the TPU arrived! guess what though: it lowk doesnt work with the X1c (our printer)!!!!!!! we refined the design for the flywheel a bit, but after figuring out the TPU settings in the printer, our test prints didn’t work at all. at some point, it just seems to run out of filament (usually before the first layer finishes) and leaves these dots of plastic where its supposed to be entirely filled in. no TPU ig!!
my teammates spent most of the day figuring out where to cut holes for the tensioner and then actually drilling those holes for the eventual assembly (prob tomorrow). it looked really sucky cause the hacksaw is time-consuming and lowk rather annoying, especially when we need to cut 3 shafts into like 12 pieces, so thank you teammates that was very nice 🙏
i spent the whole rest of the day on the CAD for the articulated arms that we’re gonna have in front and on top of the entire robot, and i designed a servo mount that’ll keep the servos attached to the robot at the exact height we need them to be to make a plate that hits the ground, settles at a nice angle, holds the flywheels, and all the while still fits on the print bed. i tried to print one of those mounts but after like 5 prints that failed on the first layer, the only succesful print ran out of filament on the second to last layer 😭
its lowk chill though cause it looks kinda cool so im gonna keep it

attached is the lowk awesome lowk cooked servo mount that i lowk made and printed

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