Large Laser - Laser Senor Mount

General
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I have mounted the laser sensor to the big laser and it’s untested.

Before the mob comes and beats me for not doing this to their satisfaction remember these things

  • I never saw how this was in a working manner and have no reference to go by outside of the wiki

  • I worked only with what was easily or quickly available to me at the time

  • The Large laser has sat dormant in a “non fully functional” format as long as I’ve been a member…4 months(maybe before this)

  • The Hive is as much a Do-Ocracy as it is a Re-Do-Ocracy but let’s not make this “Undo-Ocracy”

Some things that are definitely “less optimal”(as brad would say).

  • The large cable with several zip ties(I’d like to make this shorter with a little slack), Before starting I had no idea how long of a cable I would need so I chose not to cut it at all, so it is untrimmed.
  • The large D3 inside the yellow circle is unappealing to me but was what I could find to work with(any ideas the piece uses the same threads as D3)
  • The thickness on the plane with two holes for mounting the sensor is too close to the sensor I was unable to mount the sensor with bolts and is instead relying on the threading through the plastic, which I was unaware of this definitely being required prior to starting so I had drilled the holes slightly larger and made through holes(so either editing the model or a reprint but not drilling through holes on this plane will solve the problem, unless we would like to use glue I am open to suggestions).
    Some questions?
  1. Is this mounted to the correct area?
  2. Seemed like the most logical area1. Is this the correct height?
  3. Again seemed logical1. Is this particular rotation correct?

Thanks to Ryan, John, Brad and Lorin each having a hand in getting this together.

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woohoo! thanks!

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Thanks!

4

Looks great, thanks for doing this Tim. Hopefully we’ll have a functioning laser for some time.

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Good work guys :slight_smile: As you said there is some room for improvement, perhaps editing the 3D printed piece with some slots for nuts
…but it looks like this is working solution which is way better than we were!
Mike

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Tom Meyer was here earlier and showed me how to use the datum on the Z to detect the sensor.
The sensor lit up and it, changed lighting when the aluminum block was close.

However this failed and crunched the wood when we attempted to test.

I saw an email from Jon that the wiring was wrong, I corrected the wiring and tested again(maybe damaged the sensor from the wiring).
This failed again and I was not as quick to stop the Z as Tom and the Z is definitely not level at this point.
Sorry, guys I was no help and might have made things worse :frowning:

Definitely still not working.

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Eh, trying your best is the only way to get better at something. And right now it’s broken anyway, so I don’t see how it can get much worse. Try to avoid breaking anything expensive, and fail early, fail often, and fail quickly. If you keep trying sooner or later you’ll succeed.