Havnt updated this in a while. The robot has once again gone on hold, due to the price of building it. Its a shame as i already have most of it and have probably spent £250 building it already, but other things seem to come first.
Hopefully it will be done by the end of summer, but i very much doubt it
noticed that i forgot to post pics of the new chassis, il try get them up soon.
i spent £250 on an Antweight
a good one though
i regret spending that much on it but i know it is awesome.
if money is tight try using micro switches or relays for drive.
you could even get supermassive servos
lf you stretch the belt enough you won't need extra sprockets
i plan to build my first fw soon but am summing up what i think i should use from build diarys
axes look cool and quite easy for beginners
good luck though
PS 6mm polycarb is cheap as hell on eBay A3 size for under £10
that will take a few hits
We have almost everything needed component wise,apart from batteries as the ones i bought are far from ideal. The problem with money is buying the material to make the chassis from. It really wont cost much more than £50 to get completely finished, but at the moment its money i cant spend.
Pictures of the chassis as it is now. Started doing a complete rebuild, but i was stupid and spent £50 on sheet metal that was too thin
i think il just give in and make the frame out of box section and then put some hdpe or similar as armor. This has been going on way too long for my liking and i would really like to get into an event this year.
good start look nice and solid
what thickness did you go for now
What you can see on there at the moment is 0.6mm hdpe, but thats coming off because its obviously too thin. Going to be replacing it with i think 12mm hdpe, maybe thicker if i i think the weight will allow.Originally Posted by archie2000
Looks a bit shiney for HDPE, is it not 0.6mm steel?
Looks like it's been welded to the steel box-section as well. Never knew you could do that with HDPE
On a more serious note, was the £50 of too-thin sheet metal bought from B&Q? If so, don't bother buying any metals from there. All the sheets they sell are too thin for the majority of roboteers' needs and the prices are just ridiculous. Either go on a scrounging mission around local recycling centres or scrapyards, or check through eBay.
The sheet on there at the moment is steel, i havnt ordered the HDPE yet. Its hardly welded on there anyway, the welder just melted through it even at the lowest setting...
Im going to finish making the frame out of box section first, then see what sort of weight il have left to play with. its probably not going to be finished till the end of summer though.
Yea, i was amazed at the prices there, it cost me about £50 for two 500x500 sheets and the box section was quite expensive too.
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