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What type of joints should I use for my RD4B? I have seen teams use screws and lock nuts, shafts and shaft collars, and also standoffs with Teflon washers. But I don’t know the advantages and disadvantages of the different joints and I could use some help from some more experienced people. Thank You in Advance for the help.
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How are you planning on joining your four bars, RD4Bs, six bars, etc. together? I’ve heard a lot about using screw joints with nylocks, but that proved to be incredibly static and required much effort to move. Is anyone using axles? Any help is...
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Just looking for advice; How do you guys do your joints for your lifts or anything that rotates? In starstruck my team used a 4 bar that worked pretty well, for the joints we used axles+bushings, lockrings to hold the axles in, and...
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Has anyone found an efficient way to create a “frictionless” joint, for example, as used in scissor lifts and 4-bar linkages? The attached is a cumbersome attempt to have 2 rods rotate about a pin, but it’s heavy, bulky, and has a lot of play...
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Is there an easy way to attach one part to another at a non-right angle, so I can, for example, build a ramp without bending any pieces? Thanks.
Not meaning to be rude, but you can get your answers much faster if you do a simple Google Search of your question. For the most part, these posts all reccomend screw joints