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@moon Hm. I ground down my original grub screws a few mm and used the provided grubs in the clamps (to help locate it and hold it in place). Is this wrong and if so what is the small hole on the collar for?
In other news, I’ve made a 3d printable bumper for the gear drive casing to avoid scratching it when you prop the board up against stuff. I still need to make a retaining plate (or washers) so case bolts don’t pull through though.
I would recommend bolting everything except the wheel up to the gear/case first, then bolting the wheel to the wheel adapter. In these pictures I have the wheel adapter already bolted on (wrong).
I also designed a 3D printable hub spacer that is rigid and provides much more support than the little included washers.
I can share the stl / step / or solidworks part file.
My setup requires different set of fasteners tho. M4x50 for the wheels and M5x14 for the aluminium wheel adapter.
And according to @ixf my setup won’t work on v1 drive units, because you can’t flush mount the wheel adapter to the gear on v1’s. It would grind against the trucks…
Mistakes were made; I made the bumper for the wrong side of the case!
Luckily it’s only a few minor sketch changes; will post back with a new STL file.
I also need to check if the bumper will clear the tire and thicken up the part if it’s not too much additional material.
Heh. I was literally gonna poke @DerelictRobot to see if he was making bumpers… since I think i’ve spy’d moon drives on his setup and he has been known to make other bumpers.
Alright I’ve finished up the motor-side of the bumper. It’s essentially the other half to the previous bumper, I plan on printing both to protect the purrrty anodized aluminum from AT boogers.
Clears 7" (175mm) tires to stand the board up on the motor mounts
63mm diameter recess in bumper for motors (reach out if you need larger)
Be sure to print the correct bumpers for your drives: V1 or V2; V2 has M3 lid screws
Fitment
I can’t really comment on fitment yet as I’m still printing V1 bumpers (I unknowingly made V2 bumpers first, lucky you guys). I do have a full set of V2 bumpers and they fit very well on my V1 drives. The differences are very slight so I suspect they should fit fine on V2 drives.
The lid bolts compress the bumpers; use washers or wait for a small/thin shim plate I’ll release after testing (currently printing). Your current screws should be long enough.
Back bumper design isn’t ideal if you aren’t using both bumpers
Easily fixed; just needs to be cut shorter (ideally in your slicer)
I’ll remix another STL with “shortened” back-only bumpers
You may need to scale slightly depending on your printer/filament
Once I test fit my V1 bumpers I may adjust tolerances
I need to release some step/f3d files for you folks to remix at will
Free bumpers
Since I printed a full set of V2 bumpers I have a set to give away if you cover shipping; PM me.
Just read through about 900 of these comments, so im more caught up now - @moon when do you think 4:1 Helical Drives will be available? Also, will the price remain around 320 Euro per set as mentioned somewhere above?
You posted a test video and some pictures a few posts up and your deck and enclosure caught my eye - I’m pretty new to the hobby, so I’m sorry if its obvious, but what deck + enclosure is that?
Its hand built deck with custom artwork and my carbon enclosure. I have a build thread for it, which I haven’t updated…
While the build might look finished, I still have few things to do under enclosure.