Hey everyone,
I'm alive!
This tripteron project has taken a lot more f**ing around than I could've ever imagined, and it required a skillset I haven't got too much practice with, so that's made the conveyance of the struggles to all you fine patrons a struggle of it's own. I'm halfway done editing the video, so you'll get to see that very soon; though it doesn't have too much info on how the control side of things function. There's a brief explanation (The controller runs GRBL and I janked together a keypad pendant, so I can jog around, and move between set points), but I say more on the kinematics, and I think the bulk of the content is more to do with the trials and tribulations of using a fourth axis. I'll upload the janky keypad pendant code with the video, and I'd be happy to explain a bit better, but honestly most of you probably have a better understanding of that universe than I do.
On a maybe more exciting note, I'm on the verge of securing some contracts which will hopefully lead to me being able to do this thing full-time, which could maybe lead to a bit of a cheeky move to a bigger shop, somewhere a bit further from noise-averse neighbours. So cross your fingers for me on the next video.
In the meantime, here's some more teaser photos. Pretty stoked with the final object, physically. But I can't wait to get back to some more practical, mechanically-minded projects.


NotAnEngineer
2024-06-25 03:00:00 +0000 UTCMarc Levitt
2024-06-24 20:01:10 +0000 UTCGeoff Williams
2024-06-10 00:28:06 +0000 UTCBrandon Sander
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