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Interesting comments,
I like the way you think.
I prefer option 2 at the moment as I tend to try and use bits that I have and in this case it will be an M4 screw and a M4 nylock nut in the middle.
RE the STL files, their weird, I opened up the file that I sent you and it defaulted to Autodesk Meshmiker and it showed one of the bushings underneath the X plane which I could not quite understand (and still don't), Mesh Mixer appeared to be an essential component after I installed Autocad 123D Design which is new to me. When I opened it this morning in 123D, all where on the same plane but one of them was on the negative X axis so I guess that it explains the inversion.
I also opened the file in pronterface it appeared to be normal as it centred the actual parts (to print) and slic3r did not seem to have an issue with it....
Whilst in 123D with the same file, I could not separate the 3 bushings to delete one if required, the other thing I find strange is it does not seem to have the ability to copy & paste individual parts (I am guessing that I can save the file and them import the saved copy to produce a duplicate in the same workspace but I have not tried that yet.
I am quite comfortable using autocad 2005 (I think I have 2006 somewhere, tried it and didn't like the interface) and it is great for 2D drawings which is what i have in the past primarily used it for. (I started with V10 which needed a dongle connected to the parallel port for it to work).
I digress, moving on, woking with the STL file seems to be a tad harder than working with an original file (it may be that I still not used to working with these files yet, time will tell).
RE: mechanical hysteresis, I did not think that such a term existed, I am an electrician by trade and relate hysteresis most commonly to thermostats which (as you probably know) switch on at one point and off at another point even though the setting remains the same.., which is exactly the same result I get using the
metal endstops as you mentioned below.
gotta love a challenge (until you hate it)
Regards
Daggs
Interesting comments,
I like the way you think.
I prefer option 2 at the moment as I tend to try and use bits that I have and in this case it will be an M4 screw and a M4 nylock nut in the middle.
RE the STL files, their weird, I opened up the file that I sent you and it defaulted to Autodesk Meshmiker and it showed one of the bushings underneath the X plane which I could not quite understand (and still don't), Mesh Mixer appeared to be an essential component after I installed Autocad 123D Design which is new to me. When I opened it this morning in 123D, all where on the same plane but one of them was on the negative X axis so I guess that it explains the inversion.
I also opened the file in pronterface it appeared to be normal as it centred the actual parts (to print) and slic3r did not seem to have an issue with it....
Whilst in 123D with the same file, I could not separate the 3 bushings to delete one if required, the other thing I find strange is it does not seem to have the ability to copy & paste individual parts (I am guessing that I can save the file and them import the saved copy to produce a duplicate in the same workspace but I have not tried that yet.
I am quite comfortable using autocad 2005 (I think I have 2006 somewhere, tried it and didn't like the interface) and it is great for 2D drawings which is what i have in the past primarily used it for. (I started with V10 which needed a dongle connected to the parallel port for it to work).
I digress, moving on, woking with the STL file seems to be a tad harder than working with an original file (it may be that I still not used to working with these files yet, time will tell).
RE: mechanical hysteresis, I did not think that such a term existed, I am an electrician by trade and relate hysteresis most commonly to thermostats which (as you probably know) switch on at one point and off at another point even though the setting remains the same.., which is exactly the same result I get using the
metal endstops as you mentioned below.
gotta love a challenge (until you hate it)
Regards
Daggs