Having built the Printable Marble Machine #1 which is hand operated, I wanted to add a motor ..... which led to the redesign of quite a number of parts.
The motor which I settled on is a Pololu 298:1 Micro Metal Gearmotor which attaches onto my plastic mount using the Pololu Micro Metal Gearmotor Bracket. This motor runs off 5V and rotates at 45rpm - just about as fast as I think the design will cope with. It is powered using a 5V DC mains power supply which came with a mobile phone - I replaced the original power connector on the power supply as I wanted to use a 2.1mm DC power jack plug and socket set.
I have uploaded my rather poor video attempt here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOaXsGhuKLQ
Thanks also go to gzumwalt - he has made some cracking motorised models which motivated me to have a go at this one.
| 11_of_11_Gear_Lift.stl | 1.3MB | |
| 6_of_11_Spiral_Chute.stl | 748.1KB | |
| 7_of_11_Exit_Chute_Brace.stl | 32.9KB | |
| 8_of_11_Exit_Chute_Guide.stl | 34.1KB | |
| EntranceChuteRedesignAlan.2.stl | 40.4KB | |
| MotorSupport.stl | 24.9KB | |
| NewGear_Support_Back.stl | 42.7KB | |
| NewGear_Support_Exit.stl | 57.1KB | |
| NewSprocketGear.2.stl | 173.9KB | |
| New_Base.stl | 8.9KB | |
| New_Helix_holder.stl | 27.8KB | |
| Plate1_Gold.stl | 586.0KB | |
| Plate2_Green.stl | 99.7KB | |
| Plate3_Green.stl | 61.4KB |
