[Ri3D] Help BOOM DONE. order stuff

[Thad House]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

zip wire? I am not sure that my EE folks are okay with this idea.

Do a lot of teams use zip wire?

Joe J.

The teams I have been on have used zipwire and Powerpoles for years and love them. The Zipwire is really nice for organizing, and makes long wire runs if needed much easier. Plus all the zipwire I've worked with is usually more flexible at the same gauge then single wire, because all zipwire I have seen uses smaller strands. Alot of teams around here use zipwire too.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

zip wire? I am not sure that my EE folks are okay with this idea.

Do a lot of teams use zip wire?

I have not yet drunk the Anderson PowerPoles Kool-Aid, but have wholeheartedly embraced the zip wire Kool-Aid. We use Mcmaster 9697T4.

[Joe Johnson]

Window motors!
Where am I going to get Denso window motors? They are only 20-30 Watts but sometimes they are the PERFECT motor for the job -- and they are not backdriveable. Well, mostly non-backdriveabel. I remember 177 had a huge and awesome ball gripper in 1996. I think it was driven by two window motors and, to my great surprise at the time, if their arm was horizontal when the power when off, that gripper fell!

Anyway, I have no idea what sort of robot we'll be designing but odds are I will want some of those Denso motors. Any teams in the Boston Area willing to loan/donate a couple to BOOM DONE.?

PM me. I promise a shout out to you in one of our videos, whether we use them or not.

Joe J.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

Window motors!
Where am I going to get Denso window motors? They are only 20-30 Watts but sometimes they are the PERFECT motor for the job -- and they are not backdriveable. Well, mostly non-backdriveabel. I remember 177 had a huge and awesome ball gripper in 1996. I think it was driven by two window motors and, to my great surprise at the time, if their arm was horizontal when the power when off, that gripper fell!

Anyway, I have no idea what sort of robot we'll be designing but odds are I will want some of those Denso motors. Any teams in the Boston Area willing to loan/donate a couple to BOOM DONE.?

PM me. I promise a shout out to you in one of our videos, whether we use them or not.

Joe J.

I have a couple I can send you if no one up there responds. We don't use them often enough to keep them around and if we need them I can get them from other local teams.

[Tom Line]

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

zip wire? I am not sure that my EE folks are okay with this idea.

Do a lot of teams use zip wire?

Joe J.

We've used it the last two years with fantastic results. The extremely soft and flexible loudspeaker / speaker wire is much nicer to work with the than the standard multi-stranded wire you'd purchase.

In our experience, the softer insulation does sacrifice something when it comes to chafe resistance, but if you're hoping the insulation doesn't chafe through in an application, then you're doing it wrong.

[Joe Johnson]

Ok. I spoke with the EE folk and we're a go. Zip wire it is. BOOM DONE.