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  1. (03:51:16 PM) kd8qwt [18c004f2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.24.192.4.242] entered the room.
  2. (03:54:10 PM) papamat: hello
  3. (03:54:40 PM) kd8qwt: hello
  4. (03:57:50 PM) pid: hello
  5. (03:58:47 PM) papamat: kd8qwt: what cad do you use?
  6. (03:58:55 PM) kd8qwt: Fusion 360
  7. (03:59:22 PM) kd8qwt: It's still free for hobby use
  8. (04:01:18 PM) kd8qwt: What DC motors are being looked at for V3?
  9. (04:01:56 PM) papamat: oh is cloud based?
  10. (04:02:06 PM) papamat: are you design inside a browser?
  11. (04:02:19 PM) kd8qwt: Yes, but if the cloud is dead it will use local cache
  12. (04:02:31 PM) kd8qwt: No, there is a client
  13. (04:02:41 PM) papamat: let me find the link for the motors
  14. (04:02:55 PM) kd8qwt: I use both Windows and OSX clients
  15. (04:04:11 PM) jasiek: can you guys tell me more or less why there's a V3 of the rotator? eg. how the V2 was deficient?
  16. (04:04:28 PM) papamat: https://www.ethercalc.org/V3motorSpec
  17. (04:04:41 PM) papamat: this is the list with the motors we will try
  18. (04:06:09 PM) papamat: https://community.satnogs.org/t/satnogs-rotator-version-3/226
  19. (04:06:44 PM) papamat: the first post in this tread
  20. (04:07:08 PM) papamat: have the bigger issues of the v2 design
  21. (04:07:39 PM) jasiek: cheers
  22. (04:08:03 PM) papamat: i think that those are the huge amount of friction and the lack of rigidity
  23. (04:08:48 PM) kd8qwt: With a small windshield wiper motor and this controller I was able to get 8 rpm. I didn't measure the torque but the shaft was very difficult to stop - https://www.pololu.com/product/2507
  24. (04:10:08 PM) papamat: kd8qwt: https://www.robotshop.com/en/12v-501-170oz-inc-metal-gearmotor.html
  25. (04:10:17 PM) papamat: we use this for now
  26. (04:10:54 PM) papamat: omg
  27. (04:11:00 PM) papamat: 30 amps?
  28. (04:11:32 PM) papamat: you can turn the earth around you :P
  29. (04:11:51 PM) kd8qwt: It doesn't get hot. The moors don't use more than an amp or 2
  30. (04:11:52 PM) papamat: what windshield wiper motor do you use?
  31. (04:12:00 PM) papamat: yeap
  32. (04:12:04 PM) kd8qwt: If I stall the motor it can get to 2 amps
  33. (04:12:28 PM) kd8qwt: For an old Jeep. I just looked for the cheapest wiper motor on ebay
  34. (04:12:44 PM) papamat: in our motors we have 1.5 Amps too stalled
  35. (04:12:59 PM) papamat: new or used?
  36. (04:13:02 PM) kd8qwt: They were $28, but the same vendor has increased their price now to $48. There are other cheaper vendors, but I haven't looked hard
  37. (04:13:09 PM) kd8qwt: Says new
  38. (04:13:09 PM) papamat: and how much did you pay?
  39. (04:13:11 PM) papamat: ok
  40. (04:13:20 PM) kd8qwt: It was $28 shipped
  41. (04:13:56 PM) papamat: they are not much cheep
  42. (04:14:00 PM) kd8qwt: Both the motor and controller barely gets above room temp, even after running for 30 min
  43. (04:14:50 PM) kd8qwt: No, but they are more powerful, available pretty much anywhere, and can run 8 rpm
  44. (04:15:07 PM) papamat: https://www.pololu.com/product/1213
  45. (04:15:21 PM) papamat: we are using this driver
  46. (04:15:32 PM) papamat: do you have any link for the motors?
