Building an Arduino Controlled Animatronic System Part 3 - Joints, Toggles, and Pinning...oh my!
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- Опубликовано: 6 мар 2018
- In Part 3 in our series on building animatronic eyes, we look at some of the details of the eyes themselves...what kind of mechanism is used? How do we align the servos? What's the easiest way to assure alignment of attached parts in an assembly.
Admittedly these are smaller topics but are still very important to discuss to have the whole overall project be a success.
If you have any questions, post them below and I'll try to answer them in the next video. You can also reach me on twitter @jimscuba2386
Great video - like old school woodjoints with dowels.
U Do It thanks :) It really does work well and is guaranteed to be round and tightly toleranced versus modeling pins into the design :)
Hi Jim, what a wonderful project. Watching the process of the build, your solutions and designs, then putting it out there for others to enjoy and build upon with all the links in the descriptions. It is a testament to you and the community of builders that put themselves and their ideas out there to inspire the young and the old. Please continue this open dialogue and video series of animatronic builds. Thank you.
Thanks for your kind words David. I've released a raspberry pi zero home security camera video lately taking everyone through the steps. After I get back from MRRF I have a special electronics/3D printing project I'm going to work on and release.
My big animatronic projects are hard for me to release. A few reasons...one, most are of IP from the House of Mouse. Two, I spend a lot of time on them (i.e. 1-2 years) so they're kinda like my babies :) That's why I came to the point where I made these videos. I basically take people through the entire process of making the "guts" and people can use it to make any animatronic they want. I've seen a few people take the animatronic eyeball project and put them into their own projects and it makes me so happy to see!
I will definitely be releasing more stuff in the future! Nothing at regular intervals, but when it's ready to be released and I feel it's clear enough anyone could follow it, then I'll be sure to put it out there! Thanks again :D
Really nice to hear what mechanical problems to look out for.
Great explanations.
There are transfer devices that can perfectly align surfaces like your two blocks. Drill the holes in one block then place a pin of the drilled size in each hole. The pins will have a sharpened point on the exposed ends. Lay the two blocks on a flat surface and push them up against another flat vertical surface. Tap on the ends of either block forcing the pointed pins to place marks for drilling. This is perfect alignment. No slots needed. if the holes are tapped like a motor flange you use transfer screws. If the holes are through holes use transfer punches.
Jim, awesome tutorial & very cool layout/design.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! 😁
Brilliant stuff! Especially using filament as a pin! Thanks
Well you made me buy a 3d printer. Waiting for it to arrive now. I like the filament pin idea. What do you use to glue pla?
RanHam335 superglue works fine. This project you can get away with right press fits if you want :)
And btw, I promise to use my “ability to make people buy printers against their will” powers for good and not evil!
Great video. I just got the branes delivered and put together. Are you going to share the code and the 3d print files?
Again, great videos and Tiki.
Brad 44 yes. I just bought a house and am currently in the process of moving and selling the old house. I promise it’s coming :)
Sweet. Good luck. I hate moving.
Brad 44 just for you....I managed to get all the stl files together for the eyeball mech. Feel free to print them out for now until I have time to film the final parts of the series. If you run into issues, tweet me @jimscuba2386. Enjoy!