Motion Module Finished

So on Friday we managed to finish up our motion module. The first thing we did was import all of the parts into Solid Works Drawing. We then arranged the parts so that they were taking up minimal space. However at this point we noticed that the sizing of the parts seemed off. So thanks to our wonderful Ninja we learned all about scales! So we scaled everything 1:1 and viola it looked good!

At this point we entered the queue to print -- this was a VERY long queue and we didn't get to actually print till about 1.5 hours later. So we finally printed with minimal work! Then we checked the holes to make sure that the teflon bar fit correctly. But it didn't! So we quickly went back to solid works and redid all of the hole sizings. But wait! We went to cut two pieces of the teflon bar and low and behold, it fit perfectly! It seems that there were actually two different sized teflon bars and one worked a lot better than the other! So here our pictures of the final working product! WOOT

 
Look how simple and pretty it looks!



The bushings worked at keeping everything together. Thanks Lyn for that idea! But we realized that the diameters we used for the holes were just a tad too big. So we remeasured and reprinted the wheel (part 2) and the bushings with slightly smaller diameters (.247 in instead of .25 in). This worked perfectly! The module now feels much more solid and stays together through the different girations of motion.

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