  47. (04:16:25 PM) papamat: with 8 rpm maybe you ll be a bit low speed-wise
  48. (04:17:01 PM) kd8qwt: That's the lowest speed. They can spin quite fast
  49. (04:17:03 PM) kd8qwt: http://www.ebay.com/itm/130990255602?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
  50. (04:17:56 PM) kd8qwt: The 8rpm goes into a belt and worm gear that takes it to 50:1
  51. (04:18:41 PM) kd8qwt: My design is a bit larger and designed to carry more weight
  52. (04:19:49 PM) kd8qwt: More aluminum pieces
  53. (04:20:37 PM) papamat: the look heavy duty
  54. (04:20:49 PM) papamat: my only concern is the speed
  55. (04:21:03 PM) papamat: the belt drive is 1:1?
  56. (04:21:15 PM) kd8qwt: 2.24:1
  57. (04:21:26 PM) kd8qwt: Speed as in too slow?
  58. (04:22:43 PM) papamat: the theoretical optimum speed is around 5degs/sec
  59. (04:23:08 PM) papamat: so you have 8rpm
  60. (04:23:27 PM) kd8qwt: Minimum
  61. (04:23:44 PM) papamat: and the belt and worm ratio is 2.24*50
  62. (04:24:27 PM) kd8qwt: Belt is 2.24:1 and worm is 25:1
  63. (04:24:47 PM) papamat: oh
  64. (04:24:49 PM) papamat: ok
  65. (04:25:25 PM) papamat: so the ratio from the motor to output is around 50
  66. (04:25:25 PM) papamat: ok
  67. (04:25:29 PM) kd8qwt: I think that puts it in the right range
  68. (04:25:50 PM) kd8qwt: I can easily reprint the belt ratio
  69. (04:26:10 PM) papamat: 8rpm is 48degs/sec
  70. (04:26:24 PM) kd8qwt: I have most of it printed. I'm waiting for the stainless steel hardware to bolt it together
  71. (04:26:35 PM) papamat: so you ll have about 1 deg/sec in output
  72. (04:27:05 PM) papamat: your pulleys are printed?
  73. (04:27:07 PM) kd8qwt: Excellent
  74. (04:27:11 PM) kd8qwt: Yes
  75. (04:27:14 PM) kd8qwt: GT2 3mm
  76. (04:27:25 PM) kd8qwt: Everything printed in PETg
  77. (04:27:37 PM) papamat: are they working good?
  78. (04:28:02 PM) papamat: oh! I have never printed in PET
  79. (04:28:15 PM) papamat: what temp do you need to print PET?
  80. (04:28:18 PM) kd8qwt: I haven't bolted everything together yet, but from what I've tested so far I think it will work fine
  81. (04:28:21 PM) papamat: is it expensive?
  82. (04:28:21 PM) kd8qwt: 250c
  83. (04:28:27 PM) kd8qwt: $29
  84. (04:28:42 PM) papamat: 29$ per what??
  85. (04:29:03 PM) kd8qwt: http://www.intservo.com/products/esun-petg-filament-1-75mm-1kg-spool?variant=963058195
  86. (04:29:20 PM) kd8qwt: 1kg
  87. (04:29:22 PM) papamat: is it have better mechanichal properties?
  88. (04:29:39 PM) papamat: is not expensive
  89. (04:29:53 PM) kd8qwt: It's very smooth, UV stable, and will not separate at the layers
  90. (04:30:23 PM) kd8qwt: I've broken a few, and they all had random breaks. Nothing along the layers
  91. (04:30:24 PM) papamat: looks very nice
  92. (04:30:32 PM) papamat: I ll test it asap
  93. (04:30:44 PM) kd8qwt: Much better than ABS I think
  94. (04:30:58 PM) kd8qwt: No need for an enclosure to print
  95. (04:31:23 PM) kd8qwt: Bed temp at 90c and glue stick on the glass
  96. (04:31:37 PM) kd8qwt: Low shrinkage
  97. (04:31:46 PM) kd8qwt: Great for mechanical stuff
  98. (04:32:42 PM) papamat: ok
  99. (04:33:04 PM) papamat: I am searching a place to order now :P
  100. (04:33:24 PM) kd8qwt: My BOM for 2 rotators is around $500. That includes the pi and filament.
