I finally finished up the tether spool. It’s electrically and physically complete, tested and ready for the near future when I have the front lighting hull on my ROV done. The project files and instructions for making your own are available here: 3d printed cable roller and waterproof control box for a Schill GT380 reel to turn it into a ROV or robot tether by piercet - Thingiverse This version will hold approximately 100m worth of cable. I’m definitely happy with it so far. I may make an additional “clampy thing” to clamp the legs to a dock or a boat at some point, as well as a power wind up key (or possibly even a stepper motor controlled feed gear with a tether feed and retract button? I haven’t got that far yet though. At any rate this will probably be the last post with new design stuff in this particular thread for a while. I need to get the ROV done and tested next.
