New strut.
I just had a new strut for au$30 off the shelf.
816mm long, which is heaps longer than the original, of 588mm.
Struts Australia model K816-22-365
I am putting a long spacer to extend the upper attach point way up, and still close to the head in the same place as before.
Someone else has posted a weight of 45KG on the Super X3. :wave:
I believe this, as I had the original strut tested today and found it was 60KG.
When I put it back on rapiding down I could get it skip steps. Going up was OK.
I have gained 134mm travel. 83mm at the top, and 51 at the bottom. I have added an extra interrupter strip 83mm further up and left the orginal home one in place.
Now when I reference, I don't have to us the new upper limit unless I need more headroom, so referencing time is still the same.
When I need more headroom I turn off softlimits temporarily, move up 5mm and reference Z again to use to top stop. How do I turn on soft reference using VB in the reference cycle?
Rotated head should be more useful near the table now.
I had the new strut charged to 45KG and I think this is a good compromise.
That should be about 55KG fully compressed.
Hard to get the gas out, but easy to put more in.
Now mounted the correct way with the skinny part DOWN, so it shouldn't leak away slowly because the seal is now covered with oil. :idea:
What am I going to do with the old 60KG strut with a 231mm travel and Chinese balls? :withstupi
Super X3. 3600rpm. Sheridan 6"x24" Lathe + more. Three ways to fix things: The right way, the other way, and maybe your way, which is possibly a faster wrong way.