S2 Tires
I am having problems drawing with the S2. It appears that I have extreme slippage of the O-ring tires in the wheel. I can easily rotate the tire with the wheel held still. Is there any way to lock the O-ring in place to keep it from moving. The robot is still new, so I don't think its a wear problem.
Comments
Contact Parallax and I know that they will get this fixed - if you don't want to wait - take your "tire" to Home Depot or Lowes or a good hardware store and look in the O rings for some slightly smaller tires - they should be very inexpensive - there are other colors available too and I've often thought of getting some for fun!
Andy - clearly erco has drawn you to the dark side... ;-)
Usually it takes three attempts for delivery until the drivers find the pace. Once they know it, no problem. Then they get replaced by some other guy and the trouble starts again.
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Enjoy!
Mike
I'm glad you were able to fix the problem. However, this is something you might want to alert Parallax about anyway. Those tires definitely should not slip on the wheels. If the manufacturer is installing O-rings that are a bit too large, it's something that Parallax needs to know about so others don't experience the same issue.
-Phil
I've e-mailed support@parallax.com with these concerns.
S2.set_speed(7) ' Set drawing speed to 50%
S2.here_is(0,0) ' Set current S2 coordinate location
S2.begin_path
Repeat 4
S2.Move_to(0,200)
S2.Move_to(200,200)
S2.Move_to(200,0)
S2.Move_to(0,0)
S2.end_path
The result is shown in the attached jpg.
-Phil
DEFAULT_FULL_CIRCLE = 955
DEFAULT_WHEEL_SPACE = 153
What are the units on these measurements. The wheel space may be a problem, as the wheels I've got are not solid on the shafts and have about a 1/8" of free play.
-Phil
Surely I don't need to say "don't glue your wheel in place".
Hah! I live in a fairly large town and they can find my building without problem. It's finding my apartment inside the building that seems to stymie them! ;-)
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-Phil
The 20's would, at least, give the critter some ground clearance! ;-)
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