My first spirograph [2 motor, with reverse directi

• May 11, 2008

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My first spirograph [2 motor, with reverse direction]

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• 2 motors, one small and one even smaller, with dichromatic mirrors scrapped from perfectly good DVD burners
• 2 wire wound potmeters, 60 Ohm and 100 Ohm, soldered in parallell, not series, with the motors and supply voltage
• 47u cap for buffering
• 3p CO switch for reversing smallest motor
• laser of course

Everything is powered by 4.5V.

One mirror is missing, I had to reglue it three times because it kept falling off.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzPQu7U4ZxE[/media]
(Video should be online now)

 

• May 11, 2008

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Re: My first spirograph [2 motoe, with reverse dir

I'll call that a success!

Nice!!

 

• May 11, 2008

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Re: My first spirograph [2 motoe, with reverse dir

Oooh... whisper quiet...

;D

 

• May 11, 2008

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Re: My first spirograph [2 motor, with reverse dir

Nicely done. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

 

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Re: My first spirograph [2 motor, with reverse dir

Pass!

what difference in patterns can inverting the polarity of one motor create? (example or something, just to know)

 

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Re: My first spirograph [2 motor, with reverse dir

I switch the polarity exactly half-way during the video. It switches those eccentric (high curvature, low speed) points from outside the circle to inside the circle

 

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Re: My first spirograph [2 motor, with reverse dir

there it is, saw it.
thank you.

 

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Re: My first spirograph [2 motor, with reverse dir

Very nice I must revisit my one and put a reverse switch in, it has a nice effect.
thanks for sharing

Regards rog8811