Yeh, been there.measure loads of times, swear, re-design, swear, draw it again then print once :0)
Illustrations look good, watching the saga with interest.
Nice name drop in ThePhoblographer's review of the new Mint InstantFlex Version 2.0
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2016/06/16/review-mint-camera-instantflex-tl70-2-0/#more-89982
"So how’s the image quality? Honestly, in the best of situations it’s quite awesome. I don’t think that it’s capable of achieving the fullest sharpness that Fujifilm Instax film (or Polaroids, as some of you call them) can render, but it surely is still very capable of doing. The only camera that I think can do that is Steve Lloyd’s hack for a TLR."
The annoying thing is that the link he includes is to an article about Brock Saddler's hack of an ETRS! Still, if you didn't do the jump, you know this Steve Lloyd bloke is awesome, which is right!
I've just uploaded more pictures to my Flickr set but my parts have arrived :0)
I've started assembling the PLA parts first and have come across some gaps that are too tight so I need to adjust my models slightly to account for that. The main thing is that the rollers work well and the gears mesh nicely.
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I've wrapped the gears in a layer of masking tape which gives them some cushioning to compress the developer pod as well as some grip to pull the film through.
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I need to have a re-think of the door I reckon to make it lock and release more simply. At the moment it relies on friction which holds but I don't think it will be enough once the springs are fitted to compress the film.
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https://flic.kr/p/JuUMRX
https://flickr.com/photos/8476499@N02/sets/72157667913702016
Hey man, I'm not a regular here, but just wanted to know if you could answer a couple of questions for me? I'm attempting to model something similar to this but for an RZ67 back. How large of a gap did you leave between the rollers? Not sure how crucial it would be. Also I might have missed it from earlier, but how are you handling the initial ejection of the film into the rollers?
Either way, hugely impressed by this project, keep up the good work.