Team Eventorizon: Build Diary

[Eventorizon]

Here is the progress of Binky's modifications

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The Main unibody of armour tucks under the new plates welded to the front of the machine. We will be adding a couple of bolts to join the main uprights to the new front section to make sure it is rigid. There are some shaping tricks to be done on the corners but thats all. You can also see the new beefy welding all over the armour.

We had been worried about horizontals getting in and bending the front out of shape but with the disc in the way there is such a small gap that anything coming in will hit the disc well before the armour.

[Mega Masher]

Looks nice
Is that some ti on the front

[Eventorizon]

Its all 2mm Titanium :-D

[Eventorizon]

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Finally Conker 3's weapon is here! 2.3kg of Hardox 650. Single tooth design with toothed leading edge. Will be doing 11'000 RPM at full speed.

[harry hills]

Sweet man. Can't wait to see some build photos.

[Flag Captured]

Single toothed, ey? That's something you don't see on drum-type spinners often! Is Conker 3 going to be in the championships?

[Mega Masher]

Awesome
There are so many dangerous bots this year

[Eventorizon]

Single toothed, ey? That's something you don't see on drum-type spinners often! Is Conker 3 going to be in the championships?

I sure hope so. We have had a small set back in making the parts but if I can be in the right places at the right times to get stuff done then yes, it will be there!

[Eventorizon]

This all happened Saturday but this is the first of the bulkheads being machined for Conker 3.
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As you can see, the Alumec 89 is machining beautifully: so shiny! In there is also the weapon which has been sandblasted to remove all the surface rust and grime and is now looking pretty sweet. The two shafts there are the front wheel supports, made from 10mm grade 5 titanium which was a total pain to machine, tap and die but we got there!
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The top and bottom titanium plates now sandblasted.
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The final thing to do now I have decided not to buy new batteries is the design of the internal part holder. I am going to 3D print it so each ESC and battery has its own padded space and I have proper cable routing.
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If I can get this all done in time it should be worth all 21 major iterations and the hundreds of variations at each stage. It will have been a whole year in development as I started designing it around the end of February last year, quite the trek but will have been worth it!

[shakesc]

Looking very nice

[Eventorizon]

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Binky is ready for the 2014 champs!

Just got to glue the power light in and recharge the batteries and she is good to go.

Can't wait for the draw on Monday!

[razerdave]

Where's the paint?
Are you leaving the link hanging like that?

[Eventorizon]

Yep, my Dad prefers it like that rather than a fresh coat of white paint, and I do too.

After I painted Binky the first time I didn't actually like the white. Now it is worn and damaged it looks more realistic. makes it look bigger somehow too.

[Mouldy]

Still think that links dodgy as hell

[razerdave]

Agreed.