With a mere 9 days before the next Robodojo, it must be time to start PANICKED WEDGELEY UPDATES.

The big job for this update is wheels, we need wheels that connect with the ground in a more grippy way than the current wheels. I considered getting hold of some Colsons, or other castor wheels, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to learn to use the CNC router.

Good heavens, machining HDPE is MESSY.



But mercifully easy to clean up:



Machining aluminium is not messy though it takes aaaaages.



It appears to work, in so much as the hub fits in the wheel!



Just need to manually drill out and tap some holes now. And make another one of each of those, and also a bunch of other bits as obviously 20 mm thick wheels aren't going to fix the traction problems.

Next week, that, plus hopefully some hilarious mishaps with a drift gyro.