Team Eventorizon: Build Diary

[Eventorizon]

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Bit of a development today, the new Jigsaw (Dewalt DW341K) and pillar drill arrived today along with a new socket set. With solidworks professional now working as well, it should not be long before we have running machines. We can now export the files to have the bodywork of Conker 2 and Binky cut from Ti and print off the templates for the wooden robot. Progress!

[Eventorizon]

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Just dropped of the Titanium sheets at Yorkshire Profiles to get them cut. Should be done by this time next week and then its off to Tadweld in Tadcaster to get the parts joined together. I need to get on and order the HDPE for my machine and start cutting out the inner parts and order all the plastic inserts that will hold it all together. But... PROGRESS!

[Ellis]

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Just dropped of the Titanium sheets at Yorkshire Profiles to get them cut. Should be done by this time next week and then its off to Tadweld in Tadcaster to get the parts joined together. I need to get on and order the HDPE for my machine and start cutting out the inner parts and order all the plastic inserts that will hold it all together. But... PROGRESS!

Looking forward to it mate! The moment they're worth taking, pics pics pics, I want to see this one built from head to toe.

[Eventorizon]

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I will certainly do my best to get as many pics of Conker as I can though I will warn you that I am rubbish at documenting my work but I will do my best :-D

We are going to keep Binky under wraps until its finished and even then we might keep it secret until the 2013 championship but trust me it will be worth the wait!

[Eventorizon]

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Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.

What does this mea? No more photos?

[Ellis]

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Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.

What does this mea? No more photos?

Don't bother with the attachment system, use a hosting site, such as www.imgur.com or photobucket.

[Eventorizon]

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Just arrived back from picking up the parts cut for Conker II and Binky. They look so swish!

http://teameventorizon.imgur.com/all/

Have a look at them here and follow the development of both robots. Enjoy :-)

[psycho_fling]

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it is saying your images are not pubicly avaiable

[Liftoff]

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Click View all albums

Really nice and neat, wish I had access to something like that!!

[psycho_fling]

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very nice , im getting my nexdt fw base waterjet/laser cut

[archie2000]

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that conker is a solid looking machine!
seriously man that will be fun in the arena.
is it going to be 2 speed 900disc :twisted

[Eventorizon]

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Yep but I have made two key changes...

1: it is re-geared to 3.33:1 ratio (12T & 40T)
2: it is running of two 5 cell lipos in series to give 37V

With those modifications the theoretical speed of the disc has gone from 4500 RPM to 6000 RPM!

[SamO]

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That's looking sweet!
looks much improved from the original Conker and should do really well at the champs next year

[Eventorizon]

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Got working on Conker's uprights today and got most of the work done but the big step today is that we took Binky to Tadweld top get him welded up. I can't show you but he is looking Sweeeeet! They have only tacked the pieces but they should finish the final welds tomorrow. From a pile of pieces to a full chassis and armour in less than a week!

[Eventorizon]

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And its all gone wrong... We got Binky back yesterday and the darn thing doesn't fit properly despite us giving the company all the pieces they needed to make it line up perfectly.

The back end is bowed though a good 4-5mm and some of the welds are over a millimetre out of alignment. Track one mistake round the rest of the triangular panels and the whole armour is twisted.

I am pretty sure we are going to take it back and have them redo at least one side. We will have to cut new parts for it but if the armour doesn't fit then it will leave all of the internals vulnerable.

On the plus side Conker is coming along nicely. Just need to file down some of the HDPE in places to it all fits nicely then start bolting him together. Though I don't have a 28mm or 62mm drill but for the bearing or the motor but that can wait til uni.