On Saturday 19 September 2020 12:06:30 grumpy--- via Emc-users wrote: > On Sat, 19 Sep 2020, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I am determined to create the adapter to bolt or clamp to the worm > > bearing boss stick out of this BS-1 in hope that I will eventually > > get that encoded motor I ordered. So I went out and took some > > measurements. > > > > The diameter of where it will clamp to is 28mm. > > The diameter of the worm shaft sticking out of that is 19mm. > > And this 19mm shaft is double flatted, 10mm across the flats. > > > > Now, where do I find a freecad tut that will allow me to create a > > ring that will clamp or grub screw to the 28mm piece, and flare out > > to about 50mm diameter to mount this worm drive and motor when it > > arrives and I can take some measurements? I have managed to create a > > starter cylinder but haven't found where to set its length or or > > diameter. Rank, brand new bee here IOW. And its solid rod, not a > > ring, so is probably a throw away at this point. > > > > The youtube videos are confusing because they are outdated. These 2 > > seems to redefine the phrase "moveing target". > > > > Since I've installed the AppImages of both freecad and cura, 2 weeks > > ago, both have been updated several times, and I have added > > shortname links to the AppImages, in general making them no-brainers > > to run. But I do have to fix the ln's when they update. > > not sure if this'll help or not > in the top row there is a drop down, select "part" > in the second row click on the cylinder > in the left top panel select the word "cylinder" > in the left lower panel adjust the properties > in the second row click on the cylinder again > adjust the diameter of the second cylinder to be smaller than the > first cylinder in the left top panel select the word "cylinder" > in the left top panel hold the ctrl key and select the word > "cylinder001" in the third row of the icons click on the third one, > tool tip "Make a cut of two shapes" now you have a tube
I now have 2 cylinders within each other, ready to make it hollow, but that icon is ghosted/disabled. Ahh ctrl key 4 2nd selection, got a torus now, progress. Saved. Thanks Grumpy. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
