try http://www.allelectronics.com/ I most of the stuff I needed from their store. Although it is probably easier at the store than online. So if you live anywhere near 14928 Oxnard St. Van Nuys, CA 91411 818-997-1806 you are probably in luck.
and no need to call me Mr. Gates, I'm only 17 lol Good luck with the robot -Evan Until next time, Happy Cubing http://www.deepcube.net On 12/26/05, invisible000man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks for the quick responses... > I took a shopping trip today, and there dosn't seem to be any store > that actually carries stepper motors. Does anybody know where we can > get one(or 6, rather) of them? > > In response to Mr. Gates...we plan on building something similar to > the model I saw on your site (1 motor attached to each face, so that > they can all turn independently), except we will most likely be using > k'nex for the frame. > > --- In [email protected], Evan Gates > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What I would suggest, is to get a good speedcube, and test the > torque > > required to turn it, that's what I did for mine at first. I just > grabbed a > > ruler, taped it on to a side of my cube, and put weights on the end > until it > > turned. (since I didn't have weights I used 1 ounce bags of tea ;- > ) So that > > will give you a very rough idea of what it takes to turn the cube. > The next > > step, would probably be to find a surplus store with cheap stepper > motors, > > and try out a couple to see if they can turn the cube. For my > robot, the > > stepper motors were $10 a piece, and they can not only turn the > cube faces, > > but can do so at relatively high speeds. > > > > Purely out of curiosity, what design are you thinking about for > your robot? > > > > Hope that helps, > > -Evan > > > > Until next time, Happy Cubing > > http://www.deepcube.net > > > > > > On 12/24/05, pjgat09 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm not sure if it would help, (I'm no good at this stuff) but > there > > > is a powerpoint show in the files section that discusses cubing > robots > > > and proposed prices. Check it out: > > > > > > http://f3.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/QBmuQ- > rxNslZ7LS_qglZSUnEL0rYKvhR6gJVNLvu1RTqaKCK08tx3tNhFkw_aFar3QFSt3etQYEY > tYb4_qLFTpdc6WRn/KENKEV1.ppt > > > or: > > > KENKEV1.ppt in the files section > > > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > > > Peter Greenwood > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "invisible000man" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > hi, > > > > my friends and i are planning to attempt to build a cubing > robot.... > > > > > > > > we were just wondering what motor would be good? > > > > logically, we were thinking that a low rpm, high torque motor > would be > > > > preferable, but we aren't sure about the numbers (like specific > rpm and > > > > torque values) > > > > > > > > also, does anybody happen to have an estimate for how much it > will cost > > > > to buy all the supplies necessary to build the most rudimentary > cubing > > > > robot? (start out without color recognition....using manual > input > > > > instead) > > > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > > > > - Visit your > group "speedsolvingrubikscube<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvi > ngrubikscube>" > > > on the web. > > > > > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > speedsolvingrubikscube- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<speedsolvingrubikscube- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/?subject=Unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > - Visit your group > "speedsolvingrubikscube<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube>" > on the web. > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------ > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
