Articles tagged with: DC Motors

Sep12

A Small Guideline

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Distance and speed settings for the Shukuma DOLLY

A Small Guideline

We finally put together a "Cheat Sheet" with a guideline and starting point to get the correct speed and distance on your Shukuma DOLLY. Keep this list in your gadget bag to make your life a whole lot easier when setting up a shot ;-)

Apr26

Speed control on any dolly

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Just a sneak peek on what happening at TLSA

I was playing around the other day and built this very basic speed controller that works on the Shukuma DOLLY and the Shukuma MINI - and it cost me less than R350.

Mar28

A lot is going on.

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The TIMELAPSE SA camp is busy - see what's NEW

A lot is going on.

WOW! I can't believe it's Easter... And this year has seen so much progression thus far.
I would like to inform you of a few important things as I was planning to do a few weeks ago already.  So lets not waste any more time ;-)

Sep10

Make this change to the RPM on the SMC

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After some valued & appreciated input from clients

Make this change to the RPM on the SMC

As you all know by now, the first 10 proud owners of the Shukuma dolly received their units and started playing with their kits.  We have a few small glitches that crept in but NOTHING that can not be fixed or overcome.

The first suggestion I have for you all is to change the RPM of the motor!

Jul30

Pulleys, Motors & Belts

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Smooth sailing or NOT!

Stock collection from all the various suppliers is underway and so the pulleys, motors & belts was collected yesterday.

 

On my return home I made an interesting little discovery and realised that the belt  I just picked up is not the same as the belt used in my prototype.  I immediately tried to fit the belt over the pulley and of course, it doesn’t fit 100% :-(