scruffy

yeah thats what i do, nylon structural and HDPE armour, once made one completely out of HDPE, and hated it, it didnt feel strong at all to me, although most people seem to have sucess

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Originally Posted by PJ-27

What was that exotic metal you used on your Drum Jamie?

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I'm assuming you're meaning Supralsim 690. Not sure if it's classed as an exotic material, though it does have a fancy name! It was just a form of hard steel, similar to Hardox, that was easily obtainable at the time.

They were on the 3-tooth drum that's been scrapped though. Current drum is just a s/s tube with Hardox 500 bar teeth.

Yeh that's the stuff! Awesome name.

what resistor/diode do you need to use with a microswitch for an actuator stop

These are the ones I fitted today in Carcinus:

http://www.technobotsonline.com/1n5401- ... diode.html

Seem to work fine.

ok got mi new battery for night fury and so far i've gutted it to do a few mods and upgrades

the wheels are being change, the power distribution is being upgraded and im going to build a battery box out of aluminium and add some extra steel above and below it to help protect it from the crushers

ok got a bit more done on the latest bot

now my new m6 tap arrived ive managed to get the motors mounted and built a chunk of the lifter

ok tacked the top plates on now i need to decide weather to go for bearing or bushed (pics have the 2 options)

i know the brass bushes should take more punishment but i think the bearings look better

Looking really good! Hopefully it and Tormenta 2 get to tussle one day. :)

Also, the cooler a robot looks does seem to have some sort of relation to how well it does, but I'd say go for whatever will take more abuse, without doubt.

Keep it up.

im hoping to get it ready for the gadget show so it can do some whiteboard fights