Some parts of this project are easy to do, and some others are not. Assembling the suspension joints with the relative tubes was an easy job. Disassembling the whole metal structure built several months ago to fit the first half of the suspension system, has been much more complicated. This exercise required several hours of parts fitting and adaptation of 3D-printed parts, to fix the small errors made by the printer. Using advanced engineering techniques (Dremel), all pieces were rounded and snap-fitted in position. One of the subassembly that required more work is the rocker joint, connected to a 21-hours-of-printing part: the rocker base. The insanely high infill percentage (80%) was chosen to allow drilling and other post-printing adaptations, carving an almost-solid material. The first side of the Rocker-Bogie suspension system has been assembled in roughly two hours, slightly customising the 3D-printed parts using the Dremel and a hot soldering iron to melt the plastic.
- [Hours of work: 2h]
- [People involved: Giorgio]
