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Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 10:57 am
Hey, everyone. I made another bar bot!

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 06:18 pm (UTC)
We found a picture of the whole machine on twitter, but very dark. Greg wants to know how the geneva bit is connected to the main assembly line belt. Also he is impressed that you made it all yourself and says "good job!" for welding at your house.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 06:25 pm (UTC)
Ahahahahaha now he's making a machine in minecraft with an assembly line to make glowstone.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 06:36 pm (UTC)
There is a chain that goes down from behind the geneva wheel to drive the big sprockets on the right side of the conveyor. You can just see it behind the conveyor starting at 0:10 in the video.

I could send you a copy of the 3D model (originally in Blender, but I can export to any standard format) if he'd like to poke at it.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 06:39 pm (UTC)
He seems satisfied with an explanation of how it all connects and is back to making an elaborate minecraft tribute contraption.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 06:43 pm (UTC)
Fun engineering tidbit for him: All of the rest of the connections are rollerchain, but the motor drives the geneva cam via belt and pulleys instead. That way if something gets jammed, it can slip instead of tearing itself apart!

I'd love to see a picture of his creation, when it's done.