Nothing exhaustive but I’ll try to include useful stuff as well as general progress.
Most of the 3d printed parts ... not sure I like the colors but it was the least offensive of the filament I had sitting around
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Robot mechanical all complete, control box, and cables built. Next step firing it up. I’ll spend a bunch of time checking things ... hopefully, movement in a few days.
looks good. Were shut down here too. Im one of a few people still in the shop but most of the city is working from home. Stay safe.
Stuck in the house because of Covid-19 (I don’t have it yet but Seattle is shut down). Basically done with the control box
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I got frustrated with the 3mm linear bearing rails. I could not correct them to a uniform thickness. I ordered some linear rail stock from McMaster Carr. Hopefully, that will be less frustrating.
Working on the fifth axis
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Third axis and wiring for J1, J2, and J3 almost done. Waiting for some keystock before greasing and covering up the chain drive.
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Looks great, thank you.
Current state of things:
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I found it very handy to store parts in an orderly way as I do the build. These cases are nice because the storage bins are removable boxes:
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OK, it is driving me nuts that this blog is rotating my pictures but provides, at least on my iPad, any means to rotate them into a reasonable orientation (as far as I can figure out). Sorry for the sloppy posts.
Using my sensitive drill press to drill the set screws:
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I broached all of the gears with a little setup. The arbor press was too small so I had to improvise with some steel rods and a C-clamp:
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I started printing things on a Formlabs Form 3 but it’s work volume is too small for the bigger pieces and it is kind of overkill. I did print a few things, such as the controller mounting box:
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