Homebrew PCBs

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:39:37 +0100, Mycroft2152 <mycroft2152@...>  
wrote:

> Back to the original 'train' of thought... Not
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> everyone has a spare valve spring in their workshop.
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> The rubber ball would replace the spring in a long
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> lever drill press.
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> The 'wobble' would be controlled by the type of hinge
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> used, not the ball or spring.
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> It seemed that, an auto shock absorber was a clever
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> use, it was a serious overkill and huge for a simple
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> driller with a few mm travel. Now if there were some
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> 10 cm shock abosrbers, it would be different.
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> Myc


AH, i see, just to balance the pivoting arm!
I thought (and still do) the car shock absorbers were intended to be used  
as linear slides for a non-pivoting type of press.

I don't think it is very difficult to find a spring, and a counterweight  
on the back of the arm works well here, but a rubber ball of some sort  
would surely work as well. I reckon even rubber bands can be used if some  
standoff mechanism is used.

ST