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Hi, For those of you with Microsoft Power Point, the Western Canadian Robotics Society has a power point presentation introducing 'Basic Digital Logic'. ...
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Hi All, OK, like I promised, the final and accurate costs for the workshops. For the Photovore workshop the cost comes to $42.95, the tax makes it $48.96 For...
For anyone interested in battle bots, ExtremeTech has just published chapters from their book "Kickin' Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots" on...
Here are some links re: the plastic casting stuff I showed at today's meeting: Alumilite Corp http://www.alumilite.com Great Hobbies online store (where I...
I have aggregating a little info on My (Ro)Blog -> http://enki.cthuugle.com/ about the Dow-Corning casting materials. I was surprised to find that they have a...
Hi, I don't see anything in the data sheets that indicates that this stuff (3120) will stand up to molten aluminum. The data sheet says that it's only good to...
Well, I asked around here, and a couple of the shop guys looked at me like I was an idiot.... so I am going to try an experiment, I have some high temp...
Hi Dave, Thanks for the tanks by the way! Uhm, I don't think they are really talking about casting molten Aluminum. I believe that what they're talking about...
Hi Tim, It was discussed at the VRC meeting yesterday, that some of the mold making material might stand up to molten aluminum, so I was trying to find out...
Hi, I think Larry was looking for a Dallas Seminconductor real time clock with I2C interface. I don't know if this meets the criteria, but the DS1307 is...
At the last meeting we talked briefly about foundry stuff. Here are a couple of local places that some of the local metal working guys use: Fairey Refractories...
Yes, eighteen years late, I am finally learning to drive! Unfortunately my classes are on Sundays, hence my absence from the meeting. STAY OFF THE @#$@...
Hi Mark, The cost is only for parts...and some of those are donated(free) which brings the cost down. You could free form one for less...however, in a workshop...
Hi Dave, I think you can use baked plaster as mold material for Al. I never used it for Al, but have used it for lead figurines, etc. Easy to use, easy to find...
Hi Scott: I'd like to mail the cheque to you. I've already signed up. Could you email me your address? Thanks. Alan Chau Scott Martin <scottydogma@...>...
Hi All, For those that prefer to mail a cheque to me for the workshop. I will contact you by email, once I recieve your cheque. The cut-off dates are final, as...
Looks like the Dow Corning material is not what we used for casting Al. They use it, the make moulds from it, but nobody can remember using it on Aluminum. I...
Hey - that's fine. At least we know for sure. We all make mistakes - don't let that stop you from speaking up. I'd rather get the occaisonal incorrect tidbit,...
Hey, No problemo. It would have been cool, but honestly I was kinda surprised to hear about the possibility of casting Aluminum with such materials... I'd...
Hi All, I have been tasked to obtain a robot head count of who is planning to enter their robots into the up coming International Robot Sumo Tournament at the ...
Hi Dave, Thanks for the tip. I just got back from a business trip and saw your post. I will try ordering a sample. Ryan, thanks for the tip. I found a post...
The Butterfly board is available from Digikey for $28.45 Cdn, but they don't have any in stock (and haven't had any in stock for quite a while). I think making...
I am just getting around to reading a few of the digests now. Bob, could you please bring the Alumilite to the next meeting and have a demonstration for us, I...
There is a part I was looking at for some stuff here at work. It's the MAX1724. It is the most efficient boost switcher I've seen when operating at uA current...
Mark Tilden's latest commercial toy made the front page of Slashdot tonight, complete with links to WowWee and Solarbotics. Looks like the poor Solarbotics...