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  • I am also working in an area with a lot of light so my light source ended up needing to be very close to the bot to be able to see the shadow. I had a hard time seeing the shadow after a solid layer of a dark color. And I used tape to hold the paper…
    in Losing a step between pen changes? Comment by Zinefer April 2014
  • Your method of using two shadows and a pointed light does indeed solve my issue. However, I found this method particularly finicky and I kept bumping the paperclip while trying to adjust things. I've rigged up a way to use a cheap laser pointer to a…
    in Losing a step between pen changes? Comment by Zinefer April 2014
  • Nice! That is clever! I will give it a shot a little later today. To get your images to display you simply have to make sure the link goes to nothing but the image. When you go to that dropbox image it actually goes to a webpage containing the image…
    in Losing a step between pen changes? Comment by Zinefer April 2014
  • It does feel solid ... I will try to adjust my egg arm and see if that is causing it. I was thinking, could it also be how I have zip tied motor 2's wire? I know from my 3d printer that these servo motors can cause a lot of inductance - but can it …
    in Losing a step between pen changes? Comment by Zinefer April 2014