Tilt Table with Motorized Stand

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Tilt Table with Sliders, Stop Blocks and Motorized Stand. Includes MATLAB code for clockwise tilt pattern for N number of cycles. The large Tilt Table is hand operated due to its large size and weight, it is also two layers of acrylic. The red magnetic sliders have their north pole facing outwards while the blue magnetic sliders have their south pole facing outwards. Video of the large tilt table completing part assembly with the magnetic sliders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwy1qdpw2s Custom Section Required Items and Other Instructions A laser cutter is used to cut out "15_by_9_Tilt_Table", "1ft_by_2ft_Tilt_Table", "Magnetic_Slider_V4", "Stop_Block_V2", "Tilt_Table_Stand_V2", "Slider_V2", "Servo_Shaft_Connector" and "2to1_servo_gears". A 3d printer is used to make the "Spacer". Other required parts for full use of the motorized stand are, a computer with MATLAB, an Arduino, a servo motor shield for Arduino (optional), 2 180 degree rotation metal gear servos, 36 screws (1/8" or 3mm diameter) and corresponding nuts, 6 D shafts (1/4" diameter, roughly 2.5" long, some may need to be cut with a hacksaw), at least 14 set screw shaft collars (1/4" inner diameter, more can be used for added stability), 4 set crew motor hubs (1/4" diameter) and a drill and screw driver will be required for assembly. Other required parts for the magnetic sliders are 8 neodymium magnets per slider (1/4" x 1/4" x 1/16"), for the non magnetic sliders, 2 washers are needed for each slider to weight them properly (1/2" outer diameter, 7/32" inner diameter). Each slider also requires 1 plastic dowel rod (1/8" diameter, 1/2" long) and each stop block requires 4 of the same plastic dowel rods. Sliders may require sanding for better performance. Two sets of the servo gears need to be cut, as well as two servo shaft connectors, the required number and length of spacers varies, the number of sliders and stop blocks depends on personal requirements. The 15x9 Tilt Table is the smaller tilt table that mounts onto the motorized stand, holes will need to be drilled with a countersink to properly mount. The code for running the motorized stand, "TiltCode_N_Cycles", controls the servos so that the table tilts in a clockwise pattern of down, left, up, right for the desired number of cycles, N, followed by a final downwards movement to complete each maze.