Please help with hoverboard parts

[Clock88]

And in this image, the entire upper part looks HUGE for some reason and more like the first one you made... :confused :confused :confused

 

[formula388]

Ah Grant, The camera angle on that last one is definetly skewed. Look how small the diameter of the circles are, that would make it seem further away and a longer distance.

 

[formula388]

What is that image from?

 

[formula388]

This outer hold down is confusing. We need a reference with a measurment on it like I had for the other ones.

 

[Clock88]

What you have now looks great... I am just over thinking it and the angles are messing with my head.

What do you think about making the part that curves and conforms to the magnet a little bit thinner like the resin parts?

 

[formula388]

I can do that, not as much of a filleted edge, less of a radius type of thing? I dont know how much thinner I can go, it is at .100 as it is.

 

[formula388]

 

[BTTFSpencer]

BTW. Slightly OT, but does anyone else think the Pitbull magnets are silver/gunmetal?

 

[Clock88]

I can do that, not as much of a filleted edge, less of a radius type of thing? I dont know how much thinner I can go, it is at .100 as it is.

Yeah, it's a radius thing on the fillets. Just slightly I would say... compare it to the gif I made and the pit bull resin parts.

Looking damn good! :thumbsup

 

[Clock88]

1:1 scale of what it will look like on the stunt graphic file:

 

[Clock88]

Maybe make the battery holes bigger?

 

[formula388]

Okay, I made the radius smaller on the hold downs and am printing out another prototype. Possibly ALL the holes need to be bigger. I will be able to tell once I start to play with what screws to use. Also, Some boards have the screws painted and some are black.

 

[formula388]

Battery holes definetly needed to be bigger. I just modified them and am waiting for the other print to finish. I am going away this weekend so I wont be able to give updates till monday.

 

[Harry Bardwell]

So far? Lol what else should I change? Honestly I am open to suggestions.

I wasnt planning on compiling my dimensions, but i will make a drawing and dimension it if people want. It is really not dimensions of screen used parts so I would hate to have it confused with them.

I would love a set of dimensions/blueprints. What do you mean it not the same as screen used? I thought that was what you were trying to achieve, and it looks like you are amazingly close. I meant so far only in reference to the fact you still seem to be tweaking it some

 

[Clock88]

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[Clock88]

Woo!

So I just had a major breakthrough on why the resin hold-downs look bigger. This is something that has been driving me crazy since the start of this project. You would think that the vacu-form parts would look bigger by adding thickness, but this isn't the case.

When the parts are vacu-formed the plastic adds thickness to the edges that comform to the magnets. This takes up space on the hold down and effectively takes away some of the apparent size of the part.

The vacuform parts appear to be smaller because they have lost their inside space.

Resin:

You most noticeably lose space in these areas because it takes up more room.

Vacu-form:

You made the radius of the your (or conforms) to match the vacu-form parts but everything else is thin and sharp like the resin parts. I would HIGHLY recommend we change the fillets radiuses/thickness to match the resin parts as close as we can. It seems like they have a huge visual effect on the entire look of the piece, and could look even more different when you decide to vacu-form.


Take a look at this gif...

 

[Clock88]

I know you said you were changing the conform/fillet radiuses on Friday which is great...

I just wanted to emphasize it because I just realized will be a major detail when the parts are vacu-formed.

Here is some reference for the conforms/fillets thickness and radius. They seem to be pretty thin at points:

 

[formula388]

Sorry i didnt get a chance to post this.
Ignore the white. I changed the color midway through the print.
I need to make the holes for the screws slightly larger, though if vacuformed theyll get a lil bigger...

 

[formula388]

Ill have more pics of a new battery and other angles of the new parts soon.

 

[Clock88]

Is there any way to make the points where the parts conform to the magnet base thinner like below? I know you said you can't go much thinner...