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Hextor by David L Buckley - September 2001
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Gripper


Palm
The back panel and end-plates are symetric.
Glue all the parts together making sure the top and bottom plates are parallel and have enough
gap for the fingers. Use three finger bones as spacers (don't glue them!) - see photo 4.

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Finger-tips
Glue the parts together making sure the top and bottom plates are parallel and have enough gap.
Again use three finger bones as spacers.

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Gripper-servo
Fasten the Finger-servo in place using the M3x10 screws and nuts.
Use part #35	M3 x 10 pan head steel screw and
    part #37	M3 nuts
8 view from below
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Servo-levers
Make sure the wire ends are short enough not to foul the hub - picture 11.
The right-hand-side (rhs) wire-link is at the top in picture 11, note which holes to use.
Retain the wires in the servo-levers with short lengths of sleeving - picture 13.
If desired, use small blobs of hot-melt-glue or epoxy to retain the sleeving - picture 13.
The short lever is for the rhs and is at the top in pictures 13 & 14.
Note the rhs wire-link goes in the middle hole in the rhs lever,
the left-hand-side (lhs) wire-link goes in the end hole in the lhs lever.
view from below
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13 and 14 the boss on the servo-disc is uppermost
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15 view from below
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Inner-fingers
Retain the wire-pins with short lengths of sleeving.

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20 view from below
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Outer-fingers
Assemble these in the same way as the inner fingers.

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Attach Finger-tips

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Finish
Put the screw back in the servo to hold the disc in place, you will need to remove it again later
when the servos are set up using the program Hextor_0.BSx.
Line up the ends of the pins and secure with glue, picture 30.

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