As you can see the mechanical part of the basic assembly is now finished. I am only waiting on some servo extension cables and connectors for the the stepper motors (arrives tomorrow) to connect everything up and start configuring the software!
Since I hadn't seen this suggestion, I am showing my temporary counterweights, coins in a zip lock bag. I put a hole in the bag below the zip lock. Loop the bead chain through the hole, and then secure the chain to the bag with a rubber band. Works great and is easy to adjust the weights. (A penny weighs about 4 grams)...
Now to my question:
The gondola finds it balance at about the location shown. Is this about correct? Also, in the one video I saw of the gondola position and setup, there was a little 'bounce' as the gondola found that position. In my case, it just moves there with no 'bounce'. Is that OK?



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