Trident build inspired by the powerloader from Aliens

[clee]

To celebrate @hartk finally starting a Trident build, I'm doing another one too. But this one's gonna be a little different…

 

[ah2049]

As the owner of an Alien-inspired v0.1 and fan of the franchise, this build definitely has my interest!

 

[clee]

I made some modifications to the A/B drives. One is, all of the bearings are riding on MSB5-20 Misumi shoulder bolts now, which are threaded into M3 heatset inserts.

 

[clee]

I also added MSB5-20s to the XY joints, and yes, I'm going a little off-book here.

Also testing out some new front idlers, which I'm calling BFI for "Beefy Front Idlers".

 

[LillianaMirrors]

I'm really looking forward to how the IS comes out compared to a normal trident, given it appears you're normalizing your weight balance with the flipped XY joints. Who knows though, looks fun tho

 

[NoGuru]

Looks like a fun project. I am not sure the benefit you will gain other then you can maybe go a little tighter on the belts?

 

[codexmas]

Will it have pincers to angrily remove parts and spaghetti?

Looking awesome!

 

[clee]

Took a little while figuring out where to upload more images because I don't trust Discord to keep happily hosting them here. In the meantime, I've made some more progress with the build.

Z joints mounted to Z rails

Installed whoppingpochard's kinematic bed mount on the bed frame

A little "rest of the #*$!ing owl" here… got the bed installed and wired through the Z chain, got the toolhead installed and wired over CAN to an EBB36…

And a little electronics-bay wiring shot.

 

[clee]

Will it have pincers to angrily remove parts and spaghetti?

Looking awesome!

Man, that would be super cool. Someday, maybe…

 

[claudermilk]

That's not a Stealthburner on there...

 

[NoGuru]

That's not a Stealthburner on there...

XOL2 https://github.com/CorvidBuilds/Mantis-Xol

 

[clee]

Looks like a fun project. I am not sure the benefit you will gain other then you can maybe go a little tighter on the belts?

The goal here is to be able to have equal tension on the belts without worrying about accidentally bending a motor shaft. I'm not sure how much tension this gets you beyond stock because I wouldn't even know where to start the simulations or calculations for that, but moving the belt tension 10mm closer to the base of the motor seems like a good idea to me. Even if it does look a little funky.

 

[NoGuru]

The goal here is to be able to have equal tension on the belts without worrying about accidentally bending a motor shaft. I'm not sure how much tension this gets you beyond stock because I wouldn't even know where to start the simulations or calculations for that, but moving the belt tension 10mm closer to the base of the motor seems like a good idea to me. Even if it does look a little funky.

It makes sense. it's like modding a car, you might do something that has a tiny gain, but lots of tiny gains can equal lots of success. I will be looking forward to hearing your findings.