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grease, lowering friction hobby servos thrust ball and roller
with, 84 continuous rotation, 136 bearings, 196
ground extending with couplers, inner race/ring, bearings,
in electrical power, 98 203–204 192–195
electricity following path standard, 133–136 input (effort or force)
of least resistance hobby servos, controlling closed pulley system, 10
to, 101 continuous rotation, 173 in first class levers, 3–7
in Not Lazy Susan project, overview of, 169–170 as lever component, 3
288–289 standard, 170–173 in second class levers, 7–8
gun tackle pulleys, 12 hold-and-stick, attaching in third class levers, 8–9
guts, of mechanisms components to shafts, 210 installation tips, bearing,
bearings and bushings, holding torque, stepper 200–202
190–203 motors, 138 integrated development
belts and chains, 227–229 home-construction plywood, 44 environment (IDE), Arduino,
compound gears, hook-up wire, breadboard 330, 332–335
225–226 power, 328 integration
couplers, 203–210 horsepower (hp), 97, 103 analog and digital, 276
gears, 212–214 hot glue, 68–69 in making things move
idler gears, 225 hubs, attaching to motor shaft, ecosystem, 257
Make Your Own Gears 205–206 in Not Lazy Susan project,
project, 215–224 humans, as alternative energy 291–293
overview of, 190 source, 117–118 intermittent motion, 247–248
power screws, 229–231 hydraulics IR (infrared) light, 290–293
pulleys and sprockets, defined, 116 irregular motion, 247–248
227–229 motorless motion with, Item (website), 39
references, 236 184–185
shaft collars, 211–212 hydropower, 115
springs, 231–236 J
using clutches, 210–211
I Jacquet-Droz, Pierre, 250
joining parts
H IDE (integrated development nonpermanent joints. See
environment), Arduino, 330, nonpermanent joints
hammer claw, 5–6 332–335 (fasteners)
hand-powered mechanisms, idler gears, 225–226 overview of, 52
117–118 idler pulleys, 227 permanent joints. See
hardware idlers, 10 permanent joints
legal issues around inclined planes Jordan, Andrew, 252
opening, 278 overview of, 15 joule, 113
in Not Lazy Susan project, screws as modification of, journal bearings. See bushings
280–281 16–17
in SADbot project, 306 and wedges, 16
in Wind Lantern project, infrared (IR) light, 290–293 K
294, 296–302 inkjet printers, in 2D digital
hardware PWM, controlling fabrication, 274 Kikkerland, 117
speed using, 158–162 Inkscape Kinematic Models for Design
head styles, screws, 59–61 for digital design, Digital Library, 238
Heart Pantograph project, 259–260 kinetic energy
245–246 Make Your Own Gears automatons and
heat, losing energy through, 103 project, 215–223 mechanical toys,
HeeksCAD modeling tool, 261 inner diameter 250–253
hex head screws, 60 bearings, 192–193 defining mechanical
hex nuts, 63 compression springs, 231 energy, 96
Hitec standard hobby servo radial bushings, 195 moving parts contain, 104
motor, 135 kitchen scales, 89