Team Trouble - Build diary

**joey_picus** · 24th April 2011, 00:01

I like 40mhz transmitters better, from experience :P the switches and aerials don't fall off all the time, for one...

**harry hills** · 24th April 2011, 05:24

yep the dx5es are prone to snapping

**calumco** · 13th December 2011, 17:59

ok bit of an update on whats goin off with me atm

very very luckerly i managed to get myself a cnc machinist job at an engineering company which i started yesterday, so basically im getting trained up to the point where i'll be able to do most things on em

surprised aswell by the interest in robot stuff the other workers have there, so not wanting to be too cheeky im going to wait untill the new year untill im gonna try stopping behind few days a week to get some parts done for myself.

first thing i wana make is a pivot for both pinsors claws out of 2 blocks of steel as i can only make it so good in my shed at home out of box section which just isn't strong enough. thats for now anyway, wana eventually make a new flipper to replace my over weight ali flipper using the cad software they have, but that'll be awhile yet.

**mattsdragons** · 13th December 2011, 18:27

Any more news on smidsy?

**calumco** · 13th December 2011, 18:30

gonna start rebuilding it over Christmas i think- get it so its drive-able

**mattsdragons** · 13th December 2011, 18:34

Is that coz you chopped bits out and have now made it all wobbly?

lol

**calumco** · 13th December 2011, 20:48

its only made from 1 or 2mm stainless and its old, needs generally making stronger

**mattsdragons** · 13th December 2011, 20:51

Ah, now that's prob the reason

lol

Would be great to see it back out again with why ever mods you have planned for it

**calumco** · 16th December 2011, 22:37

took a working feather into work today, couldnt believe how interested people were, had workers filming me flip stuff around the workshop with their phones and everything lol long story short, managed to get 2 guys in on making parts for me. So ill hopefully get pinsors new cnc'd parts before christmas now so i can get it sorted whilst im off. compared to my last job where the hot topic of conversation each day was how wasted they got at the weekend and cheated on their gfs my new jobs sweet, stood about most of today with guys lookin at my robot and talkin about makin buggies!