Yeah erm well I'm a server technician and design computer networks in the day job so the electrics of the robots take me ten mins to chuck together. So that side always goes great, but I've never even done diy, never mind fabricate robots. I can jigsaw, angle grind and drill and bolt, and have just sort of accepted that without being a fabricator/cnc etc. it's unlikely that I will ever be able to build something at the higher levels. The other big thing is that I have Aspergers so I've also got this weirdly narrow skill set for electronics and computers that's god given, and really struggle picking up anything outside of that. I've built up a relationship with a local fabrication place that built my heavy, which is great whilst you keep lining their pockets. I think if the whole thing became popular at a proffesional level I could understand the thousands people spend. But being a bit of a chav-hippy I quite like recycling house hold objects and electrics. My first robot was wired with a roll of three core and made of chopping board and no one caught on. I'm also working on a solar powered robot I'm just in the process of ruggedising the panel. Life is amazing if you keep your tool bag close and arm yasen with a bit of no-how lol.

Thank you for everything with the battery, I'm a bit scared of the lipo stuff I don't really understand the C's and 2.2's etc. Volts and amps I'm alright with lol.

I will always just build for fun, I've been at it two years and am yet to win a fight!!