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Re: Anyone heard more about the Ekocycle 3D printer?
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Originally Posted by David Brinza
We've got at least one part we'd like to print for our robot: a magnetic encoder mount.
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I don't know what your application is, or what encoder you're using, but last year we mounted a magnetic rotary encoder over our shooter's tilt pivot to measure the angle. The 3D printed mount method worked perfectly to hold the encoder, but we had a great deal of trouble keeping the encoder's chip perfectly aligned above the magnet. It would give us bad values when it strayed. We ultimately replaced it with a potentiometer, which was much better for our application...just keep it in mind if you're doing something similar.
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