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The wheels are fitted at least to the level I need now. M10 bolt padded out to ensure central and then washer and nut to clamp the wheel. It will do for my test bed.

Now I need to work on designs here are a few concepts I am playing with:

Code name: Evil K'Weevil
Weight: Beetle (could be scaled up)
Body: Flat
Drive: 2x2, any way up
Weapon: Core Cutter

Code name: Ali-grater
Weight: Feather
Body: Angled wedge to assist self ...

Still no luck finding a way to use those wheels. So I have ordered replacements with a slimmer bore. The original ones I actually found a really solid way to fit an axle but the drills wouldn't open wide enough.

M12 threaded bolt bar, wrapped with some PTFE, nut and washer each side was so good! Fitted brilliant on the wheel and so solid, would have taken an elephant to stand on my bot to snap or bend them. I am keeping them and perhaps I will find a way around the issue (I saw ...

It's damn cold in the garage. However a thick hoodie and a small radiator plus some enthusiasm means stuff still gets done, despite being able to see my breath outside.

After some soldering and bodging I managed to get motors hooked up, and have a kill/safety jumper built in the circuit. Also sneakily heat shrunk the soldered joints in the oven when my wife was out . Worked fine and done before the oven reached 125'C

Issues:
Speeds not matched (read up on programming ...

Looks like I will be banished to the garage to build my bots. Apparently having motors and cables lying on the kitchen table is not going to be acceptable to my better half .
So I got busy on Gumtree and am clearing space in the garage. After a day's work it's still a dump but you can actually walk from one end to the other now! Which is a huge leap forward.
I will run a spur of existing socket to a multinational i'll fit above a desk I will make. Plus upgrade the lighting (led ...

OK so my plan is as follows:

1 - build a powered chasis. To make sure the Transmitter and bits work and I have at least some basic competency
2 - build a feather weight and perhaps a beetle weight as seems to be lots of events for those
3 - compete win/lose
4 - while not confident and not rich go to 2
5 - Build a a heavy weight and win robot wars

Doing 1 through 3 will do me just fine for now.

I think the basic shape will be a wedge ...