Transmission HELP!!!

[Stu Bloom]

Originally Posted by dlavery

... you can download it from the Team 116 web site at http://www.team116.org/2004/Transmis...riptionV6a.zip.
-dave

I have a couple of problems and need your help ...
First, the file I get using the url above will not open in my version of Winzip (v8.1). Actually the download is almost instantaneous - as if I may be getting only a header. And I get the message "Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive ..." when trying to open. I've tried downloading multiple times into different directories and under different filenames.

Second, I believe I have found another discrepancy with the prints (may or may not be corrected in the latest version... but I can't check because I cannot open the file). During our initial build attempt we had some difficulty assembling the side plates. After checking the .500 dia hole alignments I noted a significant mis-alignment of the hole pattern between the two plates, and a more detailed inspection of the drawings identified the problem. The offset .500 dia hole has a different vertical dimension by .076 (.734 vs .810). I believe the motor-mount side is the correct dimension (.734). I will contact you off-list to provide my email address and ask for the latest copy of your white paper.
Thanks!

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Stu Bloom

I have a couple of problems and need your help ...
First, the file I get using the url above will not open in my version of Winzip (v8.1). Actually the download is almost instantaneous - as if I may be getting only a header. And I get the message "Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive ..." when trying to open. I've tried downloading multiple times into different directories and under different filenames.

Second, I believe I have found another discrepancy with the prints (may or may not be corrected in the latest version... but I can't check because I cannot open the file). During our initial build attempt we had some difficulty assembling the side plates. After checking the .500 dia hole alignments I noted a significant mis-alignment of the hole pattern between the two plates, and a more detailed inspection of the drawings identified the problem. The offset .500 dia hole has a different vertical dimension by .076 (.734 vs .810). I believe the motor-mount side is the correct dimension (.734). I will contact you off-list to provide my email address and ask for the latest copy of your white paper.
Thanks!

Let me see, how can I say this? Oh yeah, like this: "MicroSoft S*#@S!"

Now that I have that out of my system, I have given up on trying to get a MicroSloth-compatible version of the white paper that is generally accessible. I have re-posted a copy of the entire document as a compressed (.ZIP) .PDF file on the Team 116 server at http://www.team116.org/2004/Transmis...riptionV6a.zip

If for any reason that doesn't work, there is another .ZIPped version of the .PDF files at http://www.team116.org/2004/Transmis...iptionV6a2.zip compressed using a different tool.

These archives are ENTIRELY .PDF files, so hopefully no more MicroShaft document compatibility problems (keeping my fingers crossed!). The archive takes a little more space, but it should still work.

Regarding the hole alignments on the side plates, I really am not sure what you are refering to. I just went over the drawings of the side plates again to be sure, and the offset distances of all the holes are the same as far as I can tell. I see the 0.734" dimentsion, but am not seeing a 0.810" dimension anywhere on the print for either Part 1 or Part 2 (we are talking about those parts, yes?).

-dave

/edit I just went back and checked. There is a 0.810" dimension on a intermediate-development version of the design that we did last summer while updating the design to accomodate the new Bosch motors. Could you have somehow downloaded an obsolete version of the drawings? The URL above should point to the correct/current version - if you have any prior versions please throw them away and make sure you have the one referenced above. In the mean time, have I mentioned the problems I am having with MuckroSoft? edit/