Team Hell/GDH build diaries

[razerdave]

Hey guys

Since Cabrakan's motor failiure, and our new motors not fitting the wheels we've decided to make a new Cabrakan, and we'll be keeping the forum updated on its progress, as well as the progress in the rebuilding of Hell's Angel and repair work on my other 5 robots

[team_orr]

awsome stuff dave

[kodster]

Cool, Davey.

Will we ever see Flipping Hell come to reality?

[razerdave]

It may well do, but it won't be for a while yet, the mechanics are going to take some working out for it

[muchalucha]

flipping hell , now theres an awesome name :P

[razerdave]

Hey guys

Well after a few failiures with Satanix's controls, I've replaced the modified Scorpion XXL with a pair of Victors 883's, however mounting them is decidedly difficult, trying to drill through the hardox base :P

Also, with a lot of help from Pete Waller, Stewie's interferance issue has been cured, so hopefully it'll be much better ready for AWS 30 (14th November in Richmond if you wanna come along)

[cliveb]

Whats wrong with superglue? it works in Tiny Toon.

[widow_twanky]

Araldite works for Hydra and SMIDSY's electronize switches. Just make sure you wipe both surfaces with meths before you stick it down and it's fine.

If you still want to drill you will need a low speed pillar drill and a cobalt drill of the right size.

I have found Hardox will break any drill below 5mm. 5mm and 6mm drills go through just nice and then you can ope them up with a 10mm drill just nicely BUT you do need to be running the drill at about 250rpm, have cobalt drills and have a drill sharpner.

Andy

[razerdave]

Well I've managed to break two drill bits drilling the last hole, only to find the drill shifted when I went to drill it and its in the wrong place, so the left hand controller is going to be part bolted and part stuck :P

[typhoon_driver]

Ive never had a problem drilling anything down to a 2mm hole with hardox.

Get a hold of some decent cobalt drill bits, a pillar drill and a G-clamp to properly secure the workpiece. Take it nice and easy and apply some form of coolant. You will have no problem going through.

Don't bother trying to use a hand held drill, you will never be able to hold the drill steady enough to get through and the vibration will break your drill bits. I also don't recommend using HSS bits. Great for ali and titanium but terrible for hardox.