The rubber belt is twisted to change the direction from Horz. to Vert.

Axle Extension
Brass. Copper or Tin sheet

Floppy Drive

Fold in half

Floppy Drive

SuperGlue an Axle Extension to both sides of floppy drive

Drill Axle Hole

Superglue a piece of rubber belt to the right size

Cables for 3 1/2" Floppy the Robot Drive

Power Cable 1. Cut a 3 1/2" power connector off of an old power supply and leave as much wire as you can. 2. Cut the Red wire and insulation as shown. 3. Solder the 7805 regulator IC as shown. 4. Solder the Yellow wire to the female connector of the 9 volt connector and solder the 2 black wire to the male connector. 5. Tape the solder joints to avoid shorts. 6. Finished Cable should look like the one shown.
Yellow

Red

7805 Connects to the Plus of Battery

Yellow

Red

Cables for 3 1/2" Floppy the Robot Drive

Control Cable Use 2 conductor cable for the motor control. (Something like speaker wire or Cat 5) 1. Flip the drive over so you can see the solder connections of the 34 pin connector. Locate pin 1/ 2 or 33/34 . Pins 1 thru 33 are all grounds and are in the same row. Pins 2 thur 34 are signal pins and are in the same row. When counting the pins it will be 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29, 31,33 of the same row. The other row will be 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22, 24,26,28, 30,32,34
34 33
All Drives are not trhe same. Look at your drive

2 1

2. Locate pin 12 and solder a jumper wire to one of the ground pins. (Shown Below) 3. Connect one conductor of your cable wire to pin 16 and the other end to the center contact of a toggle switch. 4. Connect the other conductor of your wire to a ground pin and the other end to the outside pin of the toggle switch.

16

12

34 33

2 1

10 to 20 feet of cable

9 volt battery

Regulator Chip

Toggle Switch

10 to 20' of wire

Wheels are a CD with a 3/8" rubber tube slit down the middle and glued to disc.

Bracket connecting the 2 drives 9 volt 9 volt

7805

7805

Drive # 1

Front view

Drive # 2

Brackets

Sheet metal sides

One small wheel

CD wheel

Side view