Part of the reason I’m blogging this all is to have a record of my work, and part of it is to show off the stupid mistakes I’m making.
I’m working on my OWI-535 robotic arm kit, and… I’m stymied by about the third step of assembly. It really feels like one of the rods in the gearbox is supposed to slot into a hole, but it just… doesn’t fit. I haven’t been able to find a single blog post or YouTube video that encountered the same problem, and in fact, most of them treat the gearboxes like they’re the easiest thing in the world.
Needless to say I’ve sent an email to their support department and I’ll see what they come back with. I took a video too, just because it’s kind of ridiculous to try and describe how things fit together without literally reproducing the instructions.
Really looking forward to an email telling me exactly what kind of idiot I’m being.