SpeedyTrickler

[tikkatactoes]

Evening everyone!

Greetings from Finland!

I have been lurking in here quite some time and I have been also working with some little project.

I call it SpeedyTrickler. There is plenty of tricklers out there, but not good open source one.

This one is trying to fix that.

First design was based on printedprecision trickler, but I redesigned it completely as it was just copy of it. Now it features unique design with two disc feeding system and under one second first throw, which seems to be accurate to 0.05 grams (0.1grain).

It's looking promising for sub 5 second throw times for normal 308. Win Loads with vv n150.

I'll keep this open source and start to upload files as soon as the design is refined enough.

Support is coming first to gg jj100b balance and then maybe for fx120i.

Cheers everyone!

 

[RubiconJoey]

Very nice work. Do you have the files published somewhere?

 

[biggershooter]

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[tikkatactoes]

Trickler is physically now complete, but I still need to finish software for this.
It's running on arduino nano.

Files are not yet available to download, but I'm making GitHub site at some point for this project.

 

[Rangemaster]

Nice, what is the average drop time?

 

[Macht]

How does it do with ball powders?

 

[tikkatactoes]

Hello,

Software for this is still work in progress, so drop times are not known yet. I can't promise, but I think it will settle somewhere between 4 and 7 seconds.

I don't have ball powders, but I don't see reason why it wouldn't work.

GitHub site is now open: https://github.com/porridgeboy/SpeedyTrickler

After the code is somewhat complete I will start to upload files.

 

[AwkwardWoodshop]

Hi, has there been any progress on this? I would think you could use the hardware from the opentrickler. I would be willing to help with the software.

 

[ballisticdaddy]

Hello,

Software for this is still work in progress, so drop times are not known yet. I can't promise, but I think it will settle somewhere between 4 and 7 seconds.

I don't have ball powders, but I don't see reason why it wouldn't work.

GitHub site is now open: https://github.com/porridgeboy/SpeedyTrickler

After the code is somewhat complete I will start to upload files.

So you are designing and manufacturing a trickler system but have no access to ball powders?
Like there are not already enough printed tricklers that are ALMOST ready to ship?

 

[B'N'F]

So you are designing and manufacturing a trickler system but have no access to ball powders?
Like there are not already enough printed tricklers that are ALMOST ready to ship?

Or... perhaps the guy doesn't have ball powders on hand or load with them, so he hadn't had a chance to test them? Perhaps you missed that he says its open source, why not take what he's done (for free nonetheless) and try it with ball powders?

 

[ballisticdaddy]

Or... perhaps the guy doesn't have ball powders on hand or load with them, so he hadn't had a chance to test them? Perhaps you missed that he says its open source, why not take what he's done (for free nonetheless) and try it with ball powders?

How does one go about creating a design without the necessary sundries to be able to test it before offering it to the public?
I have a V4 and have no need to screw around with these things that may or may not be worthwhile and do the dirty work.

 

[DairyDictator]

How does one go about creating a design without the necessary sundries to be able to test it before offering it to the public?
I have a V4 and have no need to screw around with these things that may or may not be worthwhile and do the dirty work.

Again... Open source, not necessarily selling anything, just making it for himself and releasing it to others that might want it.

Use it as is, do your own testing and make your own improvements, or don't bother with any of it. Nobody cares.

 

[tikkatactoes]

 

[tikkatactoes]

 

[tikkatactoes]

Hello everyone! Yes I'm aware that there is multiple trickler system on the market. I just wanted to dip my toes in coding and CADing things have always been hobby for me.

I think there is potential in my design, but with jj100bscale I will not be breaking any records.

These two videos show fastest and slowest trickle. There is still work to do with fine tuning.

 

[tikkatactoes]

Hi, has there been any progress on this? I would think you could use the hardware from the opentrickler. I would be willing to help with the software.

I have been doing this with arduino because I don't know enough from python coding.

It is driven by serial bluetooth monitor app.

I will post files and code (when I do have time). Feel free to modify them!