Splinter

[Dan-27]

Here's some pictures of the latest bot I've been working on. I decided build it from wood for a change partly because I had a week in which to get it finished and I really like the idea of a wooden robot class to make this hobby more accessible to those without access to lathes and mills.

This was an initial layout idea using gears from a bike for drive.

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For a while PJ and I have been toying with the idea of using fan motors for drive and being made from wood there was some weight going spare for these monster motors.

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I used a laser cutter to draw the wheel profiles. Were using gears from a lawnmower for drive which dictated the size of the wheels, they're about 110mm + some bike thread.

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[harry hills]

Seeing this up close at the weekend, I was quite impressed with how solid it was. Nice drive motors as well.