How can I tell how long a shaft is in the instructions?

VEX IQ General Discussion General Discussion
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Hi,

What’s the trick to knowing the size of a VEX IQ shaft or other part without holes to count?

I think I tore apart and rebuilt the two sides of the standard drive base three times because I had the wrong length silver and black shafts.

Am I the only one who misses size hints relative to some other countable object like the number of holes in a beam?

Is there a poster with a full size picture of every part and their part number to cross reference from the build instructions?

Thanks,

Jacob

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The super kit contents poster may be what you are looking for.you can find it on the downloads page
http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexiq/documents-downloads

3

We use a 1x12 beam to measure the shafts and also sort the shafts in a compartmentalized parts container.

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The super kit contents poster helps a lot, it’s exactly the kind of poster I was hoping for to map those part numbers listed on the build instructions (eg 228-2500-120) to lengths.

Even better would be to have those lengths on the build instructions, there is space for it.

Using a 1x12 as a measuring stick is a great tip once you know that 228-2500-120 is 4 long.