The image below is the building guide. However I accidently got flat, not hex, bolts and they work fine if you orient them the other way so the nut is in the hex slot. Is that alright or is there a reason I should get hex heads and redo it?
What do you mean by flat, not hex? Can you post a picture?
Thanks for the picture. The main concern about that orientation that I would think of is how far the threads protrude past the nut when fully tightened. If the bolt threads protrude past where the head of the bolt is designed to sit, it may interfere with something.
Another concern might be the size of the flats on the nuts. Believe it or not, some nuts are wider than the corresponding bolt head. So if the nuts fit snugly with no slop, but loose enough to remove and insert, then you should be fine.
A last concern might be the ability to tighten and loosen the bolt/nut assembly. Based on your picture, that doesn’t seem to be a concern here.
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Yep, need to keep nuts away from hitting the braces. For the Core’s bottom bolts, the regular hex head bolts, and the ones you have need to be inserted so the nut ends up in the Core’s deep recess. For the Core’s top bolts, I don’t think orientation functionally matters, but for OCD sake, consider mirroring.
I got this wrong during initial assembly…
https://zoomtube.com/@azab2c/make/v1e-lr4?t=14_11_00&v=3_5
Hope that helps. Cheers!
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@Aza B2C, Is that ZoomTube your invention? That is fantastic! And the LR4 build is a great resource.
Thanks for sharing.
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