As i've now decided to make video updates of the build which i hope will help future builders with their first bots, does anybody think it might be worth me posting a short video on how i've done the electronics in mine?
No real progress made i'd just like to share my latest cock up, so after taking the body off the bot yesterday to loctite the threads i was interrupted by my son waking up crying ( he's 18 months) and failed to notice that i had left the HDPE body by a radiator which subsequently came on quite hot, so this morning i go to fit the body back to the robot and find that it is now warped and no longer fits properly, and as i don't have enough material or enough money to make a new shell i have had to make the most of it and bodge a fix which has resulted in an ill fitting rear panel and a bowed side panel. So lesson learned i believe.
Ah, that sucks! And completely understandable that it wouldn't have occurred to you, just one of those things. Hopefully you can restore it.
Not being funny, but, is there a chance you could put it back by the radiator in such a way it might return to original shape, or at least take some of the warp out?
I've heated it up with heat gun and have taken some of the warp out but only enough that it sort of fits together again, it's still strong enough i would have thought, i'll be retiring this chassis after the champs anyway so it only needs to hold up until then.
A couple of photos showing the aftermath
I did intend a video but i've got a filthy cough so i doubt anybody wants a video full of splutters
Last edited by mrsam; 4th March 2014 at 14:16.
http://s921.photobucket.com/user/mrs...19795.mp4.html
Managed a quick video, just goes over the chassis warping in a bit more detail
Not finished yet, But you get the idea.....
Whoahahaha, did you try to iron the warp out?
Looks good though
Aaha no it was the room with the best lighting and thanks, amazing it looks as good as it does all things considered
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