Really inaccessible! Probably had to pull the shield off the whole mount to get to some of it.
This is what two weeks of drawing produces. This was probably the most complex SketchUp drawing task I’ve ever tackled. In addition to just the SU idiosyncracies, there was also the challenge of getting all the shafts and connectors to align in some reasonable fashion so they would resemble something that could actually exist in the real world. And then there was getting this stuff in such a way that it would successfully print. As a result, some of the operating pieces are touching other surfaces intentionally so as to add structural integrity to the printed object. I’m attempting to print as much of this mass in one piece as possible. Orginally I was going to use metal rods for the rods in the model, but with my printer improvements, I think the printer is up to job to print them all and make them relatively straight. We’ll see.
And the front view.
And how it’s going to go on the printer. Lots of corners and curves that needed specific supports. The flanks of some of the tiny bolt heads show up as needing supports, but I chose to not attempt it. The support removal would destroy the detail anyway so we’ll just see how it all turns out.
I’m going to put it on the printer tomorrow.