  101. (04:33:51 PM) papamat: 2 rotators or 2 axis?
  102. (04:33:51 PM) kd8qwt: It's a bit heavier than the V3
  103. (04:34:02 PM) kd8qwt: y
  104. (04:34:27 PM) dosman [~dosman__@140-182-31-84.ssl-vpn.indiana.edu] entered the room.
  105. (04:34:32 PM) papamat: have you designed your worm too?
  106. (04:34:44 PM) papamat: hello dosman
  107. (04:34:51 PM) kd8qwt: I used cheap skate bearings everywhere, so that kept the cost down there so I can spend more elsewhere
  108. (04:34:55 PM) dosman: hello papamat
  109. (04:35:10 PM) kd8qwt: I printed the larger gear and bought the smaller delrin gear
  110. (04:35:18 PM) kd8qwt: From a Genie garage door opener
  111. (04:35:24 PM) kd8qwt: $7 shipped from ebay
  112. (04:35:36 PM) papamat: azisi have designed something to cut in your laser cutter
  113. (04:36:04 PM) papamat: kd8qwt: link? :P
  114. (04:36:13 PM) dosman: :-)
  115. (04:36:35 PM) kd8qwt: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genie-Garage-Door-Opener-Worm-Gear-Part-33355A-S-Genuine-Genie-Part-/291051910468?hash=item43c40bb544
  116. (04:36:39 PM) kd8qwt: $8 now
  117. (04:37:10 PM) kd8qwt: I just couldn't print a gear I liked
  118. (04:38:06 PM) papamat: nice
  119. (04:38:18 PM) kd8qwt: It feels quite smooth on the PETg, especially with some sticky grease
  120. (04:38:19 PM) papamat: how long time are you building it?
  121. (04:38:40 PM) kd8qwt: I started shortly after I saw the V3 at Hamvention
  122. (04:39:01 PM) kd8qwt: I started to build the V3, but I kept changing it
  123. (04:39:18 PM) kd8qwt: Now it's completely different :)
  124. (04:39:32 PM) papamat: :)
  125. (04:39:50 PM) kd8qwt: The electronics should be the same, more or less. My son in-law is doing the elecronics
  126. (04:40:22 PM) papamat: are you gonna upload the design files under an open source license?
  127. (04:40:38 PM) kd8qwt: The 2.5" aluminum tube running through the middle will take up to 1.5" pipe slid in
  128. (04:41:00 PM) kd8qwt: Once I finish it and find that it work, I'll probably release everything. I don't plan on selling it
  129. (04:41:18 PM) kd8qwt: Don't want to support it actually :) Hams are funny people :)
  130. (04:41:37 PM) kd8qwt: It should be very rigid
  131. (04:41:51 PM) papamat: we have some thoughts to host a wiki page to upload our designs and other open source designs too
  132. (04:42:04 PM) papamat: hahahaha
  133. (04:42:18 PM) papamat: ham are funny and a bit weird :P
  134. (04:42:36 PM) kd8qwt: Especialy in large numbers like Hamvention :)
  135. (04:43:05 PM) papamat: :)
  136. (04:43:42 PM) kd8qwt: If you want to use any of my designed you are free to do so. I can post what I have
  137. (04:44:24 PM) papamat: I want to try it for sure
  138. (04:45:32 PM) papamat: https://github.com/satnogs/satnogs-rotator/blob/master/t_slot20_connector.stl
  139. (04:45:41 PM) papamat: dosman: look this part
  140. (04:46:36 PM) papamat: we design it and built it as a replacement for those metal corners
  141. (04:46:50 PM) papamat: let me upload some pics
  142. (04:47:23 PM) kd8qwt: I have printed connectors like that before. They work well, but there is still some flexing
  143. (04:47:28 PM) dosman: excellent
  144. (04:47:52 PM) kd8qwt: PETg should work well
  145. (04:48:18 PM) kd8qwt: 4 layers and at least 50% infill
  146. (04:50:10 PM) kd8qwt: It does add bulk to the outside, making it harder to add panels and such
  147. (04:50:26 PM) papamat: yeap
  148. (04:51:07 PM) papamat: and you need around 100 bolts to built the outer cell
  149. (04:51:37 PM) papamat: https://papamat.m3design.gr/index.php/s/JMdwn8u0HFWkxqw
  150. (04:52:17 PM) papamat: https://papamat.m3design.gr/index.php/s/iWHWlh6401VKCJA
  151. (04:52:49 PM) papamat: https://papamat.m3design.gr/index.php/s/PbgEktgVeN0OWlJ
  152. (04:54:45 PM) kd8qwt: Very nice
  153. (04:55:31 PM) papamat: the 500$ are for 2 axis's?
