Skipdiving Robotics

[Albear]

any chance of a pic of the skate wheel setup? sounds interesting

[lowndsy]

Is the skate adaptor something like this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-Electr...0AAOSwoA9ZhBVv

Had my eye on them for a while but didn't know if anyone else used them. I was sort of hoping that they weren't on peoples radar yet

[daveimi]

The motors are linked above, hubs are

https://www.technobotsonline.com/pol...4mm-shaft.html

and wheels are

https://www.technobotsonline.com/pol...l-84x24mm.html

It's in a box in bits as it just showed up. I'll put it together tonight if I can or over the next few days if not to show you it all together. Thanks for the interest in my robot.

[Albear]

i tell you what, that looks like quite a nice little set up! the wheels and hubs look pretty robust. I didn't know electric skateboards were a thing but that's certainly peaked my interest now, looks worth a shot for the price.

[daveimi]

I should mention the skateboard hub adapters have different options, ie. 4mm shaft, 6mm shaft. The version I've linked is 4mm but I have 6mm to go with the motors I ordered.

[TechAUmNu]

These are some really nice little adapters!

[daveimi]

Yeah seemed too good to be true for a while. Need to put it all together yet and then can see the quality of the threads and stuff.

[daveimi]

Had a couple of hours tonight putting my new drive together. Not sure how it will go but for thirty quid it was worth a punt. Haven't quite sussed how to embed imgur imgs yet. The make-do soldering station made me laugh so I took a picture. The drill motor is from low budget 1. The other was a write off. I've kept it and stripped it down, locked the clutch up and re-soldered the cables. Keep wanting to use it for a weapon on Low Budget 2 but not sure what to do with it. It was too good to throw away. I have the other with a wheel on, but after getting thrown by a flipper and landing on it I can't get the wheel off the shaft. Anyway, some pictures. Questions / comments / ideas welcome as ever.

http://imgur.com/Ik9NXoG
http://imgur.com/PXv85Hj
http://imgur.com/58bditV
http://imgur.com/7ZgvDPU

[Ocracoke]

Looks very much like how I am rebuilding The Honey Badger, not in a shed per se but in the lounge (and my office). Your soldering is much better than mine though!

I have the other with a wheel on, but after getting thrown by a flipper and landing on it I can't get the wheel off the shaft.

I found that if it is just stuck on by force rather than screws (or if the wheel was superglued on, as was my case), get a cup or something that is smaller than the wheel diameter (so it can overhang over it) but deep enough for the motor to float in it and then using a nail and a careful touch of the hammer hitting the shaft, I found that would drift the motor off of the wheel. This will only work of course if there is any motor shaft visible.

[daveimi]

That's a good idea will try that

[Albear]

so the toaster in pic one isnt your new bot then?:P

[daveimi]

Coming soon! Lol

[Theo]

We already have a teapot robot, a toaster would fit right in!

[daveimi]

I have a biscuit tin and a roses tin built for the beetle stuff. Then spinners were everywhere so they are sat on a shelf lol.

[daveimi]

Another hour at it today. Took extrusion to my Dad who cut it like a boss (ex rally car mech). Think you can see from the pics what I'm aiming for. Realised I can't get the finish I want myself with my bits of tools, so going to outsource anything I will make a hash of.

http://imgur.com/EZGFnpa
http://imgur.com/oXC2L4X