Project:MonoRail

HackSpace Monorail

A devious plan to build a small monorail running around the hackspace, to deliver beer, drop rubbish and provide a mobile camera platform for the space.

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State

Tom has produced some tracks which are mounted on the ceiling at the moment, as yet the test train is in pieces and being re-assembled so its not so shit

Solexious has produced some S-bend pieces which work nicely too

We have( had? ) a working test track here

Track Spec

• Depth: 4mm
• Width: 40mm?
• Material: MDF

Needs

more 3mm nuts/bolts so we can ditch the lego wheel holders completely A better method to drive the train on the track, currently the side-wheels power it. Its slow and cant be geared. I've had some success pulling/pushing the train with motors on the back/front against the horizontal track

Plans

Barcoded track segments so the train can report back where it is

Junctions!

Beer carriage!