Bruiser II

[Bodge Job]

Im building a new robot, Bruiser 2. Bruiser 2 will be an improvement to the first Bruiser, and it's going to be more like the original designs, but not what bruiser ended up being like.
Sadly it's going to be another Black HDPE robot as we don't have the correct machining capability to use any descent metals (or the budget). We have already orders most of the parts, the motors have already arrived. We are using two speed 900 replicas for drive, although the problem is, they are quiet a bit longer than it says on the website, so we had to redesign quiet a bit. Hopefully it should be finished by the uk champs (but if it's being held on the other date, not at the gadget show live then we can't make it so it would be finished for next year), but we only have a few weekends to build it in, so it's going to be a rush once it all arrives!
Motors look ok, but quiet a bit bigger than expected http://s1111.photobucket.com/albums/h46 ... F6FA76.jpg

[PJ-27]

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Awesome! Bruiser did really well last year, so looking forward to seeing a further improved version.

You going to keep that wedge you built after?

[Bodge Job]

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yes probably, as we were hopefully keeping the old bruiser running, as its pretty sturdy, so we don't have to worry about it breaking to easily.

[Bodge Job]

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Wheels and HDPE arrived,
http://s1111.photobucket.com/albums/h46 ... E4162F.jpg
although the wheels are a lot less grippy than we thought, so we gonna see if it's grippier after the surface has warn off, if its not, then we will just screw some tire tread onto it, the stuff from technobots still hasn't arrived, which is surprising because there normally quiet quick. Structural Work will probably start today

[harry hills]

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awesome, can't wait to see what you do with this bot. what wheels are they?

[Max]

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What wheels are they?
Edit- Harry can type faster than me!

[Bodge Job]

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There some wheels I found on eBay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280591015542? ... direct=off
There pretty hard and skippy though, I wouldn't use them unless you put some extra rubber on them

[Ellis]

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Ah, yes. I came >this< close to getting those a while ago. They look perfect! Luckily I read somewhere that they're not ideal, hard and more plasticy (that a word?) than rubbery. Should make them better to screw into though, so not all is lost...

I am looking forward to this build.

[Bodge Job]

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Yeh I was going to use it for bruiser 1, but we didn't in the end, glad we didn't as well! Oh well, let's see how it goes

[Bodge Job]

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Technobots stuff arrived http://s1111.photobucket.com/albums/h46 ... BAFB1C.jpg
Now we can actuly start work.

[Bodge Job]

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Did some work today, but a little less than expected, we cut the sides, but not drilled them or put the bearings in them, and we chopped down the wheels so they slotted in to each other. I have lay'ed it out in a way to give you an idea of what were doing, it's to saparate pods, with wheels motor and chain in, and the weapon will go between the two pods. And the shafts won't be going across. More work should follow tomorrow, hopefully the side pods should be fully mounted, with the exception of the bearings as we need to by a drill bit to cut the holes. Should be going to the uk champs, but we will sign up a little later.
http://s1111.photobucket.com/albums/h46 ... 9AA04B.jpg

[PJ-27]

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Looking good. How are you stopping the wheels moving side to side on the axles and rubbing against the sides?

[Bodge Job]

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There's bits on the wheels to stop it rubbing, they just go against the bearings, and in that picture the plastic is just resting on the shafts, just to give you an idea. The holes will be drilled later...

[Bodge Job]

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Work today, started motor mounts, and inner bulkheads, we also looked at mounting the bearings, but we may need a new drill to do it well. We couldn't do much more work, as we need to go and buy some bits. But progress is going ok, we may be able to do some extra work next week, which is good.

[Bodge Job]

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Done some more work, http://s1111.photobucket.com/albums/h46 ... B7E4EB.jpg nearly finished the drive pods, just have to drill a few holes for the motors. Although, they weigh a kilo more than planned, which is a bit of a problem, so we're trying to change it to make it lighter.