Alien Clock: Updated Chestburster Mechanism

As mentioned in my post on the Chestburster mechanism, the two motors aren’t mechanically linked, causing a problem where one motor would crawl ahead of the other. To play it safe, I devised a method of avoiding this problem. I reprinted a few of the parts and added 2mm steel rods to act as guides for the motor carriage.

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The metal rods are attached to the ends of the whole mechanism.

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The rods are threaded through wings on the carriage to keep it straight.

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And here’s a pic of the new assembly.

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