Team Darklight - Featherweight Axe/Hammer diary

[qbnut]

Quick update after a bit of radio silence...

The robot is together mechanically, the axe is asssembled again and reworked a bit after the bolts incident.

In the lead up to Insomnia 61 the updates are likely to be more sporadic, but there will hopefully be a further one before the event with it still in one piece

[qbnut]

Final drive and weapon test today. Now all that's left is a bit of paint and it's ready for Insomnia 61

Also, will it self right?

[Albear]

looking great! cant wait to see the axe head on it

[R9000]

Duuuude that's awesome! Fantastic job making this thing a reality - it looks like a really solid machine!

[Maxamuslead]

looking good, what is the weight on that ?

EDIT: i see on a previous post you said 13.8 but how much have you shaved off and how heavy is that axe head going to be ?

[Roboteernat]

Thats looking really nice, cant wait to have a battle of the Axes with you

[Andy]

Looks great! can't wait to see it, really like the overall shape

[qbnut]

Thanks for all the positive feedback!

it weighs in at 13.5kg with the axe head fitted, so we are in the limit - just!

[qbnut]

Some more pics in a more-or-less finished state:

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[qbnut]

Post-Insomnia 61 obligatory "it got broken" post:

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The event was great fun, and I learned a lot being there - including lots of ways I can improve Battleaxe. It's quite a list of things, but the most obvious being, the type of mild steel I used isn't up to being spinner (or more precisely, 722) proof.

I will probably repair this properly and keep Battleaxe 1 running for a while, whilst work gets under way on a new version

[Ocracoke]

Blimey, that looks used. A bit of metalworking to be done there.

[Maxamuslead]

What happen to the axehead as I do not see it in any of the bouts. Where you overweight or something ?

[qbnut]

No, it's there bar the last whiteboard fight. I did want to go larger, but yes weight stopped that. I'm designing the new one to be bigger and have better impact