As in a machine vice with a fixed rotating screw and a sliding jaw, what's the best combination of joints and motion link to move the jaw as the screw is rotated? Cheers
Machine Vice Jaw Mechanism
Hi @seankerslake67, I did get a simplified version of what your looking for the work with just a block and a coil/thread that will move only with the thread rotating though. This used contact sets on the block and thread, these types of joints use a lot of my computers resources. So it's 100% possible but you may run into performance issues, I've linked my file so you can check it out. A motion link may work better or there maybe an easier way.
Joshua Aigen
Workshop Supervisor
I would use two hidden dummy components: one cylinder to use in a slider joint and one block to use in a revolute joint. The cylinder is rigid jointed to the base. The carriage is slider jointed to the cylinder. The leadscrew is revolute jointed to the hidden block. A motion link is created between the revolute and the slider. Adjust the travel in each joint. Adjust the ratio between them in the motion link.
ETFrench
The first thing you should do is to remove the two position capture features. In most assemblies they are not needed.
Then your slider will be located at the end of the frame, but aligned with the threaded spindle.
Now the temptation is of course to create a slider joint between the slider and the spindle, but then the part would rotate as you rotate the spindle.
Create a as-built slider joint between the slider and the frame. You can still pick a snap point on the spindle.
Then create a motion link between the slider joint and the revolve joint.
