by Ghostpilot » Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:11 pm
Longtime unregistered forum lurker from Sweden here. Yes, another European reporting in.
I finally decided to take the plunge and make my own delta throttle.
I work as CNC machinist and I have access to a CNC mill at work and I am planning to make most of the fabricated parts from aluminium by myself.
As most of the fabricated parts for a delta throttle are kind of small, it shouldn't be a problem to find scrap aluminium to make most if not all of the fabricated parts.
Looking over some of the other mechanical parts needed, I noticed that some parts only sell in packs of ten or more when 1, 3 or 6 would be enough for one build.
Hoping that some of you have parts left over from your own builds, I am willing to work for parts.
(You send me parts and I pay for shipping while I send you parts in return where you pay for the shipping.)
What I have to offer in a trade:
* Machine-time (which means I can make aluminium parts for your Delta Throttle build)
* I can engrave your logo, name or some cool text on your parts to make them truly yours.
* Metric screws and nuts are easy to come by in Europe. (All parts I make will have metric threads so you might want to trade for some while you're at it)
* Hexagonal nylon female-female and male-female rod extenders with M3 threads (I bought a big pack of them and I only need six of them)
* Metric hexagonal male-male stainless standoff, M3 threads (I can get M4 threaded also, but I think M3 will hold just fine)
What I am looking for in a trade:
* Springs, both the three torsion springs and the Z homing spring
* PCB for hall effect sensors (I ordered free samples of 6800)
* Pro Micro (I haven't ordered one yet, so I might as well trade for one if I can)
* Aluminium rod ends with swivel ball insert (my plastic ones were free samples from igus.de. It would be nicer to have a more high end version)
Are there any blueprints or plans that have all measures listed. If I open STEP files or STL files in my CAD program the accuracy of the dimensions isn't that good for some reason.
Just to clarify, I am not trying to sell kits or anything like that. Just trade parts for parts.
I don't want to bite the hand that feeds by making money from someone else´s idea, especially not when he wrote that he might make a kickstarter out of it at some point in the future.