I just saw this crazy motion simulator: I know it is much more complexity with 8 winches, but I thought it may inspire more ideas. Keithby NEATman - General
Regarding the tight bend radius of the line and using teflon tubing, could you instead just increase the radius over which the line travels? There are all kinds of low cost guides for thread and sewing machines. Perhaps a ceramic thread guide similar to this would work: It would create a large radius for the line, is very wear resistant, is cheap, and could be popped into a hole in the plate,by NEATman - General
Very clever design! Two comments on the ball joint/Extruder location: 1.) Could you make a "virtual ball joint" by making a U-Joint with a large yoke - I guess you could call it a gimbal - that fits over and around the extruder head? Where the axes cross would be your center of rotation, and it should be able to be made quite low. Perhaps using the top half of the blue frame, along with theby NEATman - General
Hi Ross, All- Great to see so much action here in southern NH. I have a mechanical engineering background, know enough to be dangerous with electronics, and I'm a long time CNC addict (Bridgeport, lathe, engraver, dremel, etc.), and I have recently gotten into 3D printing with a Thing-O-Matic. Not satisfied with the build quality or build size, I'm working on converting the CNC engraver to a 3Dby NEATman - General Mendel Topics