Would you please sell a set without servos. I have a handful of micro servos, and they are rather cheap.
I could get a dozen micro servos on ebay for Less than $15, infact i have done just that already. ($19 after shipping)
I’d buy 1 or 2 of these kits if they are sold without servos included.
Also this is semi-related:
A micro servo gripper. Just a simple gripper that uses 1 or 2 micro servos. I made my own, but a precision one would be nice.
Hmm maybe if i make a miniature robotic arm that uses micro servos, maybe i can make a machine that separates M&M’s by color.
If you look at the picture of the pan/tilt, you can see the brackets needed to make it. They are all standard SES brackets available separately. This is one way you can get what you want and use your own servos. There are also several different ways you can build a pan/tilt using SES bracket combinations. You can easily tailor a pan/tilt to exactly what you need for your application.
I always build my own SES pan/tilts because sometimes I need slightly different combinations. The only brackets you need for the standard pan/tilt is an ASB-04 or ASB-24 and an ASB-09 short C, depending on the exact setup you need.
All a kit without servos would be are two brackets. Just order the two brackets you would need, which come with hardware, and put it together with your own servos. You would end up getting enough brackets and hardware to build two pan/tilts. It’s always good to have extra SES brackets.
Check the prices. It would cost about $27 to buy just the brackets. If they sold the kits for $9.99 i could get exactly what i need, and still save money.
Though i may just buy the brackets as is, and do what you suggested, but only because i’m impatient.
Not sure if anything lynxmotion made as a kit would fit your $1.59 servos. Just make one yourself. Easy to do. If you need one that is super slick and professional looking, then you will probably need to come off the hip with the $$$.
The low cost servo’s i use are used HS-85BB’s.
They a couple had missing horns, some had damaged wires, or had the plugs at the end cut off, and a couple had bad gears. But out of the 12 i bought, i was able to salvage 9 of them.
So i have 9 HS-85BB’s that work without any problems. So you can understand why i don’t to pay $50 for 2 more. But rather just the kits for them.
Edit: i also have 5 other micro servo’s from some old esky helicopters that i crashed.
The below link has a simple way to make a bracket support for the servo side opposite the servo horn. Could be used to make an “over the top” cam support bracket. The bracket itself could be made from a wide wooden craft stick.The bottom pix show just how simple a small cam pan/tilt can be.
Right now i have 2 of my slightly damaged servos (cracked horns with stripped screws) turned into a ghetto pan/tilt using hot glue. It’s strong and sufficient for a camera.
But i plan on making a robotic arm with micro servos. My robots frame is just to small and light for standard servos and a robotic arm. The weight of the arm would just tip the thing over.
But with micro servos and some 3/8" aluminum tubing i should be able to make a strong, small and light robotic arm. Giving i can make a small working gripper.
I Think i’ll just buy the packs of brackets within the next couple weeks or so.
The standard size bracket version of the pan and tilt is not using ASB-09. It’s using ASB-03, which only have the 8mm hole on the servo horn side. The back side uses a 4-40 screw, washer and lock nut, noit the ball bearing the majority of the SES brackets use. We have no servo pan and tilt kits based on these brackets for $9.95.
The micro servo bracket sets do not have the no ball bearing version so even if we were to make a no servo version it would cost more than $9.95.
Although it sounds like a good idea, we are not able to devote the time required to make this no servo version of the pan and tilt kit for you. It’s a matter of priorities. Sorry…
While the rig works to your taste, there’s a right and a wrong way of doing things. Imagine your eletrician wired your house with hot glue, rubber bands, and popsicle sticks!
It is all subjective as to what is “right” and “wrong”. Perhaps using a pan/tilt that is not made from carbon fiber with precision bearings, aviation certified bolting materials, and super high end servos is “wrong”. Imagine the electrician comming to your house and charging you $500 to change out a bad outlet. $60 for a micro servo cam pan/tilt rig is rich living in my neighborhood.
Money is just to tight right now to pay $60. Though money has always been tight for me.
My hotglue pan/tilt that i already made is more than sufficient for a light weight micro wireless camera.
Double or even triple layered Popsicle sticks with some wood glue is plenty strong as well. The servos would give out before the wood.
Having to buy xmas presents i don’t even think i can afford a single micro pan tilt kit, even without servos right now. popsicle sticks and hot glue it is.
Craft sticks are wider than popcicle sticks and might be easier to mount a cam on. Below is how I made a pivot point support on the opposite side of the servo from the servo horn (no bearings, but none really needed for light loads). The popcicle stick pivots on the screw shaft between the nut and screw head (the screw is not tight against the stick). When you hit the big time you can always buy the expensive bracket.
popsicle sticks and hot glue it is.