Recent content by jeffberube

Hi guys, sorry for the late response. Let me show you an outside view of the latch so you can understand your constraints. The original sketch is a cross section of this mechanism. The 'hook' is molded into the upper subframe. The latch molded into the button. This needs to look good closed AND...

Haha I know, I'm not quite Steve Jobs that way. Basically, how do I make this physically possible? Currently the fit of the delrin bushing and the piston is fairly loose as t Any chance you can spill the beans? Because I'm 80k deep into product development here and bank account was dry 20k ago :S

Basically I'm going Steve Jobs on my ME and need function to follow form. He strongly advised against this but I don't listen very well. This mechanism is attached to a box and is used to latch the box closed. I want the button to push in straight and sit bang smack in the middle of the 2...

Please excuse my poor explanation in advance, I'm not an engineer. I have a latching mechanism that has an off center piston and needs to get actioned from a 'cantilevered' position. Please see attached (crappy) sketch of desired effect vs real world behaviour. Is there any solutions to negate...