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Another Servo Mount

 Martin Pearson has been busy again and produced a really useful Servo Mount. The gcode file produces a single print of three pieces which need to be separated and slightly cleaned before assembly.



Holding a standard SG90 servo a piece of stiff wire is attached to the servo arm and passes through the vertical slot of the slider. The clip on lid provides a method of attaching micro switches which can provide feedback on the position of the slider at both ends of  its travel.

Keith found that he had to glue a small shim to the contact surfaces to make sure the switch activated.

This might be down to the type of micro switch being used. I used one with an actuating arm and the range of movement available in the mounting slots was ideal without any modification.

A partially assembled example is shown below.


The base has two mounting holes for securing to the baseboard and the slider can be installed with the actuator bar facing  left ( as in the picture) or right.

The three pieces click together without any glue. Very clever design Martin and thanks for sharing.

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  1. Keith TNovember 7, 2020 at 8:50 PM

    I used the micro switches from the MERG kit locker as I already had them
    Martin printed me 17 mounts and all work very well, I also used the PCB version of PMP 18 Ezypoints to control the servo

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