
jstarne1
Hey.Bret brought out the lazy Susan furniture bearing idea. It's two flat plates with a bearing in the center. Any other ideas?? Another question is how to connect the servos to waist to move it.
Idea: two tires that fit directly onto servos are included in the kit and two continous rotation servos. I see all the time at carnivals the way they mount the electric motor there is a wheel and tire on the end literally pressed agianst what its turning. No gears to strip out.
Why not do somthing like this? Take in mind my upper section weights 15 pounds because of batteries.
I have a regular omnibot drivetrain if anyone thinks that's usable. (regular Omnibot drivetrain is almost as strong but only 2/3 size.
1 picking where and how to cut torso
2 when I.make a torso base for the swivle plate (lazy Susan) to connect to. The front and Bach half must still be able to seperate so I can mount arms , neck and head.
if 18" dia
You may want to either replace the bearing balls with acetal bearing ball(cMaster Carr part number : 9614K57 6.51 per bag of 100 http://www.mcmaster.com/#9614k57/=ggq132
and add some tefol spray to loosen the rocker bearing up. Its a bit stiff when you first purchase one.
use a pittman motor and a 3" diameter urethane wheel with a 3/4" diameter center for the axle
anchoring the motor/wheel against the inside of the lazy suzan and connect the wires to a motor controller and then to EZ-B and you can have the lazy suzan rotating full circle or back and forth.
hope that helps