Deconstructed (LEGO Technic).
Category: LEGO
LEGO Balls
Took delivery of 40 LEGO balls. They’re precisely the right size and weight for my next project, a Great Ball Contraption.
LEGO Teardown
Posted LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown.
LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown
https://youtu.be/vsbbJ0vttZU Teardown The four modules stack on top of each other. Modules Up-down motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Forward-backward motor module. Two linear actuators, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Left-right motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. EV3 computer brick. I wrote the program…… Continue reading LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown
Warehouse Picker
Posted LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vsbbJ0vttZU&feature=youtu.be
In Pursuit of a Better Design
How I spent my Sunday afternoon. I keep taking things apart in my quest for a better design. One day, some variant of all this will be one machine… or not.
Part Reduction
Eliminated parts from my current LEGO Technic project. I’m going for minimal.
Airline Service Trolleys
Posted Using Airline Service Trolleys to Organize LEGO Parts.
Using Airline Service Trolleys to Organize LEGO Parts
When we mapped out the floor plan for our apartment, we included a closet just off the den for hobby materials and practical stuff. Two rolling carts would sit against a wall: one cart would hold boxes of my LEGO Technics and Mindstorms parts, the other would hold my partner’s Architectural LEGO bricks. I investigated…… Continue reading Using Airline Service Trolleys to Organize LEGO Parts
Inspiration
Cycled through a former heavy engineering space… because it’s there, and because I could. Made a mental note to add “gantry crane” to my LEGO Mindstorms to-build list. I did that as a kid, I do that now.