I'm a little more than halfway done with my project. Most of the work I have to do is assembly because the structural piece is complete. I have to put the gears in place, attach the camera, and finish the wood on the structural part. I bought a gear kit so I have all the materials I need to complete the project and once I get past a certain roadblock I should be able to finish the project within the next couple of weeks.
This roadblock has caused a lot of problems for me and wasted a lot of valuable work time. I cannot find the RPM of the motors I am using so I cannot mathematically calculate a way to gear them down. I hadn't originally planned on doing it mathematically because I do not know what is considered "slow RPM" I was just going to work hands-on until I found the right speed. I was going to solder the wires that tore back to the motors so that I could work with the gears, but it was brought to my attention that I should do the gearing mathematically. I wasted a lot of time trying to find the RPM of the motors and was unable to find out what it was. I intend to go with my original plan to work hands-on with the gearing. I will be at a program up at NJIT from Wednesday night to Friday and unless I get a monumental amount of work completed tonight at home I can't imagine I will make much progress by tomorrow.
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