Just some news. I have acquired some bosch motors and not far off having all the major components to start.
I have decided to build the feather weight version to see how the design works in combat without spending a ton of cash. I am knocking together a heavyweight to play around with till I start on this.

I have changed the lifter gripper mech to something a bit more simple. But I do like the look

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and the mech in action

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=vX3uFDzmlHI&eurl=http://pl.youtube.com/my_videos_edit2 dit2