V9.1 Changelog ! (Patreon)

Okkkay ! So I was supposed to give you some news about the "SRT gearbox" project on the 15th... 

Just to give you the context: I started working on V9.1 in September, thinking to release it in December. We are in February and it's still not finalized (I'll talk about it at the end). So it's delay after delay after delay... One time the printer doesn't print...one time no more PLA... On the side of free time it was very very very complicated too. As you know I am a young father and since December it has been very very very tiring...as I write this, the little one has just stopped reading her books quietly to try to help me write this message herself...In short a hyper-mega-ultra intense period, which made the development of the V9.1 very difficult (in addition to being always so expensive...) 

V9.1, let's talk about it. The V9.0 is obviously an excellent gearbox, which remains valid in itself. V9.1, reserved to PRO and ELITE contributors, is as its name indicates a big revision. Here is the list of the main changes: 

-New body1 which includes the rear bearing holder: it's all in one block so it's more rigid, more precise, needs less screws, more aesthetic. 

- Optimization of Body1 for a printing without support.

- Use of an Igus type bearing instead of a linear bearing: less noisy, more fluid. 

- Modification of the Base Lever to use the Ecorz31 mod. 

- Integration of the guide blocks in the body 2 : more precise, less screws

- new more efficient preload

- new easier to mount turn

- new optimized no turn

- new eclutch better integrated

- new slider: separate H and Seq tracks for mixing. no turn tracks optimized for smoothness and reliability 

- Minor body2 corrections to avoid friction. 

- Aesthetics a bit more refined

That's it for the main changes. As you can see it's... a v9.1. 

On the shopping list side, the goal is to minimize the changes. At this stage I don't give any precise information but basically we have only the igus type bearing and two three different screws. 

I don't think I'll give a list of compatible 3D parts between V9.0 and V9.1 either: as you can imagine, almost all the parts have been modified. 

Let's talk about the time frame. As I speak, I'm printing a new (and hopefully last) body2. Two people are also printing it (chosen because they already worked on V9.0 as creators). I hope tomorrow to be able to assemble an almost final version. Basically I'm going to miss the PCB cover and a fix for the slider. So we can hope that at the end of February, V9.1 will be finalized, and that the documentation will be online. Maybe the shopping list will be published a bit before. 

I just have to thank you for your support and your patience! We are close to the goal!