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Robots can be dangerous to yourself and others, always work with others and use personal safety gear at all times to prevent injury. Never test a robot outside of a safety box.
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DO NOT OPERATE ROBOT OR ATTEMPT TO CHARGE THE BATTERY UNTIL YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS GUIDE AND THE ELECTRONICS/BATTERY CHARGING PORTION OF THIS GUIDE.
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Start with an inner frame rail as shown in the picture.
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Align a gearmotor with the back of the frame rail piece making sure to position the 10-32 threaded holes face the back of the robot.
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Use 4 of the M4 1/2" long button head screws to fasten the motor in place.
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Only tighten these, and ever fastener for the rest of the build, hand tight to allow for wiggle room.
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Take this time to assembly the wheels
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There are two types of sprockets. One features a bushing that is destined for the deadshaft that is the 3/8" shoulder bolt and free spins on that shaft, the other has a 3/8" bore with keyway
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Tighten these 8-32 3/4" long screws snug and then 1/2 turn more
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Take one of the 3/8" shoulder bolt and unscrew the nut and obtain five(5) black nylon washers and put them on a motor shaft
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Next we need to see how the wheel sits on the motor's shaft. You can see that with the keyways lined up you need to get your keystock ground to snugly fit in this position.
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Traditionally the keystock fits more tightly in the shaft's keyway, but due to some manufaturing quality issues the keystock sits in the opposite position of the sprocket's keyway
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It can be a little time consuming to properly file/grind/sand the keystock to fit properly in the sprocket, but if building the kit with multiple people this task should be started as the rest of the kit comes together
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Next we will work to link the two inner frame rails using the cross supports
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Make sure the two small holes that are asymmetric on the cross support rail pieces are facing up or to the top of the robot. The orientation of the robot is based on the front of the inner frame rails and their 45degree cut and bolt hole which can be seen in the first picture.
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Showing how and where these puzzle cut pieces align and sit in place
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This process will be repeated throughout the build
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Using your finger and gravity, block the pathway of a 4-40 square machine nut slot and drop in a 4-40 machine nut.
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Alternatively you can use masking (or other) tape to block the pathways temporary until you get the screws to mate with the nuts
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Thread in a 4-40 screw to each of the 8 nut location on the front and back cross support frame rails
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The nuts on the back cross support frame rails can be dropped in and they will sit against the gearboxes surface making it easy to fasten
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Use gravity to your advantage on these machine nut placements
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Should now have all the inner frame rails connected. Keep the screws still slightly loose to allow for a little play needed for the upcoming steps.
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Take the small frame rail supports and find it's mounting spot on the horizontal plane of the bot in the middle of the inner frame rail
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Using your finger to block the pathway of the 4-40 square nuts, place the piece into it's position and thread in some 4-40 screws from the inside of the robot
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Next pull out all of the corner support pieces, there should be 8 in total. If your kit happens to have any threaded holes in these, assign those to the bottom of the robot
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Align the corner supports making note of the position shown in the picture so that all holes line up to a square nut pathway
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The gearboxes side corner support have two nut pathways that are supported by the gearbox itself and can just be put in normally
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Place one side of the corner pieces to make sure that they all align together before tightening any screws.
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If any of these corner pieces are off, either the front/back frame rail supports need to be ground on the support tabs or the corner supports themselves. This is a common problem with the waterjet frames.
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Position the frame to make it easier for insertion of the square nuts in their pathways
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Flip the frame over and repeat the process
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Now is a perfect time to thread the holes of the corner supports on the bottom of the robot so that we can securely fasten the baseplate
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You will need a 8-32 tap, a little cutting oil (WD-40 if nothing else), and some patience as to not break the tap.
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The third picture shows the robot with his bottom facing up. The font 45degree angle cuts and their bolt holes is how you can confirm the orientation of the frame
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Once all of the pieces of the inner frame are aligned and attached, you may begin tightening all the screws. Tighten a little at a time and go around the robot to make sure everything stays in alignment. If the corner supports start lifting off the frame, you are over-tightening those 4-40 joints. Using a clamp in the corners may aid you.
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If everything looks good, thread lock may be applied to the screws to make sure they don't vibrate loose.
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Place the base plate and line up the mounting holes
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If you have threaded the corner supports start with lining up the 8-32 button cap screws. Place one screw in a corner, and go to the opposite corner for the next screw. This helps to make sure everything is lined up.
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Also use the 4-40 machine nut and screw mounting positions that the front and back cross frame rails provide. I would not advise only relying on one or the other screw connection point. A combination of both is best.
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If you haven't yet ground the keystock and fitted it inside the wheel and sprocket, now if the time to do so.
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Now place five(5) black nylon washers on the drive motor shaft and line up the sprocket and wheel and slide it on so that the sprocket faces the inside of the robot.
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Note that the keystock should not stick out on either side of the wheel and sprocket union.
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Now take your 3/8" bore lock collar and make sure the grub/set screw is backed out and slide it over the end of the drive motor shaft
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Make sure that the grub/set screw is not over the keyway of the gearbox shaft and tighten it down thus locking this wheel to the gearbox's shaft allowing the union to rotate.
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You can lightly sand or grind down the outer faces of this shaft collar as necessary to gain clearance for the outside frame rail.
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Place two metal washers on the 3/8" shoulder bolt
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Put the bolt with washers through it's mounting position on the outer frame rail
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Take the other 3/8" bore lock collars and with a bit of force squeeze the union together and tighten the grub/set screw of the lock collar to hold the 3/8" shoulder bolt in place on the outer frame rail
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Depending on how well the frame pieces align, you may need to enlarge some of the outer frame rail holes.
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Take the 3/8" inner diameter bushing and place it at the back gearbox shaft support hole of the outer frame rail
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If necessary this step can be left out if they simply do not line up well enough.
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Now take a look at the provided #25 roller chain already assembled
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Find the two master links that are used to assemble the chain. Two were used in combination with a half-link to make the total length of the chain as close as possible to ideal.
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The side of the masterlink that has the retaining clip should always face towards the wheel, or away and to the outside of the robot.
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Using your finger once more to retain the 4-40 nuts that go into the frame rail support piece and thread in 4-40 screws and tighten them down
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Using an allen/hex wrench on the 3/8" shoulder bolt and a wrench (as pictured robogrips) tighten that 5/16-8" nut by turning the allen/hex wrench as you hold the nut stationary.
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Now take the round uhmw chain tensioner pieces and use a 4-40 screw to clean up the threads before trying to mount in place.
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4 total are provided, but you may only need 1 per side. This all varies with each robot, but you may grind or cut these tensioners to better fit each robot's needs for proper chain tension.
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They mount in the center most hole between the outer and inner frame rails
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Your RRevo robot kit is now fully assembled!
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PLEASE watch videos of Electronics hook-up/ Radio Binding/ Battery charging as well as a short video on potential quick modifications.
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Videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC...
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