Team Bodge Job

**Liftoff** · 10th February 2013, 22:19

Oops! same here, they were my brother's stuff...but he was so delighted with the result that he didn't notice

Keep us posted with your progress - I like the way black HDPE looks...btw what thickness are you using?

**Bodge Job** · 10th February 2013, 22:27

yeah hope to, got a holiday in a week so should be able to do a lot then! and 12mm, but doesn't look sturdy enough to me, so may add cross braces as well. What thickness did you use when welding?

**Liftoff** · 10th February 2013, 22:38

Mine was slightly less, 10mm. The strength was impressive, I stood on it (100kg) and would not snap, it did bend though - HDPE is quite bendy you know - so the thicker the better. I built Liftoff using 10mm sides and 5mm baseplate. It was quite wobbly until I reinforced it with aluminium...but your design looks sturdy enough in my eyes (I'm no expert tho, so I'll leave it to the seasoned builders to judge!)

**Bodge Job** · 16th February 2013, 20:40

Did some more work today, mounted the axe shaft and sprocket together, and then on to the pivot, and then mounted it all together with the bulkheads.

**Eventorizon** · 17th February 2013, 09:39

What is the name of the machine? So we all know if we will be fighting it.

Got 2 new axe bots this year... I hope my top armour is up to it!

**Bodge Job** · 17th February 2013, 11:08

It's an add on of bruiser 1, sadly I can't make the champs this year, going try and make the other rc event, but it's still not likely I'm going to be going. And I know, loads of new axes, if I'd have know I'd have made something else. Luckily it's easlily removable, so I can build different add ons later!

**Bodge Job** · 17th February 2013, 14:43

woops

**Bodge Job** · 17th February 2013, 15:07

And now we've managed to snap the remainder poking out off. The nylon must have really hardened up in the cold!

**Bodge Job** · 16th March 2013, 18:01

other than fixing the axe head on I have pretty much finished the axe unit, mounted the sprocket and motor, and tensioned the chain.

should be able to get it running tomorrow, although I have somehow run out of solder so will be tricky unless i find some. and cant decide whether to hold the axe head on with 3 small bolts or 2 large ones?
would 2 or 3 be stronger?