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Chris Annin
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RE: What type of coating or surface finish done on the aluminium parts?

I spend a few min polishing each part with some aluminum wheel polish from the auto parts store.

2 months ago
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RE: Mounting Options - Roof

theres no default setup for inverting the robot. I dont see any issue why you couldnt invert it the way it is and then just be aware that Z+ is down a...

2 months ago
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RE: J3 Spindle issue Solved

That's great thank you for the update and in glad you were able to get the spindle together.

2 months ago
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RE: J3 Spindle issue Solved

OK, let me know. the bottom 2 pictures you show look correct but I have a hard time telling in the top picture what the issue is or why the washer app...

2 months ago
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RE: J3 Spindle issue Solved

Hello, what bearings are you using and where did you source them? I can tell you the intended bearings trade number is AXK3552/AS3552 which are overal...

2 months ago
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RE: ARCS resolution

Hello, I used static place for all the widgets so it might be difficult to get it to auto adjust but if you look on line 70 in the code you can change...

2 months ago
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RE: Mounting Encoders AR3?

Hello, yes the AR3 motors kit from stepper online have dual shaft motors and mounting holes for the encoders. I apologize if there was any confusion.

2 months ago
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RE: Has anyone had trouble with the play in the J4 motor.

I have never seen that much backlash in the Nema 11 gearbox for J4. When you say gear and belt are good I assume you mean the sprocket is not slipping...

2 months ago
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RE: AR3 teaching pendant

Currently you must use the ARCS software to send movement commands or use that with the Xbox controller. I don't have a teach pendant for the robot.

2 months ago
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RE: Adjust for large gripper

Hello, I have had a few requests for the same thing. I plan to create the ability to write a short program to calibrate joints in whatever order you n...

2 months ago
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RE: Pneumatic Valve Wiring

Hello, yes the green wire is ground. The red,blue,green strip wire was what I had on hand at the time, I will take better pictures with correct wire c...

2 months ago
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RE: Software / Motor / limit switch issues

If jogging is moving the wrong axis I would first look at the connections to the arduino and make sure you are on the correct pins, its fairly easy to...

2 months ago
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RE: I combined the J3 spindle with the J2 arm.

Hello, Im sorry I missed this question and did not reply sooner. I am a little confused by the question, can you elaborate further or add some picture...

2 months ago
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RE: Windows 10 Support?

The AR2 program was written using python 2.7 on windows 7 x64 and py2exe was used to make the executable. Unfortunately I dont have a Windows 10 machi...

2 months ago
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RE: Securing J5 motor mount

I apologize for this, this was a mistake on my part and you are correct it should be a slightly longer screw. I have updated the manual to be 18mm scr...

2 months ago
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