I have to drive down to admin and see if they’re here. Sweet
If they are there, before attaching them, do you have calipers you could do some measuring with for me? Sigma05 noted a couple issues that I definitely want to address before I print any more:
1) The wholes for the Omnivore-side screws might be off. If so, align the upper-left hole (when the holster is on the table, and the plate on top of it), and if you could give me
millimeter measurements for how far off I need to move the upper-right and/or center-bottom hole.
Actually, I just had a better thought (this applies to you as well,
@Sigma05 ) - a pic/measurements of the plate sitting on the holster is helpful, but it would be easier to use the "inner-dimension" side of the calipers to show:
A) how many millimeters it is from the upper-left hole to the upper-right hole (put the measuring tip into the holes and open all the way, so you're giving me the dimensions from the outer edges of the inside of the Omnivore's mounting holes.
B) how many mm from the upper-left hole to the bottom-middle hole.
C) how many mm from the upper-
right hole to the bottom middle hole.
...so basically you are showing me a "measurement triangle" of the maximum distance from the inner edge of each hole to the inner edge of each other hole. (Does that make sense without needing me to post a pic..?)
2) Does the plastic at the bottom edge of the bottom T-nut area contact the Omnivore? (Where two adjustment screws/raised plastic area is.) If so, how many millimeters should I cut off to provide full clearance?
3) Note that the plate with the "cinch rails"/"wings" is something I am not going to spend any more time working on; Sigma05 noted some issues/concerns that I already had, and the current one (that you possess) definitely does not work without modification, period. (But, if you don't mind modifying it, feel free to cut off the wings and drill out/widen the holes. Or, if you wanted multiple plates, just wait until I make final adjustments and buy another "standard" plate?)
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Beyond these changes, I am also going to "skeletonize" the plate some. Why? Because 1) it will look cooler
, 2) as long as I do it properly (which I, of course,
will...) it won't affect the structural integrity any, and 3) the thing is so thicc that it is increasing print time pointlessly - and the longer a print goes, the bigger the chance that something will go wrong (generally speaking) - and 4) most importantly,
because of how thicc it is currently, as the plastic starts to cool during the print process, the damned thing actively wants to curl up and off of the build plate, which of course will throw off the tolerances (since it will be bent up on the sides) but worse it dramatically increases the odds of a print failure.
...so, for those waiting for me to finish this damned thing already, I'm damn close to having this thing good-to-go with the little to no (hopefully the latter) user modification needed, within the next 24-48 hours. Knock on wood, fingers crossed, and all that jazz.