Recent content by oogaboogaengineering

You're right, adding a guide for the spring to minimize oscillation is something I had overlooked. Thanks a lot!

I think I understand the principle now. I’ve looked into lancet systems and realized that I should add weight to the striker, and also fix the spring at both ends the bottom to the system and the top to the striker so that the spring can recoil properly. I might need to use loosen spring too...

One quick thing I was wondering in my setup, the spring and striker are physically one unit, so they move together. Wouldn’t that mean the spring stops exactly at its neutral (0) point after impact? Since there’s no independent mass flying past or extra stored energy, I’m not sure if it would...

You’re right, most of the spring's energy is used up during the impact. In my case, the goal isn't just to deliver a hit the striker needs to puncture a sealed surface. So the motion has to be sharp and forceful, but afterward I want the mechanism to move back out of the way (instead of staying...

I was thinking about using a return spring, like the kind found in hand tools (pliers, wire strippers, scissors, etc.). In those tools, the spring helps reopen the handles after squeezing. Maybe I could integrate a similar spring in my system to help bring the striker back to its resting...

(image1: before impact) (image2: after impact) Hi everyone, I'm working on a compact, spring-loaded trigger mechanism the system uses an "L-shaped" latch to hold back a tensioned spring. after releasing the latch, the spring force pushes a pin (or striker) downward to hit and activate a target...