How to build pib´s neck

We have created a simple guide that you can use to assemble pib’s neck. Feel free to use it.

Before you can start you have to print the neck parts as shown in the table below.

Our pib has 3 different neck variants. You can choose which variant is best for you.

• Rookie: simple neck with 1 degree of movement (left and right movement) – coming soon
• Pro: intermediate neck with 2 degrees of movement (left and right + up and down movement)
• Ultimate: advanced neck with 3 degrees of movement (see tutorial for ultimate variant)

Our default neck variant is the pro variant. This tutorial describes how to build it.

pib’s pro neck consists of 12 printable parts and is assembled in 19 steps.

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Printable parts – Overview

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Printable parts – Overview

Step 1

Step 1

Insert 4 x nuts in A52 in the shown spots.

Step 0

Side-Note: Step 0

Please set motors to „Zero Position“ and assemble while they are connected to power.

Refer back to our calibration tutorial on pib.rocks/build for further details and info refresh.

Step 2

Step 2

Place 1 x E07 (MG996R) motor in A52 and use 4 x 10mm screws to fix it.

Step 3

Step 3

Place 3 x nuts in the shown spots in A52.
Use a small screwdriver or a precision tool to put the nuts into the holes and hit it gently with a hammer to place it correctly.

Step 4

Step 4

Attach 1 x M15 to the motor, then place A54 on top and use 1 x 12mm screw to fix everything together.

Step 5

Step 5

Place 1 x M03 ballbearing and 3 x nuts in the shown spots of A51.
Use a small screwdriver or a precision tool to put the nuts into the holes and hit it gently with a hammer to place it correctly.

Step 6

Step 6

Place 1 x M03 ballbearing and 3 x nuts in the shown spots of A55.
(Step 6 is almost the same as step 5, just the printable part is a different one.)

Step 7

Step 7

Slide the assembly from step 5 into A50 from the top till it reaches the middle, then fix it with 3 x 12mm screws.
Use a hammer to gently put A51 into the the middle of A50.
You can use the small holes to check from the outside, if the nuts inside A51 are on the same level with the holes before you put the screws in.

Step 8

Step 8

Insert the assembly from step 4 through A51 and fasten it using 3 x 12mm screws.

Step 9a

Step 9a

Insert 1 x nut into A53.

Step 9b

Step 9b

Insert A53 into A54 (through A51).

Step 10

Step 10

Insert A55 into A50 and connect it with 3 x 12mm screws.
You may apply some gently force to put A55 on top of A50 and hold it firmly while putting the screws in.

Step 11

Step 11

Attach 4 x nuts in A56.

Step 12a

Step 12a

Place 1 x nut in A60.

Step 12b

Step 12b

Insert A60 into A56 and put 1 x M03 ballbearing from the other side.

Step 12c

Step 12c

Connect A59-L with A56 using 1 x 30mm screw.

Step 13

Step 13

IInsert 1 x E07 (MG996R motor) in the shown spot and use 4 x 10mm screws to fix onto A56.

Pull the cable first, then tilt the motor a litte bit to put in into the shown spot. You may apply some gently force.

Step 14

Step 14

Connect A57 and 1 x M15 Nylon motor connector to the motor and fix them using 1 x 12 mm screw.
Make sure that the highlighted line on A57 and the printed “0” on A56 are lined up!

Step 15a

Step 15a

Insert 1 x nut into A58.

Step 15b

Step 15b

Insert A58 into the previous assembly.
Make sure that the highlighted line on A58 and the printed “0” on A56 are lined up!

Step 16

Step 16

Insert 1 x M03 ballbearing onto A58.
You may need some gentle force to put the ballbearing onto A58.

Step 17

Step 17

Connect A59-R to A58 and fix it with 1 x 30mm screw.

Step 18

Step 18

Connect the assembly to the assembly from step 10 using 1 x 40mm screw.

Step 19

Step 19

Place 4 x nuts in the shown spots of A59-R and A59-L.

final

Congratulations

You did a great job, pib´s neck is assembled!

Step 20

Additional Step 20

Connect the neck to the head using 4 x 20mm screws.

To construct the neck, you will need these printable and non-printable parts: