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I received an email from Autodesk Instructables that highlighted a small parts storage carousel and i decided to design something i can build with some 3/4" plywood i have laying around. Some of you may have gotten the same email today.
The design is pretty straight forward. 2 legs as a base, 2 wheel that spin on a dowel, 8 trays and I added a 2" 1/4-20 bolt too.
I am trying to get the assembly to work together and I am having a heck of a time figuring out what is wrong. The wheels revolve and the trays are supposed to go around with the wheels and not spill. If you look at the file, I cant get the 2nd wheel to "attach' to the other side of the tray and have the 2 wheels rotate evenly.
the file is attached.
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you just need to add a motion link between two of your Revolute joints:
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I also realized that a couple more joints are needed to complete the assembly.
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Thank you for the help- it was just what i needed. I have another question now that this first tray is in place with the joints etc. how to i copy all of that work ? the revolve pattern only allows me to copy the components and not the joints. Will i need to go through and reassemble all the joints?
yes, unfortunately, today you will have to re-create the joints for each tray instance. We are working on a "copy with joints" capability that will make this easier in the future, but today, you will have to do it manually.
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