You can reach him here jthornton141993@gmail.com
AutoTrickler V4
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Turbulent Turtle
F-TR competitor
The V4 comes complete including the Bluetooth module. Just follow the instructions in the V4 manual to get everything going. Easy peasy.
jthor
USAF Shooting Team
sorry i've been so busy with orders on SH I've forgotten to check here, but I believe you have already sent me an email.
Thanks John!
jthor
USAF Shooting Team
I'll copy and past what I put on SH.
All,
If I haven’t been replying to messages fast it’s cause I’ve been trying to produce more V4 tips. I haven’t been ignoring just to ignore. Took me about a week and a half to get these to produce reliably and set up a process of treatment after they are done printing. Note, I’m doing this in my free time on top of a full time job and everything else I do on the side. The design has slightly changed, but doesn’t change the function. I just change the end where the tip attaches to the tube slightly. Resin 3D printing isn’t just plug and play especially when you’re trying to produce parts in production. I’ve also gone away from using clear resin due to it being very finicky and hard to produce consistent results with from one batch of resin to another.
Video on the updated tip and install.
All,
If I haven’t been replying to messages fast it’s cause I’ve been trying to produce more V4 tips. I haven’t been ignoring just to ignore. Took me about a week and a half to get these to produce reliably and set up a process of treatment after they are done printing. Note, I’m doing this in my free time on top of a full time job and everything else I do on the side. The design has slightly changed, but doesn’t change the function. I just change the end where the tip attaches to the tube slightly. Resin 3D printing isn’t just plug and play especially when you’re trying to produce parts in production. I’ve also gone away from using clear resin due to it being very finicky and hard to produce consistent results with from one batch of resin to another.
Video on the updated tip and install.
Yes you did email me and got my order taken care of. Definitely recommend you to anyone! Very quick response. Responded within the hour through email! Thanks!!
Been using mine with VV24N41, Staball, RL33, and H4198 and have been really happy.
I did find that it was better to write down the settings for each powder instead of using the calibrate function. Sometimes it would be spot on and sometimes a little off but once I found settings that worked using those every time gives me almost no under/overshoots.
I did find that it was better to write down the settings for each powder instead of using the calibrate function. Sometimes it would be spot on and sometimes a little off but once I found settings that worked using those every time gives me almost no under/overshoots.
Better still would be a built in "save settings" in the app.
Received v4 tips on Saturday priority mail 2 day. Fast delivery well packaged. Thanks Jon
Are you wanting the measurement (L-W-H) of the V4 itself or an FX120i with a V4 on top of the scale?
This was posted by Adam this morning at 7:57 am over on the Snipers Hide.
"I've been doing a lot of testing over the past month or two and I had a bit of a breakthrough yesterday. It's too early to say much right now but I am excited and I think V4 can potentially go about twice as fast as it does now, with only software changes.
The speed sliders in the app right now are controlling around a dozen numbers under the hood. The gains come from tweaking how they change in relation to each other. Different powders have very different flow characteristics at high and low speeds so one size does not fit all. Also the density of powder in the tube is hugely affected by how fast the tube has been spinning over the last few seconds. Starting and stopping at low speeds for a while allows powder to settle in and fill up the tube which leads to more flow.
The best possible performance is found by understanding what each number means, and individually adjusting them to improve each part of the process, for that powder, for that tilt angle, for that target weight.
To give you an idea, dispense 2 grains of Varget repeatedly (press Re-Zero). It probably takes 15-20 seconds. You will hear it ramping down smoothly and the last 0.5 grains will flow cautiously to avoid overshooting. Sometimes you will get lucky and finish quickly and other times it will take 20 or even 30 seconds once in a while. The speed slider has a pretty minor effect on the overall result and even at speed 10 it's still pretty conservative."
With more tuning, the powder be made to flow basically at full speed directly to the target and stop. From the point where the motor starts to slow down to when it stops is under 5 seconds. Tweaking specific parts of the process in more detail lets you minimize the risk of overshooting without compromising much overall speed. It's actually not super sensitive. There is a lot of wiggle room and it's possible to get very close to optimal speed with almost zero overshooting.
I have an objective to understand this more completely and bring the potential to everyone in the simplest possible way. It won't be 10 separate sliders. It will be a step by step guide which anyone can follow without frustration. There needs to be an "easy mode" for getting decent results and then the power to optimize beyond that. This is my project. It will take some time but it is a high priority.
"I've been doing a lot of testing over the past month or two and I had a bit of a breakthrough yesterday. It's too early to say much right now but I am excited and I think V4 can potentially go about twice as fast as it does now, with only software changes.
The speed sliders in the app right now are controlling around a dozen numbers under the hood. The gains come from tweaking how they change in relation to each other. Different powders have very different flow characteristics at high and low speeds so one size does not fit all. Also the density of powder in the tube is hugely affected by how fast the tube has been spinning over the last few seconds. Starting and stopping at low speeds for a while allows powder to settle in and fill up the tube which leads to more flow.
The best possible performance is found by understanding what each number means, and individually adjusting them to improve each part of the process, for that powder, for that tilt angle, for that target weight.
To give you an idea, dispense 2 grains of Varget repeatedly (press Re-Zero). It probably takes 15-20 seconds. You will hear it ramping down smoothly and the last 0.5 grains will flow cautiously to avoid overshooting. Sometimes you will get lucky and finish quickly and other times it will take 20 or even 30 seconds once in a while. The speed slider has a pretty minor effect on the overall result and even at speed 10 it's still pretty conservative."
With more tuning, the powder be made to flow basically at full speed directly to the target and stop. From the point where the motor starts to slow down to when it stops is under 5 seconds. Tweaking specific parts of the process in more detail lets you minimize the risk of overshooting without compromising much overall speed. It's actually not super sensitive. There is a lot of wiggle room and it's possible to get very close to optimal speed with almost zero overshooting.
I have an objective to understand this more completely and bring the potential to everyone in the simplest possible way. It won't be 10 separate sliders. It will be a step by step guide which anyone can follow without frustration. There needs to be an "easy mode" for getting decent results and then the power to optimize beyond that. This is my project. It will take some time but it is a high priority.
jnyfeler
Gold $$ Contributor
I would like to know with the V4 on top of the scale. I have the measurements for the fx120i.
Thank you!
praveen
Administrator
I only started using the V4 couple of days ago and its great. The powder dump at the end of loading session was a bit of pain (disconnect cable, lift, shake). I'm wondering if the motors could be made to run in reverse, all the powder could potentially be able to come out from the tubes to the back window. Possible?
Mine is far enough from the wall that I am able to tilt it far enough to clear all the powder from the tubes without disconnecting the wire.
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