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Battle of the tenths

A project log for Webot

The wireless quadruped made from $10 in parts and materials.

shanesnipeshane.snipe 01/22/2019 at 02:320 Comments

Can you believe tenth of a mm can make a huge difference.  It will make the difference between a loose fit and that satisfying perfect press. 

So I tried out my new fasteners and they worked better than my creations usually do without tweaking. The holes were to small because 3D printed holes shrink more than I ever compensate for so I will just make them bigger. To test the pieces I used some 1.8 instead of 2.7mm acrylic and the gears spun really well. They could be a half mm more snug to the face.

The battery holding scheme is awesome. One plastic rivet and a fence. Perfectly satisfying design. 

Here is a list of tweaks for this next run:

1) 0.15 mm offset for the clips to hold on the gears.

2) 0.1mm wider ledge for the T-Clips to hold the legs in place.

3) 1mm bigger holes in the 3D printed axles.

4) Added the straps to the dxf. 

5) Rounded the sharp corners on the walls for fun.

I also started to get the Fusion 360 part tree. To move or copy a component you need to highlight it on the tree not the screen. Make a sketch, then a component and copy the component for multiple copies that can be edited from one sketch and moved independently. I was making multiple sketches for multiple parts. I meant lots of work if I wanted to change something. 

One more item was that I found a dxf converter so at least i do not have to go back to onshape. 

https://cloudconvert.com/dwg-to-dxf

Here is the latest update. I will put it in the files as Version 15.1

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