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Monday, October 10, 2011

Coding Laboratory: DIY Linear actuator out of scanner parts and a drawer slider

DIY Linear actuator out of scanner parts and a drawer slider

To build this linear actuator I stripped off from a scanner the motor + gears along with the timing belt and the pulley. I bought in Brico a cheap drawer slider and screwed it all into a piece of wood.

First the video showing off what all this is about...
Linear actuator made out of a scanner parts and a drawer's rail


Video Link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4xdWUbPyF18


Below you can find a pic of one end of the actuator:



As you can see, I attached the stepper to the piece of wood by just using a wire, and it works great!
Also note that zigzag piece of metal that links the timing belt with the drawer rail. In the picture below you can see it in more detail

Read more...
http://codinglab.blogspot.com/2011/10/diy-linear-actuator-out-of-scanner.html

Great "Southern Engineering" work here... I wonder what he intends to use it for?

Don

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