RepRap: Blog

So, what's wrong with this picture?

Peer in and observe those little yellow hooks at the bottom of those bands. Now observe the diameter of the blue pillars. Yes, that's right. The hooks do not fit into the gap between the pillars!

This is because doofus here reused some pillars off an old axis, and didn't check to see if they were the ones that were compatible with the new hooks.

Net result is that when the Drive Screw attempts to lift or lower the yellow mechanism in the middle, it tries to snap the hooks off. Well, the good news is that the yellow bit canted over and snapped off its flexures before the hooks came off, so I guess they're strong enough...

Now of course I have to reprint all the bits, reassemble them, and redo all the pictures I took with the wrong pillars before I can finish the build docs. *Sigh!*

# posted by vik-olliver @ 4:52 AM