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Autodesk Inventor modeling bearings quick prototyping using,
tool, 261–262 angular contact, 198 71, 144
automatons installation tips and tricks, regulating power for,
Agreeable Sheep 200–202 328–329
automaton project, linear slides and, 197–198 brittle
253–254 Not Lazy Susan project ceramic materials as, 42
and mechanical toys, using, 284 as material property, 34
250–252 overview of, 190–191 BRL-CAD, 2D and 3D modeling
axial motion and forces, 24 radial, 191–195 tool, 261
axle, wheel and, 15 spherical, 199–200 bronze, 42
thrust, 196–198 buckling failure, 36
beeswax, lubricating wooden bushings
B parts, 84 combination, 199
bell cranks, 249 defined, 190
back drive, and worm gears, 21 belts, 227–229 linear, 190–191, 197
Balanzza luggage/fish scales, 90 benchtop drill presses, 268 mounting, 202
ball bearings benchtop power supplies, 307 radial, 195
alternatives to, 198–200 bevel gears, 20–21 thrust, 197
applications, 194 bicycle
defined, 191 blenders powered by,
linear, 197–198 117–118 C
mounting, 202 magnifying speed with
radial, 192–194 rear sprocket, 14–15 Cabaret Mechanical Theatre,
thrust, 196 binding posts, 62 117, 238, 251
ball screws, 229–230 bio-batteries, 116–117 CAD (computer-aided design)
bamboo, as composite biocompatibility, biomaterials programs, 258–262
wood, 44 and, 47 cage
band saws, 271 biomaterials, 47 bearings, 192–193
barrel cams, 242 Bionic Power, creating linear bearings, 197
barrel nuts, 62–63 movement with human thrust bearings, 196
bathroom scales, measuring energy, 118 Calder, Alexander, 250–251
force, 89 bipolar stepper motors cam shaft, 241
batteries Control a Bipolar Stepper cameras using 35 mm film, as
alkaline, 108 Motor project, 175–180 closed pulley system, 10
avoiding shorting of, 107 overview of, 175 cams
bio-batteries, 116–117 Wind Lantern project. See edge, 240–242
capacitors vs., 113 Wind Lantern project face and drum, 242
current markings, 100 Blender modeling tool, 260 overview of, 240
gel cell, 109 blocks, 9 capacitance (C), 113
internal resistance of, 103 bolts. See screws capacitors, 112–114
lead-acid, 109 boost regulators, breadboard cardboard, as composite, 46
lithium, lithium-ion, and power, 329 cars
polymer lithium-ion, Boston Gear, gear lead-acid batteries used
109–110 equations, 214 in, 109
mobile projects using, 106 bottle opener, as second class redundant constraint
nickel-cadmium lever, 7–8 design of four
(NiCad), 109 box, Not Lazy Susan project, wheels, 25
nickel-metal hydride 281–288, 291–293 steering system as wheel
(NiMH), 108 brass and axle, 15
as project power source, as copper alloy, 42 using screw jacks to lift
106–110 increasing shaft size with heavy loads, 16–17
SADbot project using, shims of, 207 casting, in analog
316–318 braze welding, 71 fabrication, 272
storing electric potential brazing, 41, 71 CC (Creative Commons) licenses,
energy in, 112 breadboards 277–278
zinc, 108 Breadboard A Circuit cellulose fibers, 44
battery holders project, 150–152 center distance (CD), spur gears
obtaining, 145 Not Lazy Susan project, defined, 214
using, 107 288–289 gear equations, 214