Look who’s back. Back again.

I was banned from using my personal computer because my parents saw that I was cadding instead of studying for sat, but I just took it and I can finally cad now.

I feel like I’m close to finding a way to eliminate the clutch but I can’t figure out how to yet. Therefore I decided to save it for a v4 and focus on other stuff for a v3. Here’s some stuff I did today:

• I sketched out what the v3 will look like. Instead of a pentagon it’ll look more like a trapezoid because I don’t need the 3rd gear anymore. I’m still not sure if it’s possible to gear the gear selector 1:1 with the outside gears because it has to be bigger than the tube.
• After building my v2, I realized my gearshifting mechanism was completely cooked. It jammed a ton because there was nothing stopping the ring from angling and binding with the tube. Adding fuel to the fire was the fact that the worm gear mech only pushed it from one side making it impossible to stop the ring from angling. I wanted to add support rods for my v2 but it was impossible because the gears were way too close, but now it’s possible because of the new spacing. Also, the worm gear is effectively moved downward, more in line with the centers of the rings, which lets me wrap it around the ring and make bending less easy. I still haven’t decided if I want to stick with ramps or switch to something else.
• I switched everything to 1mm mod gears, but I realized spacing was way too cooked because there’s PROBABLY no space for the cutout for the ramps (or whatever I choose to use, it’s just that I have no space for 2 linear bearings in a row). I still haven’t figured out the cutout dimension fully, but there’s a good chance that I’ll end up switching back to 1.25mm mod. Also, 1mm mod means I need to buy new bearings and stuff which are expensive and cut away money from my stardust payout (which I wanna maximize because I NEED THAT MACBOOK so I can cad during school).