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L Lightning Packs, creating Rube Goldberg Breakfast
Machine project, 26–30
movement with human
energy, 118 screws, 16–18
ladder, as third class lever, 8 lignin, in wood, 44 understanding speed and
Lamina Design, unfolding linear actuators velocity, 14
options, 266 example of, 244 wheel and axle, 15
laser cutters linear motors, 142–143 machines, combining simple
for 2D digital selenoids, 143 Agreeable Sheep
fabrication, 274 linear bearings and slides, 190, automaton project,
using Masonite with, 44
laser printer, 2D digital 197–198 253–254
fabrication, 274 linear benchtop power automatons and
lathe supplies, 105 mechanical toys,
drilling centered holes linear bushings, 190–191, 197 250–252
without, 268–271 linear gears, 19 cams and followers,
240–242
linear motion
shaving aluminum rods converting between types cranks, 239
with, 296 of motion, 246–248 Heart Pantograph project,
working with round parts converting rotary motion 245–246
using, 271 into, 240–241 linkages, 243–244
lead-acid batteries, 109 linear motors, 142–143 motion conversion
lead-free solder, 71 linear regulators, breadboard mechanisms, 238–239
lead-tin filler, for soldering, 71 power, 328–329 motion conversion
leaf springs, 236 linkages options, 246–249
LEDs (light-emitting diodes) combining levers into, 9 overview of, 238
Arduino with, 333–335 overview of, 243–244 ratchet and pawl, 246
in Not Lazy Susan project, lithium batteries, 109–110 references, 254
290–293 lithium-ion batteries, 109–110 magnetic fields, and motors,
as transducers, 104 LittleMachineShop.com, 273 124–127
in Wind Lantern project, load. See output (load or mAH (milliamps × hours), 100
294, 304–305 resistance) Maillardet, Henri, 250
legal issues, in proliferation, load cells, measuring force, 90 major diameter, of screws,
276–278 lobe, edge cam, 241–242 53–56
LEGOs lock collars, 211–212 Make Your Own Gears project,
clearance between parts locknuts, 63 215–224
in, 83 lubricants MakerBeam, open structural
friction drive pulley system lowering friction with, 84 hardware, 39
in, 10–11 with radial bushings, 195 MakerBot Industries, for 3D
minimum constraint luggage scales, 89–90 projects, 275
design of, 25 LUMI-SOLAIR, 115 making things
sketching mechanism in analog creation, 257–258
3D with, 258 analog fabrication. See
length, radial bushings, 195 M analog fabrication
lever arm, 74 digital creation, 258–262
levers M3 screws, stepper motors, 139 digital fabrication,
first class, 3–7 machines and mechanisms 274–276
overview of, 3 defined, 2 download and open 3D
second class, 7–8 design constraints and model of part, project,
third class, 8–9 degrees of freedom, 262–264
Lexan polycarbonate, 43 22–25 fabrication. See fabrication
licenses, Creative Commons, gears, 18–22 integration, 276
277–278 inclined planes and making things move
light bulbs, as transducers, 104 wedges, 15–16 ecosystem, 256–257
light-emitting diodes. See LEDs levers. See levers overview of, 256
(light-emitting diodes) main uses of, 2–3 proliferation, 276–278
lightning, 98 pulleys, 9–13 reference, 278
references, 31 translation, 265–266