  154. (04:55:39 PM) papamat: or for 2 rotators?
  155. (04:56:01 PM) kd8qwt: 2 axis, a complete tracker
  156. (04:56:19 PM) papamat: ok
  157. (04:57:07 PM) papamat: and what axis you ll gonna use?
  158. (04:57:59 PM) kd8qwt: Not understanding the question
  159. (04:58:14 PM) papamat: sorry for my english :P
  160. (04:58:29 PM) kd8qwt: np. It's quite good
  161. (04:58:39 PM) papamat: we are using an 32mm pvc axis
  162. (04:58:54 PM) papamat: what do you use?
  163. (04:59:34 PM) kd8qwt: No. 63mm tube, 6.35mm thick
  164. (04:59:53 PM) papamat: omg
  165. (04:59:58 PM) kd8qwt: Then either pvc or metal pipe can be slid inside and bolted to the tube
  166. (05:00:38 PM) kd8qwt: Like I said, larger and heavier
  167. (05:00:49 PM) kd8qwt: PVC doesn't last long in the sun
  168. (05:00:52 PM) papamat: nice
  169. (05:00:56 PM) papamat: weap
  170. (05:01:00 PM) papamat: yeap*
  171. (05:01:10 PM) kd8qwt: I used skate bearings to keep the cost down
  172. (05:01:34 PM) papamat: i saw this at the forum
  173. (05:03:04 PM) kd8qwt: Then I use a trailer bearing seal to seal the large tube and keep as much water out of the inside as possible
  174. (05:04:09 PM) papamat: nice
  175. (05:04:13 PM) kd8qwt: I think this unit will be able to hold very large arrays
  176. (05:04:54 PM) kd8qwt: Aluminum angle iron is used to brace and bolt the 2 units together. That's not in the cad drawing
  177. (05:05:01 PM) kd8qwt: Hence the $500
  178. (05:05:31 PM) kd8qwt: The plan is to put it up and not take it down except to peek inside every once in a while
  179. (05:07:41 PM) kd8qwt: If I seal the 10 turn pot, then noting inside can be damaged by weather
  180. (05:08:00 PM) kd8qwt: Wiper motors don't need to be as protected
  181. (05:08:20 PM) papamat: You can seal it with a good amount of grease
  182. (05:09:07 PM) kd8qwt: Plus they are rated as continuos duty
  183. (05:10:13 PM) kd8qwt: Continuous
  184. (05:10:19 PM) kd8qwt: Can't spell today :)
  185. (05:15:16 PM) papamat: you can use hall effect encoders too
  186. (05:15:48 PM) papamat: you can made them completely waterproof
  187. (05:16:33 PM) kd8qwt: True. We may even eventually do that
  188. (05:17:08 PM) azisi [~chatzilla@ppp079167009101.access.hol.gr] entered the room.
