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Hydraulic Arm: Build Guide
Hydraulic Arm: Build Guide
Hydraulic Arm
Build Guide
A guide for
building standard
and advanced
hydraulic arms
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Hydraulic Arm
Overview Page
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Reaming Holes
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Easy Engineering Guide Excerpt Page
OR
Slide-Stop Material keeps components with “loose” Leave the screw a ¼ turn from tight
reamed holes from sliding back and forth on dowels. to allow components to rotate/pivot.
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300mm
30mm 300mm
65mm 85mm
85mm
85mm
100mm
300mm
300mm
300mm
Dowel Dowel
300mm
Length: Quantity:
30mm 1
65mm 1
130mm 85mm 3
100mm 1
140mm 130mm 2
130mm 140mm 1
300mm 6
Link-strip Link-strip
30mm
30mm
270mm
30mm
270mm
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2
1
300mm
300mm
A
300mm
B 300mm
40mm
50mm
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2 Ream hole C .
2
1
30mm
D
50mm
300mm
300mm
22mm
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D
65mm
A B
E
140mm
3 Slide-stop Material
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1 Place link-strips G and F onto dowel E (dowel E from step 5). Dowel E should
extend 10mm past link-strips G and F .
10mm
E
G
270mm
H
130mm
2
I
130mm
F
270mm
Step 6, Finished
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A B
D
C 30mm
30mm
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85mm
85mm
85mm
A
B
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The Hydraulics Page 13
10cc Syringe
3cc Syringe
75cm (~29.5”)
75cm (~29.5”)
110cm (~43.5”)
Step 14: Put The Tubing and Cylinders into a Tub of Water
Food coloring can be added to better see the fluid flow through the hydraulic system.
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Step 15: Purge The Air From The Cylinders Perform this process
under water.
Push and pull the plungers to purge all air from the cylinders.
Step 17: Attach Tubing (To The Control Panel) Perform this process
under water.
Attach tubing sections to the syringes on the control
side of the hydraulic system.
75cm (~29.5”) Leave the other end of the
75cm (~29.5”) tubing sections loose
110cm (~43.5”)
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Step 18: Purge Air From The Tubing Perform this process
under water.
Push in the plungers on
the control panel syring-
es. Leave them pushed
in.
Step 19: unattached Cylinders Should be Full of Water Perform this process
under water.
Pull back the plungers and draw water into cylinders
that have no tubing connected to them.
Note: Keep the control panel
plungers pushed in.
75cm (~29.5”)
75cm (~29.5”)
110cm (~43.5”)
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B
75cm (~29.5”)
110cm (~43.5”)
D B
A
C
75cm (~29.5”)
*Some components
may need to be pulled
apart (then put back to- A
C
gether) in order to attach
the hydraulic cylinders.
Slide perpendicular
adaptor A up, put
Zip ties can be used to organize cylinder C into place,
then slide perpendicu-
the tubing. lar adaptor A back.
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Sliding the perpendicular adaptors attached to the syringe mounts ( A , B , C and D ) changes
the travel/mechanical advantage of the arm.
Perpendicular adaptors A and B should always be horizontal with each other. Perpendicular
adaptors C and D should always be horizontal with each other.
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Glycerin
Adding a small amount of glycerin to the water in your hydraulic lines
can keep cylinders from sticking after sitting without use.
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By Pulling a Hose
4 Push the plunger so the
1 Pull the air (from the
air is forced from the cyl-
lines) into a cylinder. inder. Stop pushing when
the water level reaches
2 Turn the cylinder so the top of the cylinder tip.
its tip is its highest
point. 5 Re-attach the hydraulic
line to the cylinder. *You
3 Remove the hydraulic may need to push air
line (tubing) from the from the hydraulic line
cylinder. before attaching it to the
cylinder.