recomendations on legs anyone use lynxmotion?

Britannicus

I'm currently building a hexapod from first principles, and have for several months been trying to come up with a sensible solution for mounting servos. I've come to the conclusion that I've exhausted my skills a metal work and am looking at purchasing some servo brackets. I've been looking at Lynxmotion brackets - they seem to be designed to fit to the servo fittings on one side and then pivot on the side opposite to the shaft.

http://www.robotshop.com/eu/lynxmotion-aluminum-c-servo-bracket.html


Given that the standard servo has no mounting point for a second pivot on the other side of the shaft - how is this achieved ? has anyone got a great suggestion for a cheap way to mount servos in this way ?? all suggestions are most welcome.

schill

Here's the best place to look for things related to the Lynxmotion servo erector set:

http://www.lynxmotion.com/c-73-servo-erector-set.aspx

To use the C brackets, the servos are usually mounted in another bracket, like these:

http://www.lynxmotion.com/p-286-aluminum-multi-purpose-servo-bracket-two-pack.aspx

Lynxmotion also has plastic adapters that you stick on the bottom of the servos but I've never used them (they don't give you the options for mounting things to the servo that the ones above do):

http://www.lynxmotion.com/p-399-injection-molded-servo-hinge-for-ball-bearing-two-pack-standard-hd.aspx


There are a lot of examples out there of robots using these components, including many on the Lynxmotion site. It's worth studying the pictures to see if you can figure out which components are used where. It can be a real challenge sometimes.