  189. (05:17:45 PM) kd8qwt: The pot is geared down 4:1 from the main shaft. We may make some changes there. My son in-law is looking at sensors to determine elavation angle and az direction
  190. (05:19:51 PM) kd8qwt: He's loking to add an LCD on the electronics housing that displays the current track
  191. (05:19:55 PM) kd8qwt: Fun stuff
  192. (05:20:54 PM) papamat: http://ams.com/eng/Products/Position-Sensors/Magnetic-Rotary-Position-Sensors/AS5040
  193. (05:21:10 PM) papamat: check this for the positioning
  194. (05:23:28 PM) azisi: hey, the magnetic encoder also used in http://reprap.org/wiki/Magnetic_Rotary_Encoder_v1.0
  195. (05:24:30 PM) kd8qwt: That would make for a nice sealed unit
  196. (05:25:03 PM) azisi: How to control the H bridge and potentiometer, with arduino?
  197. (05:25:45 PM) kd8qwt: Yes, some version of arduino
  198. (05:26:45 PM) azisi: yes, i think the two part epoxy is not affect the magnetic sensor
  199. (05:27:18 PM) kd8qwt: Or just print a housing around the chip
  200. (05:28:08 PM) papamat: you can try to order 2-3 pieces as sample
  201. (05:30:12 PM) azisi: how do you mount the gear on the axis?
  202. (05:32:01 PM) kd8qwt: The main printed gear has slots and the AL tube is drilled and tapped. The slots are so I can slide the gear to align it with the small worm gear
  203. (05:34:52 PM) kd8qwt: The mount for the work gear is bolted to the base plate, but the holes are large anough to make small adjustents to make sure the worm has the right contact point with the main gear
  204. (05:35:27 PM) kd8qwt: I built a test plate and everything looks to bolt up well
  205. (05:41:12 PM) papamat: dosman: are you here?
  206. (05:41:32 PM) dosman: heya
  207. (05:41:44 PM) kd8qwt: I think at this point we want to get it built. Then we'll look at other enhancements and adjustments
  208. (05:41:57 PM) papamat: do you want to make the pr in the v2 branch?
  209. (05:42:02 PM) papamat: :)
  210. (05:42:35 PM) papamat: when do you think it will be ready
  211. (05:43:08 PM) papamat: ready as prototype I mean, not really for your rooftop
  212. (05:43:18 PM) papamat: *ready
  213. (05:43:58 PM) dosman: you mean the t_slot20_connector part?
  214. (05:45:06 PM) papamat: no
  215. (05:45:40 PM) dosman: sorry, else-window, missing some of the convo here
  216. (05:45:42 PM) papamat: i mean this awesome bash script
  217. (05:46:14 PM) papamat: the axis side generator
  218. (05:46:46 PM) dosman: I'll see what I can do. I'm a git noob, and after the repo re-org I didn't want to screw anything up both on my side and your side
  219. (05:47:04 PM) papamat: hahaha :)
  220. (05:47:06 PM) dosman: I'd like to see that get in though :-)
  221. (05:47:27 PM) azisi: i am also noob ...
  222. (05:47:32 PM) papamat: all the hardware guys are git noobs
  223. (05:47:37 PM) dosman: :-)
  224. (05:48:00 PM) papamat: but we have the other to clean up our mess
  225. (05:48:07 PM) papamat: *others
  226. (05:49:54 PM) azisi: kb8qwt, the worm mount are 3d printed with PET?
