There's another Robodojo event next weekend, so it's time to pencil in some panic-bodging for next weekend.

In the meantime, I have made one change recently. Currently Wedgeley has only ever crushed drinks cans, but whenever he did so in the past the shaft collar on the lead screw that operates the jaw has slipped, which then pushes the shaft back and locks up the chain.

No more!



Now that collar is going nowhere, and Wedgeley can crush with impunity.
Disclaimer: This means that another bit will probably fail when trying to crush future items.

The welding was done by my dad. There is a MIG welder at the Hackspace that I will learn to use at some point, but I like the idea of this piece of welding history being involved at some point:



Hopefully some exciting updates to follow later in the week...