Man, am I ever late to the party
Congrats ZT! Very exciting stuff!!
And welcome to the forum.
ZTatZAU wrote:. . . . I apologize for rambling on so about this but I do hope you all know how I'm feeling right now! I do welcome any comments anyone might have... especially as to what I could have (or should have) gleaned from any or all of my graphs that might have made this a bit easier!
Apologize?! You kiddin'? lol. We all appreciate you documenting and sharing this spin with us. And you've provided some great photos and commentary that made it a pleasure to follow along. In terms of any constructive criticism... I haven't much. The mistakes you made initially, I watched you research and correct toward the end. Namely graphing the drive wheel with the others even though you had already located its' gate. As soon as you began parking that at its' known gate prior to each reading, you received the info you needed for an opening.
And the zip-tie pointer, lol! Though it would seem too flimsy, it
does have sufficient rigidity in the crucial directions (side-to-side/left-right movements). So why not?! Quick and convenient ... and it did the job! Actually pretty smart I'd say. And sure, as you mentioned, the longer the pointer the better fluctuations. But even with 3/16 changes, you
noticed and utilized them for an opening. Very nice.
ZTatZAU wrote:. . . . I've confirmed the conversion numbers of 3 on wheel 2, and 9 on wheel 1 when switching from L-R-L to R-L-R.....
And, when switching from L to R number moves L (to a bigger number) and when switching from R to L number moves R (to a smaller number).
So my combo of L5-R55-L82 is equivalent to R14-L52-82 and either of these combos will open the safe.
Personally, my little pea-brain doesn't compute numbers real well... so I tryn' take a simplistic view on rotational conversions. Regardless of whether you're converting from
L to R, or
R to L... it's going to involve either (
fixed)
stopping short or (
movable)
going beyond the original number.
Fixed drive pins stack upon each other and add up. So each wheel will reach it's destination
sooner than expecting when coming from the other direction. Regardless of what wheel(s) you're converting... when working with fixed drive pins always STOP SHORT/PRIOR TO the original number by the appropriate amount.
When you begin working with movable flys, you'll notice just the opposite - wheels
lag behind, reaching their destination
later than expected. This requires going PASSED/BEYOND the original number by the appropriate amount.
Thanks for sharing! I'm very excited for you(!) and definitely look forward to more.
I see you've started in on the Baum... I'll go have a look. Keep it up. And keep posting.