Hi All
Jesse Stevens got back to me about a question I asked him about the possible constructs of a turn table...below is what he had to say...relevance to the turn table starts paragraph four...
He's keen to help if we want it...so let me know what you all think...
Heya
Just realised I hadn't replied to you so sorry! It's been a crazy few weeks - almost everything is kind of culminating on the same deadlines. Very boring..
That's great - I'll pass that info on - just had a quick meet with them about it to get some bits and pieces organised so good timing!
The resonating speakers I've been sourcing from Jaycar - apparently a little hard to get at the moment which is a shame but they come in waves - it'll seem as if they've been discontinued and then suddenly they have huge amounts of stock again. They call them "Micro Resonator Speaker" with the "Digitech" brand (which is actually Jaycar's Chinese brand).
As for the turning mechanisms I'd definitely be happy to help and be involved if you'll have me - this is something I worked on for another project that never got off the ground. How big will the turning tables be?
For the work I did on that project I figured out the best way was to use a bearing built for a lazy susan (you can get these all over the place including ebay) and then attach the size perfectly round disk you need for turning (can even be smaller with another table on top of it. You then use a continuous rotation servo motor with a round flange head on it with a rubber ring. Using a hinged section and a spring to apply tension, this wheel then presses against the outer rim of the circular disk which is attached to the lazy susan bearing. You then have the ability using an Arduino (wink wink!) to change the speed to whatever you want, or you can also just add a potentiometer to read from to manually change the speed yourself when it's in place. I'll attach a diagram so it makes more sense for you if you want?
Let me know if the diagram is still confusing and I'll have another go.
Jesse Stevens
Cake Industries
+61 3 8060 5248
www.cake.net.au
In /dev/null, no one can hear you scream
Just realised I hadn't replied to you so sorry! It's been a crazy few weeks - almost everything is kind of culminating on the same deadlines. Very boring..
That's great - I'll pass that info on - just had a quick meet with them about it to get some bits and pieces organised so good timing!
The resonating speakers I've been sourcing from Jaycar - apparently a little hard to get at the moment which is a shame but they come in waves - it'll seem as if they've been discontinued and then suddenly they have huge amounts of stock again. They call them "Micro Resonator Speaker" with the "Digitech" brand (which is actually Jaycar's Chinese brand).
As for the turning mechanisms I'd definitely be happy to help and be involved if you'll have me - this is something I worked on for another project that never got off the ground. How big will the turning tables be?
For the work I did on that project I figured out the best way was to use a bearing built for a lazy susan (you can get these all over the place including ebay) and then attach the size perfectly round disk you need for turning (can even be smaller with another table on top of it. You then use a continuous rotation servo motor with a round flange head on it with a rubber ring. Using a hinged section and a spring to apply tension, this wheel then presses against the outer rim of the circular disk which is attached to the lazy susan bearing. You then have the ability using an Arduino (wink wink!) to change the speed to whatever you want, or you can also just add a potentiometer to read from to manually change the speed yourself when it's in place. I'll attach a diagram so it makes more sense for you if you want?
Let me know if the diagram is still confusing and I'll have another go.
Jesse Stevens
Cake Industries
+61 3 8060 5248
www.cake.net.au
In /dev/null, no one can hear you scream
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Hi, me again...I don't know why the texts of my posts sometimes don't get up...very frustrating!! Here is a cut and paste of the relevant section of an email I had included in original post from Jesse Stevens. the diagram that did get up is a pictorial representation of what he suggested
ReplyDeleteHe is keen to help us with the turn table function if we want it...Let me know what you think.
from Jesse's email: The resonating speakers I've been sourcing from Jaycar - apparently a little hard to get at the moment which is a shame but they come in waves - it'll seem as if they've been discontinued and then suddenly they have huge amounts of stock again. They call them "Micro Resonator Speaker" with the "Digitech" brand (which is actually Jaycar's Chinese brand).
As for the turning mechanisms I'd definitely be happy to help and be involved if you'll have me - this is something I worked on for another project that never got off the ground. How big will the turning tables be?
For the work I did on that project I figured out the best way was to use a bearing built for a lazy susan (you can get these all over the place including ebay) and then attach the size perfectly round disk you need for turning (can even be smaller with another table on top of it. You then use a continuous rotation servo motor with a round flange head on it with a rubber ring. Using a hinged section and a spring to apply tension, this wheel then presses against the outer rim of the circular disk which is attached to the lazy susan bearing. You then have the ability using an Arduino (wink wink!) to change the speed to whatever you want, or you can also just add a potentiometer to read from to manually change the speed yourself when it's in place. I'll attach a diagram so it makes more sense for you if you want?
Let me know if the diagram is still confusing and I'll have another go.
Jesse Stevens
Cake Industries
+61 3 8060 5248
www.cake.net.au
In /dev/null, no one can hear you scream
it's written in invisible ink, you can see it when you scroll over it - very clever Fiona!
ReplyDeleteMuch cleverer than I know...!?
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