Hi everyone, I’ve had my ArcDroid for a few years now… but I still have a little observation that’s been bothering me…: when I built my table with a water basin for my ArcDroid, I made sure everything was perfectly level (I’m a retired welder and machinist), and right after setting it up, I noticed that the front extension arm is bent to the left and not level at all. In my opinion, the problem comes from the main axis… Has anyone else noticed the same thing on theirs and taken the casing apart to correct it? Yes, I know there’s the automatic level… and the HTC… Thanks in advance for your replies.
Have to ask…how did you level the Arcdroid?
As mentioned, the support on which the ArcDroid (the X2) rests is perfectly level in all directions, so the ArcDroid frame is level… but as indicated on the arm, I put the level on the arm and there’s a tilt of 5/16" forward when the arm is extended and 3/16" to the left… there’s definitely something not square… I use it occasionally for personal projects, and I’m hesitant to disassemble it to analyze this…
If you level atop the main arm pivot rather than the base plate your accounting for the pivot axis and not the structure of the Droid box. That is ArcDroids recommendation. You seem to have a tremendous amount of cant for the distances involved
When I make something, I make sure throughout the project that everything is square and level at every stage. When I’m finished, everything is straight. There’s definitely a problem here, a bearing that’s misaligned in its housing… It’s not normal for the base to be perfectly level and the arm to be tilted; it’s probably the axis (at 7 o’clock on a dial) that’s misaligned with the frame… very disappointing, it’s not a $100 gadget…
You need to level from the arm not the base its clearly stated in your instructions everyone has had to do this not just you, you could be the best in the world but you can’t control who build the robot. It doesn’t matter if its $2500 or $25000000 machine they all tell you to level at the arm. Everyone has done the same as you, it has to be perfect then we use the Droid to make shims for the uneven base.
