Eggbeater

[Eventorizon]

Is that carbon fibre on the back? Bet this will cause a fair bit of carnage when it sees battle, provided it fits in the arena!

What is that beater actually made from too, always wondered because it actually seems pretty light considering its size...

The weapon is a single piece of milled Grade 5 Titanium.

[harry hills]

Yeah its ti.


Base is also CF




or should be at least.

[Eventorizon]

I could make a mini Conker 3 but it would look basically the same. Or should I do it anyway and we can duel it out?!

[harry hills]

It would look cool next to the mini storm II. Do eeet

[Eventorizon]

What are the dimensions of the weapon element? And who did the machining?

[razerdave]

What are the dimensions of the weapon element? And who did the machining?

I don't know who did the machining but the beater on it's own is wider than Headbanger!

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

I believe the beater is 28cm wide

[harry hills]

180mm wide, 75mm long 17mm thick.


Machining was done by one of the nippers, not sure who. Shane Swan organised it all. It's beautifully done.

[harry hills]

Ellis has been busy. Pumping out some real horrorshow parts for eggy.



Standoffs for the motor mount.





Dual grooved pulley.


Stripped the motor down today as with most motors replacing the shaft looks easy so I can do that no worries.

[harry hills]

Ellis finished everything. Being sent off tomorrow morning. Will be buying some round belting and should have some spin ups soonish.



Disc, pulley and hub for the unnamed vert.



Machined the bulkheads. Not overly happy about how they came out but they should hold. Loads of meat to pocket out tho.

[harry hills]

Ellis's stuff and the disc arrived around midday today. Really lovely stuff.



shoved the disc in the bulkheads to get a feel of the thing. I'm now considering going much more nightmare style. Weight is looking good, 1182 for everything bar the HDPE/CF framing and armour.



Pulley and hub mounted to disc. Don't have any caphead M5 around so I just stuck countersunk bolts in for the time being. Bearings go in each side. Press fit into the pulley/hub.



I milled the slot in the pulley for eggbeater. The slot engages with the beater to drive it. No more setscrews there





Mounted in the robot. Spins nicely. Totally smooth, no wobble at all. Which with my tolerances/ghetto machining is a bloody miracle.

Also, I needed replacement hubs. Spinza, along with bending the mounts of the motors cracked the hub making it basically useless. Made this HDPE replacement.

[Eventorizon]

Is that thing even going to be able to turn with that weapon at full speed?! I am also very glad that I have built anvil and now some other type of machine... it looks like I am going to need it so Anvil can even survive this machine!

[mrsam]

All looks fantastic mate, Eggbeater looks like it's going to be really formidable this time around.

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

Looking great, these infernal contraptions and the other ones being build as we speak, make we look at my 10mm hdpe and worry... just a little.

Keep it up

[harry hills]

With 4wd Eggbeater turns pretty nicely. With the beater full whack? Who knows.

Vert will probably not be able to turn. Spin up fast, go forwards and try and hit stuff.


And thanks guys. You all have nothing to worry about. My robots often suffer from stagefright :/

Considering naming the vert Damp Squib.