Dyne's LD-F1 (D-O concept) build

[Dyne]

I've been working on the design for the side plates and their mounts.



Due to the length of the tracks, the side plates will not fit as a single piece on my 400x400 build plate, not even diagonally, so I have elected to split them in half and join them together with two screws on each side.  You can see the two holes here:




The colorful part shown here is the mount for the side plates.  It attaches to the outer part of the idler carrier.  



You may recall seeing the M5 brass inserts just below the Voltage regulator (third pic of post #42) ... the red holes here are for the bolts that go in those inserts.

The white block prong shapes are basically just for keeping alignment with the ribs on the back surface of the side plates (otherwise they could just slide around on the magnets).  I'm likely going to thicken them and possibly add more.  The green surfaces are for 20 mm ring magnets with countersunk holes.  (I still have to add the bits that the magnets latch onto.)


Here is an image of the back of the side plates.


The centers of the rounded ends have to be open to accommodate the lock nuts and the ends of the front and rear axles (which I'll probably have to trim closer to the lock nuts).


Also, painted the front stripe that I'd run out of time for, and added a little metal color as prep for full weathering. And I found the top door (I'd mislaid it when packing for Dragon Con). It's not really attached here, just sitting in the opening.