pic: Offseason Shooter CAD Project

[Jay O'Donnell]

Looks pretty good. I see the cylinders connected to the back plate, I'm assuming that's for pushing the ball into the shooter wheels? Also what's holding the ball in place in the vertical dimension?

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

Looks pretty good. I see the cylinders connected to the back plate, I'm assuming that's for pushing the ball into the shooter wheels? Also what's holding the ball in place in the vertical dimension?

Yea that is what the cylinders do.

As for the ball getting held in the vertical dimension. Currently the way it works is the ball compresses slightly against 2 of the hex shafts. It works in theory but in practice I'm not sure. Luckily those spacers are just 1/2 hex shafts so I could add rollers with 2 bearings and a tube on each side which should be more then enough to keep the ball in place. Worst comes to worse I could make resting points for the ball out of tubing and lexan sheets but I don't think that's necessary.

[S.P.A.M.er 17]

Is the pulley on the side for vertical aiming? Also, How thick are your blue plates, and what tap size did you use to secure the pulley plates? Do you see any potential problems with drilled out holes that are almost as big as the thickness? I've never done something like that, so I'm just curious.

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by S.P.A.M.er 17

Is the pulley on the side for vertical aiming? Also, How thick are your blue plates, and what tap size did you use to secure the pulley plates? Do you see any potential problems with drilled out holes that are almost as big as the thickness? I've never done something like that, so I'm just curious.

Yes, the pulleys on the sides are for tilting the shooter.

The plates are 1/4" thick. I am going to tap for 10-24 bolts which require a hole of .1495. A 10-24 screw is .190" in diameter. So, it does leave a decent amount of space left. Thinking of the failure mode I have a hard time seeing them fail but again I can not be 100% sure unless I tested it.