  227. (05:50:08 PM) kd8qwt: Yes. Everything printed is with PETg
  228. (05:50:35 PM) kd8qwt: All the bearings are skate bearings, so I use those in the worm gear mount as well
  229. (05:52:42 PM) azisi: i think it is a weak point, because all the torque from the axis to worm goes there
  230. (05:54:44 PM) kd8qwt: Yes, it is certainly a weak point. The mounts are very stiff. Are they stiff enough for a heavy antenna? I don't know yet. If not, I'll beef them up some more. There are 2 8mm bolts holding one mount and 3 8mm bolts holding the other
  231. (05:56:20 PM) kd8qwt: The axis won't be flexing under the weight, so any movement will be strictly from the gear on gear forces
  232. (05:56:59 PM) kd8qwt: Which is much less than a regular gear
  233. (05:57:58 PM) kd8qwt: Holding the gears together by hand, it takes a tremendous amount of force to push the gears apart
  234. (06:00:01 PM) papamat: I think that the biggest amount of force is parallel to the small gear axis
  235. (06:01:30 PM) kd8qwt: Yes, that is true. The mounts are stronger in that direction. I was thinking about printing a brace to bolt on top of both mounts, over the gear, just to attach the smaller end mount to the larger mount
  236. (06:01:49 PM) kd8qwt: If it's needed
  237. (06:02:08 PM) kd8qwt: I have CAD and a printer. I can always print more :)
  238. (06:02:14 PM) papamat: :)
  239. (06:02:58 PM) kd8qwt: I do plan on adding weight to the elavation until something breaks. Then I'll know where the weak part is
  240. (06:03:28 PM) papamat: we use just a scale
  241. (06:03:40 PM) papamat: and we pull with that
  242. (06:04:49 PM) kd8qwt: That works too. I don't have a scale, but I do have weights
  243. (06:08:19 PM) kd8qwt: I think the worm gear mounts are the components that will fail first
  244. (06:09:20 PM) kd8qwt: But I think that will be way past the maximum weight the rotators will be asked to handle
  245. (06:09:31 PM) kd8qwt: Worse case I'll cut them out of aluminum on my CNC
  246. (06:19:55 PM) azisi: your idea with skate ball bearings is great
  247. (06:20:10 PM) kd8qwt: Those are so cheap they are almost free
  248. (06:20:21 PM) kd8qwt: I paid like $14 for 64
  249. (06:20:54 PM) azisi: haha
  250. (06:21:15 PM) kd8qwt: The skate mounts are small and very regid. There is a printed ring that bolts on the main shaft that rides between the bearings, preventing side motion
  251. (06:21:38 PM) kd8qwt: For the elavation rotator only
  252. (06:22:18 PM) kd8qwt: The az rotator has a surplus flange bearing rated at several hundred pounds at 5,000 rpm. It was only $8 and it was new
  253. (06:24:39 PM) kd8qwt: I think 3 skate mounts around the main shaft would be enough to hold it just fine, but there was room for 5
  254. (06:27:16 PM) marshall_afk is now known as marshall_law
  255. (06:27:47 PM) marshall_law is now known as marshall_afk
  256. (06:30:52 PM) cshields: hi all
  257. (06:31:02 PM) kd8qwt: Howdy
  258. (06:31:58 PM) cshields: papamat: w/r/t git and hardware, I won't be around for the official meeting time today (sorry, in the office/SFO this week, stuck in meetings) - I do want to see how you would like to handle imperial-sized parts. Once I finish testing them we should put them in the main repo somewhere I'm guessing
  259. (06:32:21 PM) cshields: you can see them all ending in _imperial.stl here https://github.com/cshields/satnogs-hardware/tree/imperial
  260. (06:32:29 PM) cshields: the source files are named the same but this is a branch
  261. (06:33:50 PM) cshields: it would be nice to come up with a workflow for how we want to handle this in the future. I'd recommend we not try to maintain 2 branches of source parts but rather make the conversion to imperial after major milestones are hit (in other words, one-time conversions to imperial should be easier than trying to keep imperial parts up to date with the other changes)
  262. (06:38:04 PM) papamat: sounds nice
  263. (06:38:17 PM) papamat: there is a feature in freecad
  264. (06:38:24 PM) papamat: let us find the link
  265. (06:38:44 PM) cshields: if freecad handled variables a bit easier like openscad did that is another option
  266. (06:38:46 PM) papamat: i witch you can drive the value of a constrain
  267. (06:38:51 PM) cshields: because really that is 90% of the conversion
  268. (06:39:05 PM) cshields: right, I find that contraint and just change it :)
  269. (06:39:25 PM) papamat: from the in-program spreadsheet
  270. (06:39:50 PM) papamat: we try to finde out haow exactly it works
  271. (06:41:22 PM) papamat: http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spreadsheet_PropertyController
  272. (06:41:39 PM) papamat: is this feature witch is looking intresting
  273. (06:41:48 PM) papamat: interesting*
  274. (06:42:04 PM) cshields: I'm assuming that t_slot20_connector pasted earlier would be in place of the inside hidden connector?
