k, so, major turret progress today (mostly) and a little bit from yesterday. i built the housing for the turret and installed it all around the the elevation servo and azimuth servo as well. its going to be pretty sick. the bottom and backing are plastic so they're see-through but then i'm going to paint the top steel grey. you'll be able to sort of see into the turret if you're at the right angle, should be kinda cool.
i started to fit the barrels on the servo, when i realized it wouldn't fit. so i changed the attachment mechanism to a nifty block thats screwed onto the servo horn and then drilled through for the barrel to sit in. sneaky design that i have to pat my back for.
anyways, once that was fixed, i set about building the plate that would hold the dummy barrels (cause the water gun will only shoot out of one of the turret's barrels, the others are just for show). i figured out that ALso wouldn't fit, so i came up with a slightly more ridiculous fix and pushed on. you can see the fix a little bit in this picture. its a block of wood between the two barrels with a hose clamp attached to each. not the best way to support the second tube, but it works
the next thing that wouldn't fit was the servo bracket, so i dissasembled the whole system again. (each time i did this, both directions took maybe 4 or 5 minutes. and i did it maybe 4 times. the time adds up!) this time i had to file down the aluminum bracket which was a butt! but eventually it fit. and that was good :)
heres the whole assembly (minus the barrels) hidden away inside the turret housing that i spent the day building
for tomorrow, i need to cut slots from which the two barrels will poke out of the housing. gonna use a dremmel for that. next i'll make holes for the wiring and water-tubing to come through. then, its onto the motor. thats going to be a big big project. so i may stall and go find something else to be doing while i cower away from the mountain.
coming together nicely!
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