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gc3
10-08-2009, 09:04 PM
Well I wanted to go big with rail upgrades for our PR machine but opted for the "Rube Goldberg" type upgrade...and it works very well...so far. Ken Z. will get a chuckle. We are mostly doing 3D carvings for doors so it should work OK, kinda like a "throw away rail"




Gene Crain
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zeykr
10-09-2009, 01:17 PM
Looks like that oughta work!
gc3
09-16-2010, 07:29 PM
cable management upgrade

also changed to 25T gears for the X Y 20T Z

she runs a little faster...... .005 ips faster I guess

every little bit helps the old girl! :eek:

http://www.plantasymaderasgardenbenches.com/1/post/2010/09/growing-in-every-dimension.html
ken_rychlik
09-16-2010, 09:48 PM
Gene,

My son was on the Texas A&M Rube Goldberg team last year. They had a contraption that had over 200 steps, mechanical, electrical, ect.. that had rolling balls, on board pc's ect...

It's job was to dispense one squirt of hand sanitizer in the most complicated way they could muster.

They didn't win anything, but it was kind of neat.