Anyone take "Commissions" ?

Hey guys and girls

Sorry to be a pain but wasn't sure where to post this so just thought I would throw it out there for the world to see, see what came of it. Long standing fan of both the show, the live events and the machines themselves. I have pestered many of you I'm sure with stupid questions or queries as well as ways to get into the sport.

I have now taken on multiple jobs and Im currently assembling a portfolio to hopefully go to university next year, this leaves me with very little free time to actually get what I have planned to when Im also working on a cosplay and various other issues with family etc etc. Anyway allow me to skip right to the point:

I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to take on my feather-weight electric 2wd flipper project for me (within my budget of £500)
or at least to the point where I can finish the project myself in my own time so to speak. when I say project, this is really where it becomes a commission (hence the thread name) as I have the funds and the know-how to do it, just no where near enough time. I don't want to start it then to suddenly stop and then never get back to it due to various issues, so I was wondering if someone might take this project?

I have sent you a pm with a bit of advice, personally I'd say speak to mario,, whether he is available or interested in taking on such a task you will have to ask him of course.
But he is honest,reliable,and makes quality parts.... I think you would be better to build it yourself and see if Mario would be interested in building you key parts,such as drive units or the flipper. That way you built it mainly and have more understanding of your machine.

I agree with Ady, Mario is a great guy and will help, whether or not £500 is enough is up to him to decide. A word of warning however , unless you really understand how to build and maintain your Robot. I would worry about your competence when dealing with CO2. I'm not trying to be a kiljoy, but it is important to be safe, for yourself as well as us.

Does anyone have his address or something I can contact him by?

He's Maddox10 on here

Pending it surviving our next event this coming weekend I'm keen to offload my spinner Decimator for $1000 aud which is about 500gbp (yay from the crappy dollar) :)

Only problem, its in Australia! :) It is however a lovely Robot.

Hmm, and not that many events for a bloody monsterspinner like Decimator...

Shipping wasn't that pricey, it made it there and back after all :)

Just throwin' it out there lol.

How much was shipping?

$490 AUD for the 60kg crate, and it was insured for over $2k as well plus tracked etc etc.

I may take you up on that offer with decimator, only issue with that is that I am looking more to get my own design etc commissioned rather than buy a pre-existing. Though im sure you will find someone more than willing to buy it :)

I'd caution against buying a robot like Decimator as your first machine, simply because robots like that are very dangerous and without experience I don't believe you a newcomer could operate and maintain such a machine safely. That said, I've no idea what your experience is, so you could be totally fine.

Except, you'd be paying a 3rd of the value on shipping.

Glen, I'm tempted to take your offer.

Decimator as a uberpower spinner has not that many events in the UK to be used. Actualy, 1 in 2015...

Testing/practicing driving isn't that obvious either. Not something to do on the street or parking lot with cars driving by.

Decimator spinning happily around at the next MMM... that's scary...

Shipping would be much less than what Glen paid - there were three bots and plenty of spare parts in our box. A cheaper option than DHL is to use an excess baggage company; they specialize in shipping overweight bags to avoid airline gouging you. If you don't mind waiting up to two weeks, is saves a huge amount.

Niels, no shit Jack? As if Conker, Binky and Valkiri3 wasn't enough last MMM.
We learned 1 thing tough, Hardox still can take the punishment. But it needs to be angled.