Jerome, our squiggly-bearded intern from many moons ago that created the BeetleBot, just pointed us towards this totally pimpin' pinewood derby car. The author from sliptonic.com shows how he made his sweet lowrider with hydaulic(esque) action by using a small micro-servo for each wheel, an Ardweeny for brains, and a 9V battery for power. The […]
Solarbotics / Active-Tech Holiday Hours ...
Solarbotics Ltd
December 14, 2021
Looking forward to a bit of recharge time after the holiday rush! While being in that mindset, here's our holiday schedule for both Solarbotics and the Active-Tech Calgary Storefront:
- December 24th - 9:30-1:30pm
- December 25th - Closed (HO HO HO!)
- December 26th - Closed (Whooboy... leftovers and toys!)
- December 27th - Closed (Moar leftovers... and who's toys are these?)
- December 28th - Closed (Zzzzzzz)
- December 29th - 9:30-5:30pm (*blink* *blink* yaaaawn)
- December 30th - 9:30-5:30pm (Clean up 2021 stuff)
- December 31st - 9:30-1:30pm (Off to buy munchies and ...cold snacks...)
- January 1st 2022 - Closed (Sleeping off cold snacks)
- January 2nd - (Sunday, the day of rest y'know)
- January 3rd - Closed (YAY for long weekends!)
- January 4th - Preparing for 2022, and back to regular schedule!
Let's all send 2021 packing, and hope for a better 2022!
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New GM11-14 mounting screws
BOY those are strange little screws on the face of the GM11-14 series of gear motors! 1.7mm diameter x 0.35mm thread pitch ain't a common bolt, but we found some 4mm long that we've made available for those of you looking for a precision method of mounting the motors. Check out part M1.7x0.35!
From a satisfied customer...
Here's a nice message from Jack Buffington resulting from our recent trip to Robolympics: "Hi. I just wanted to say thanks to Dave for tipping me off to those new motor/gearboxes that you are selling. He sold two of them to me on Saturday. On Sunday I won the ribbon-climber event using the one of […]
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