricH]

There are servo brackets and servo horns. They are different. I don't know which they're looking for, and I don't think you do either.

[MWB]

he asked how to mount the servos to the brackets, which means he is looking for a horn

[MWB]

or he could be asking which way the brackets go

[EricH]

he asked how to mount the servos to the brackets, which means he is looking for a horn
No, it doesn't. I pulled a servo bracket out of an R/C plane a couple months ago, and it looks nothing like a servo horn. I'd post a picture, but I don't happen to have one.

A servo mounting bracket != a servo control arm/control horn.

[MWB]

i think we are disagreeing over something that doesnt matter, lets wait for his reply. he asked how to mount the servo to a bracket, this can either be for the actual moving part of the servo or how to mount the casing of the servo

[EricH]

i think we are disagreeing over something that doesnt matter, lets wait for his reply. he asked how to mount the servo to a bracket, this can either be for the actual moving part of the servo or how to mount the casing of the servo
It does matter. They are two different parts, with two completely different functions.

If you can locate a 2005-2006 camera housing, look at the servo brackets that are built-in. Now look at the servo arms. They are not the same, and calling the arm a bracket will confuse everyone.

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[MWB]

we are not even sure if he is talking about the camera housing

[EricH]

we are not even sure if he is talking about the camera housing
I know for a fact that he isn't. It's not available any more (phased out around 2007/2008). It is a part that has a servo bracket integrated into it, and I was thinking that it might help make a point.

[PAR_WIG1350]

As long as you can mount the servo securely, you don't need to worry about the bracket.

http://www.legoeducation.us/sharedimages/product/ExtraLarge/XL_TETRIXSSBracket.jpg

http://www.legoeducation.us/sharedimages/product/ExtraLarge/XL_TETRIXDSBracket.jpg

BTW: These are servo brackets.

[EricH]

They're also overkill. For those, you'd slap the servo in so that the mounting tabs on the servo are lined up on the two small tabs, and then put your screws in.

All you really need is a flat piece of material with a hole that the servo body can fit into and 4 screws or small bolts.