Scratch Build – Complete Puddidium235 - Feb 2023 Complete +Final pics

Man.. subbing to threads doesn't help. I need to keep them in open tabs and read the updates. I just read this one but I can't remember anything from before Looking at the variety of parts you are showing, this is definitely going to be a fun build.

Nice road sign btw!

 

Sorry to confuse you.

Someone get my parade permit. I did some electronics stuff...and it worked!

-Strip rulers with a strong magnet under the tray is great for solder clamping.

-Anyone wanna check my math? -Should be 2800ohm.

-Egad, what a snug fit. I added a goop of hot glue in the middle to avoid shorting.

-I just finished plugging these in and giving them a spin...successfully. So I have the motor part done. No pic of the inside of the connectors because getting them together is like changing a lightbulb while balancing on the back of your cat. -I suck at analogies.

-I do like how 80/20 pack. The insides were divided by paper and wrapped tight with packing cellophane. When I cut the cello, I thought I heard that noise a Coke makes.

-OK, I have frame. I just gotta get some stuff to put it together. I had a wad of 1/2" square nuts, but it turns out I need to grind a bevel on the edges to get them in the slots.
I also need some motion hardware... Yeah, that stuff might be handy.

 

And what about your bending be ch with galons of hinges ??

If you want i can sent you some scooter wheel from my son

 

You mock me, Sir.

 

-OK, possible change of plans. After some suggestions from @Nealieboyee, I'm beefing the design up a little. The downside is that it triples the amount of bracket shenanigans. I still need to look into if Mach lets you flip the Y motor direction.

-I got a few pulley wheels cut. I got a beauty friction fit on the bearing.

-And here's-CAMERA! FFS! FOCUS ON THE THING IN THE FRONT!-two halves assembled with the bearings.

-I'm running out of this junkyard polycarb. This is supposed to be a router mounting bracket...

...but she's so lose you want to use a whole can of Lysol on the car seat after taking her home. :/ I don't know what happened. I even have the micrometer reading written on the router. I'm getting really bad at that.

 

I love these tangents

 

Mach 3 should let you flip the Y axis motor direction, no problem.

 

Thanks!
Tangents are all part of the project for me.
Thanks again . I knew you could reverse the Z, but it's kinda different. -I still gotta check since I'm getting paranoid from all the mistakes I'm making.

 

YOU are a genius Man !

 

I fixed you post there for you....

I came here for the case but stay for the CNC.

 

It's very funny because at the begining, i wrote "insane" genius in référence to the statuts of @Cheapskate. But finally Remove it !

 

Thanks...?
"Demented" might be more appropriate since it can explain all the forgetfulness. As for the genius bit, that is just my 'dramatic role' on the internet.
-I did some forensic math. The router is roughly 1.5", and the part is 1.75". So I can chalk this one up to the dyslexia. I've been using the wrong quarter-division of an inch since I started cutting boards as a wee thing.

 

Returning once again with the new nickel/dime posting format:

-So I made some new router mounts, and deliberately made them undersized. The micrometer was telling me it was slightly oblong, so I went with the median where it was supposed to be. I definitely didn't want another oversize part, after all.
What you are seeing above is a bracket clamped down for modification. (Don't judge my clamping. Toilet t-slot bolts, paint sticks, and tile spacers work very well.)
I had to cut slots near the base to relax the clamping a bit. I could get the router in the part, but the base was bowing. SNUG.

-You can see by the hack-sawed lugs that she was SUPER snug. I added some set screws and plan to add screws to the lugs, but I doubt it needs any more SNUGNESS.
Now for some more household archaeology finds...

-I found my Dad's old computer textbooks. I thought you might be amused. -Also I need to pad my post a bit. :/

-What?
Anyway, I managed to pull the trigger on the Chinese parts. Let's all anxiously await their arrival... in a couple of months.

 

Chinese parts? Does Trump still let those in?

 

I expect I'll be the recipient of a nasty tariff.

 

I stand corrected. That stuff got here so fast, one box overshot Texas and landed in Memphis.
So...where am I?

-One nice thing about polycarb: You can do stuff like this to get into that normally un-tappable tab.

-I really don't need much clamping force, but there it is. I added some socket head screws to the shopping list.

-I milled this out for a Z motor mount. Earlier I chopped up 1/2" acetal sticks and leveled one side.

-Here it is with a lot of drilling and tapping done. Currently all I have for metric screws are what came in some kind of 'sampler kit' I picked up in a vacant rental. Needles to say, I'm using as much imperial as I can. Metric tap and drill stuff is really tough to get here.

-Then the other day I got this weird pickle sculpture.

-Inside: MORE packing, and like, half a roll of tape.

-And MORE- wait...Hemp?

-Ok, a lot of oily dirt mixed with blood, and a 2nd box today, and I have most of it. There's a few mixed up quantities, but I can get measurements confirmed and start adjusting the 3d model.

-For now, everything gets a de-greasing and Texas Tea bath. It's not as noxious as the normal Chinese lube. -That stuff that smells like cigarettes and paint, but it's still rough to inhale.

 

I love seeing mods to mod stuff That router is going nowhere!.....until it's told too Just seeing those rails do things to me that they shouldnt They really do look sexy!

 

You may be robosexual.

 

An interesting project log and Futurama references. Amazing