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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: pomprocker on February 04, 2009, 09:32:04 PM

Title: Freewheeling servo mod
Post by: pomprocker on February 04, 2009, 09:32:04 PM
Is there a way to mod a regular servo to have a freewheeling side for extra support like this:

http://www.servocity.com/html/hsr-8498hb_hmi_robot_servo.html (http://www.servocity.com/html/hsr-8498hb_hmi_robot_servo.html)
Title: Re: Freewheeling servo mod
Post by: airman00 on February 04, 2009, 10:08:14 PM
just add a small lazy susan
(http://www.pvcworkshop.com/Lazy%20Susan%20002.jpg)
Title: Re: Freewheeling servo mod
Post by: Razor Concepts on February 04, 2009, 10:08:36 PM
Nope - and if you did, it would be too complicated to be useful. However they sell normal servos (not robotic ones) that have the servo horns on both sides so that you can pick which side to use.
Title: Re: Freewheeling servo mod
Post by: pomprocker on February 05, 2009, 12:21:33 AM
Nope - and if you did, it would be too complicated to be useful. However they sell normal servos (not robotic ones) that have the servo horns on both sides so that you can pick which side to use.


Would you mind linking me to some?
Title: Re: Freewheeling servo mod
Post by: Razor Concepts on February 05, 2009, 04:15:24 PM
Sorry I forgot... but they are pretty high end servos so they might cost as much as the robot servos. Try looking under the JR and Futaba brands also. For some reason in robotics it seems like everyone uses Hitec... but really if servo manufacturers would be car companies, JR and Futaba would be ford and chevy but Hitec would be something like... Saturn. As in, "I drive a saturn." "Saturn??? wtf??"  ;D
Title: Re: Freewheeling servo mod
Post by: pomprocker on February 05, 2009, 04:21:29 PM
well ok, I'll figure something out and post it up.


I did email with ServoCity tech, and they don't have any ideas either.
Title: Re: Freewheeling servo mod
Post by: msprague on February 05, 2009, 09:02:31 PM
Do you mean something like this:
http://www.lynxmotion.com/Product.aspx?productID=150&CategoryID=87
plus this:
http://www.lynxmotion.com/Product.aspx?productID=278&CategoryID=87
??
Title: Re: Freewheeling servo mod
Post by: pomprocker on February 05, 2009, 09:45:07 PM
Yeah!!!