Here's tonight's progress so far: We're up to J3! I received my limit switches today, so I'm installing them as I go. I plan to make the wiring ...

OK, to go with the progress so far tonight, here are my comments about the assembly manual: P47 - Securing the J3 bearing cup. The kit comes wit...

The pile of parts is getting smaller! I'm up to J5 and J6 now. I have lots of assembly comments (will put in next reply). But first the ph...

OK here are my assembly comments: P51 - the turret housing screws are all 10mm (the flat heads are also 10mm). 14mm screws are too long and bott...

I'm nearly there for the mechanical assembly... I had to bore out the J6 motor housing, the motor didn't fit. I also ran out of M3x5mm set...

While I wait for McMaster to deliver more M3 set screws, I can test fit the J5 cover. It looks like I'll need to modify the model for the cover ...

I'm back! FIRST Robotics season is over, the school year is about to end, and I'm ready to transition from making robots... to making robots. Time to ...

If I get truly adventurous, I might try a new PCB vendor my friends have ben using (jlcpcb, for those that are curious). I'll fab a second board that ...

Spent a little time this weekend working on the controller's heat sink. It's an exact copy of my previous one, but this time I was able to cut it on t...

Wow, so nice. The RPi + Arduino looks like a great combination. I'm thinking of a carrier board too (just posted in my build) but this is clearly a go...