Working on a new Ingentis/Eustathios XY carriage.

ThantiK · January 4, 2015, 3:59pm

Working on a new Ingentis/Eustathios XY carriage. I don’t know solidworks for crap, so I’ve been figuring it out as I’m going along. This is how far I am right now.

The idea (for me) is that I don’t need that belt tensioning mechanism, and in order to fasten the belts I will have a clamp on top. Also, the way things are cut out right now, doesn’t hinder the clamping functionality of the original block. I also wanted some more natural curves, instead of just cube on top of cube on top of cube. Fillets everywhere when I’m done.

ThantiK · January 4, 2015, 5:05pm

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByxvvRr2A-puTjI4UFZ5WkJUQ1k/view?usp=sharing is what I have currently. Will export in STEP/IGES later. I still need to figure out the best way to fasten the top. Either way, should have more belt clearance with this one, and it should look a little better.

Joe_Spanier · January 4, 2015, 5:36pm

All the fillets

Eclsnowman · January 4, 2015, 7:50pm

Looks nice. But how do you plan to tension the belt? I am all for new designs… But the rod ends work so well right now and tensioning is so easy with the current design.

ThantiK · January 4, 2015, 7:57pm

@Eclsnowman , lived without the need to tension belts constantly for a while now. Once they’re set, they’re set, generally.

Eclsnowman · January 4, 2015, 7:59pm

@ThantiK I agree. I have not adjusted mine since I installed it. I just mean the initial tension.

Eclsnowman · January 4, 2015, 8:51pm

I finally pulled up the google docs model with edrawings on my phone. Looks great. I like your use of chamfers vs fillets. Gives a great look and improves first few layers printability.

ThantiK · January 6, 2015, 9:32pm

Ya know, I pirated SolidWorks, but just noticed that eDrawings was a sldprt viewer for Android at $2. I always say that I’ll pay for things that are reasonably priced, so just gave them mah money.