Robot Building for Beginners, Third Edition

CHAPTER 20 ■ COUPLER ■ Caution During gluing, wear vinyl or nitrile (not latex) gloves. Enough skin exposure to epoxy resin lead ...

CHAPTER 20 ■ COUPLER Removing Extraneous Epoxy After drying, sand or chip off extra epoxy as desired. Notice how easily the epox ...

CHAPTER 20 ■ COUPLER Drill Press A drill press is a device that holds a drill firmly and completely perpendicular to the work pi ...

CHAPTER 20 ■ COUPLER Drilling the Hole for the Setscrew Simply drill in the location marked earlier. Use a #43 drill bit. If you ...

CHAPTER 20 ■ COUPLER Every turn and a half, turn backwards a half turn or so to work excess metal out of the hole. If turning be ...

CHAPTER 20 ■ COUPLER Admiring the Coupler The setscrew makes it simple and quick to install and remove the coupler from the robo ...

CHAPTER 21 Soldering Equipment Solder is the shiny silver-gray metal seen in tiny blobs on almost all circuit boards (see Figure ...

CHAPTER 21 ■ SOLDERING EQUIPMENT For circuit-board work, look for solder wire with a thickness of #21 AWG or #22 AWG (American w ...

CHAPTER 21 ■ SOLDERING EQUIPMENT Table 21-2 lists suppliers for liquid flux. Paste flux stays in place, but liquid flux leaves f ...

CHAPTER 21 ■ SOLDERING EQUIPMENT Some soldering irons have tips that are safe from ESD (electro-static discharge), usually label ...

CHAPTER 21 ■ SOLDERING EQUIPMENT ■ Caution Don’t ever rest, set down, or store the soldering iron in any place but the manufactu ...

CHAPTER 21 ■ SOLDERING EQUIPMENT Some people prefer waterless brass sponges, such as SparkFun #TOL-08965 for $9.95. Brass is a r ...

CHAPTER 21 ■ SOLDERING EQUIPMENT Desoldering Vacuum Tools Sometimes you’ll apply too much solder to a joint. The solder blob has ...

CHAPTER 21 ■ SOLDERING EQUIPMENT Steps of a Typical Soldering Session The following is an example of a typical soldering setup a ...

CHAPTER 22 ■ Chapter 22: Soldering and Connecting This chapter covers soldering, with emphasis on soldering smaller pieces, like ...

CHAPTER 22 ■ SOLDERING AND CONNECTING Putting Together the Motors The following steps describe how to attach wires and connector ...

CHAPTER 22 ■ SOLDERING AND CONNECTING Twist the wire around itself to provide a firm grip on the terminal (see the right side o ...

CHAPTER 22 ■ SOLDERING AND CONNECTING Soldering the Motors Touch the soldering iron tip to one side of the motor terminal and w ...

CHAPTER 22 ■ SOLDERING AND CONNECTING Figure 22-6. Wire and terminal soldered together If you aren’t happy with the shape or shi ...

CHAPTER 22 ■ SOLDERING AND CONNECTING I find my soldering skills improve with each robot. Sometimes I’ll get overconfident or sl ...