Here is the latest installment of Erics saga.

I first tapped and screwed together my diy pulley attached to the blades. these are 6 holes for m3 screws. all the teeth are more or less aligned and it looks pretty good. Not bad considering i had to find the teeth dimensions on an obscure forum and with out the ability to cross check that it was correct, something i wouldnt want to do again!
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next I fitted some bearings into the blade. And what i mean by me a really mean a technician at my university as when i got them made i didnt factor in tolerances of the manufacturing process i was using. The blades were a little to tight for the bearings to fit in so i had to get them machined out on a lathe.
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I then assembled the blades by screwing everything together through those 3 holes. The other 2 holes are there for a safety pin to be inserted. Once assembled I placed them onto a titanium dead bar and placed it on the left metal arm. At this stage I also attached the weapon motor and its pulley to the same arm as well as fit the pulley belt.
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You probably spotted the front plate on the left side of the bot this had to go on in before i fitted the blade. both front plates are 1.5mm titanium.

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at this point I wanted to see what it looked like with the motors, wheels and battery inside it. None of them are screwed in yet so everything looks a bit closer than it should. I am however a bit concerned for the left most batter and the motor wires placed ontop of it. they are going to be a bit to close to those to motors for comfort so i need to find a way hold them down securely. I am open to suggestions for this.