Probe Droids "R" Us Club

[Tsophika]

The Plastruct code starts with UFS. So, the deeper channel is what is needed?

 

[ralphee]

Few, I thought I was going nuts, perhaps evergreen is U as standard

I gotta call time on this while we await adjudication from senior officials as to when the C, becomes the U.........medals and titles are at stake here lads........this has to be taken seriously.

lee

 

[Guy Cowen]

I've met Tina Turner, does that help with getting bumped to gold medal position?

 

[ralphee]

I've met Tina Turner, does that help with getting bumped to gold medal position?

Does Ms Turner hold a penchant for styrene and ABS plastics? I think not Mr Cowen, sinbin for you for bribing an official :lol

Lee

 

[Zombie Killer]

What? you guys have something against the letter " n " ? OK maybe it is n channel.

 

[Guy Cowen]

What? you guys have something against the letter " n " ? OK maybe it is n channel.

Aiming for Bronze then are we? :lol

 

[Zombie Killer]

Platinum baby!

 

[dsp5500]

I guess I'll start posting here as it was intended for the group PD build instead of clogging Julians thread. Ive settled on my system for attaching the head to the body and also integrated it into various support rings and the equator ring. Ill be able to adjust the friction fit of the two rings with a nylon nut on top of the centre tube which can be accessed from the top removable hatch. It will be a friction fit as opposed to using bearings, just enough to be able to rotate the head with out it being able to move by its self.

 

[dsp5500]

CAD may look a bit busy so here is a 2D view. What other ways have you guys come up with?

 

[moffeaton]

That's actually very similar to what I am doing.

 

[dsp5500]

Yer I saw your earlier post with the laser cut templates. Any chance getting the .AI file of those pieces :love

 

[moffeaton]

Yeah, I created a couple of drafts - let me figure out which ones fit best - won't take too long!

 

[moffeaton]

I make no guarantees these will work with any solution besides the ones I kludge together. If they help someone, I'm happy. Maybe they might be a good launching off point. In any event, print on paper and test things out first!

http://www.roboterkampf.com/roboterkampf/misc/probe/probecut.ai

 

[moffeaton]

Crude labels, but it gets the point across - green holes will line everybody up, and fit a Plastruct tube:

Red holes are for the screws to mount this piece to the lazy susan. The blue holes will allow you to swivel over the screwholes and tighten everything down, once it's assembled, since it's easiest to have the screws face outward (so any extra screw thread lengths don't interfere with the lazy susan's movement)

 

[dsp5500]

Thanks Jason, Im sure they will come in handy for the group :thumbsup

 

[dsp5500]

Finally a couple of my kits have come
Having the Saturn V parts has allowed me to take measurements and design an accurate cad model, More on this later :love

 

[dsp5500]

Now I have an exact copy of my PD head and the first Saturn V part attached. Still have to confirm position 100% but it will do for proof of concept.

 

[dsp5500]

The reason for all this drama.
If you check the screen cap you can see the Saturn V part with the profile of the head "carved" out.

 

[dsp5500]

From here I can unroll the object, print it out and place it over the Saturn V part to use as a cut template. In these photos I just taped the template together to see how the fit worked out. Pretty spot on from my eye :thumbsup

 

[MonsieurTox]

Nice Rob !

It looks like your cone is pointed down, which is, I believe, not the case on the filming mini !