  275. (06:42:58 PM) papamat: yeap
  276. (06:43:09 PM) papamat: we are doing some tests
  277. (06:43:17 PM) papamat: can you read the history?
  278. (06:43:32 PM) papamat: there are some photos too
  279. (06:43:56 PM) papamat: we will made a post in forum too
  280. (06:44:50 PM) cshields: did you see this one? might be better for the corners as it holds all axis to 90 degree angles https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:489216
  281. (06:45:48 PM) azisi: yes, we print it and try it and failed
  282. (06:45:53 PM) cshields: !!
  283. (06:46:05 PM) cshields: well, shit. heh
  284. (06:46:22 PM) papamat: the problem is the way is printed
  285. (06:46:47 PM) papamat: with a little amount of force the layers are separating
  286. (06:47:00 PM) papamat: so we built the other
  287. (06:47:07 PM) cshields: but is that an issue with the slicer or its settings?
  288. (06:47:13 PM) cshields: or, ohhh
  289. (06:47:19 PM) kd8qwt: Try PETg. Layers don't separate
  290. (06:47:22 PM) cshields: the vertical layers of the piece that sticks up
  291. (06:47:35 PM) papamat: we will try PET
  292. (06:47:36 PM) azisi: also we use M5 nuts without this http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28788
  293. (06:47:44 PM) papamat: definitely
  294. (06:47:58 PM) kd8qwt: Also, the extrusions have a slight depression designed to pull the aluminum up to the plate being tightened
  295. (06:48:09 PM) kd8qwt: So it does put stress on the plastic part
  296. (06:48:25 PM) cshields: azisi: I plan on trying those next week :)
  297. (06:49:03 PM) cshields: but I can see how printing the sides vertically sliced would compromise some structural strength
  298. (06:49:05 PM) kd8qwt: I've only tried the eSUN PETg. I've heard that others do sep at the layers. Not sure what the diff is
  299. (06:50:40 PM) kd8qwt: Make sure you have at least 4 solid outside layers so the bolts have solid plastic to tighten aganst
  300. (06:51:27 PM) cshields: azisi: was it 100% solid?
  301. (06:51:46 PM) papamat: the thingiverse one?
  302. (06:51:51 PM) cshields: yeah
  303. (06:52:41 PM) azisi: with 20 -25% infill
  304. (06:53:30 PM) kd8qwt: Should be at least 50% infill with ABS. Even then it could crack. PETg will hold up better
  305. (06:55:21 PM) azisi: we will test PETg
  306. (06:58:36 PM) azisi: with t slot 20 connector we use 12xM5 screws and nuts in each corner that means 16(all corners)x12, total 192 nuts and screws
  307. (07:00:52 PM) kd8qwt: That's why I opted to not use AL extrusions. Another option is to print a corner piece that wraps around the extrusion on 3 sides and only 1 bolt per beam
  308. (07:01:41 PM) papamat: like some printers do
  309. (07:01:51 PM) papamat: like mendelmax
  310. (07:01:56 PM) kd8qwt: Haven't seen those
  311. (07:02:11 PM) kd8qwt: My printer doesn't use extrusions
  312. (07:03:44 PM) kd8qwt: Trading bolts for plastic
  313. (07:06:10 PM) papamat: yeap
  314. (07:07:37 PM) kd8qwt: Good trade if the plastic holds up
  315. (07:09:23 PM) kd8qwt: On the other hand all the bolts look pretty cool
  316. (07:13:37 PM) azisi: another idea is to use two screws per t slot 20 connector (196/2=98) and the part in the middle of it has a fin that inserts in to extrusion
  317. (07:21:52 PM) marshall_afk left the room (quit: Quit: ZNC - http://znc.in).
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