You are right - they are just screwed. I will reinforce it with metal brackets/angle
Ok, it sounds like you are saying that for your sled the horizontal arms that
hold the top beam are a little long for your sledâs balance and the material you
are working with.
you are not the first person to run into this. One problem with having the top
beam fixed rather than adjustable is that one size doesnât fit all.
It is looking like we should change the instructions to shorten those arms by an
inch or so.
As for the weights. I would have put the electronics a bit to the side and run
the strings/weights just over the top center of the top beam and down from
there. You should not have needed the vertical pieces to hold the chain ends
(loop them the other way over the tensioner sprocket and you can anchor them up
near the motors)
But the old frame only had the 4x8 sheet of plywood providing strength against
the chains, and it was failing miserably, which is why we went to the new
approach.
David Lang
Thank you David - it explains a lot. I will follow your advice
Tomasz
Adding glue between them will probably do more than adding a bracket (and is
probably less work), give that a try.
Agrrrrrrr!
Looks that we solved one problem, and another popped up. My gcode generated in Fusion 360 is garbled in Ground Control. I will create new thread under troubleshooting/GroundControl. ;-((
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