Project "Blacksmith

[Mark Pitman]

When do you think you will be ready for your first battle, looks good so far.

[Maxamuslead]

at my current build speed.......... 2077 =P

I am aiming for 95% completion ( everything bar hardox cut part ) end of this year.

[Maxamuslead]

planning to do some more work on the bot this afternoon but spent a bit of this morning working on REC model for sketchup. pretty confendent it accurate.

you can find it on the 3d warehouse or a dropbox I am planning to set up.

LINK

REC Gearbox + RS550 motor .png

EDIT: added Image

EDIT2: adding Dropbox link

[Maxamuslead]

Done some work on the bot, mounted the moters to the sides and base plate and did some test driving.

(crowbar is for ballast)

just need to do a load of fab work on the mounting blocks and we are not too far from a functional bot.

[Maxamuslead]

well I missed my target, damn flu and wet weather, gotten some bits done just need to bolt stuff together really. So, in the meantime I got my head around Fusion 360 and copied Blacksmith across from Sketchup.

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So, as I have copied into 360 I thought I make some improvements from problems I have noted thus far. I standardised the thickness of HDPE and I also made it a tad longer, so I could move the drive motors back, move the battery to behind the front brace as well as most of electronics, this will hopefully keep the nose down and improve handling.

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Also, have had a little idea of using magnetic limit switches with an Arduino or something in the axe mechanism to act as end stops which allows me to us a switch on my transmitter making driving the bot easier.

But I first need to finish this one…



share link http://a360.co/2CKcPuC

[Ocracoke]

Looks neat - reminds me of a cross between TMHWK and Mortis. What thickness of HDPE are you planning on using?

[Maxamuslead]

Looks neat - reminds me of a cross between TMHWK and Mortis. What thickness of HDPE are you planning on using?

15mm frame
20mm axe frame
5mm top, side and front angled (might thicken that last bit)


compared a odd pog of currnely building which I might rename to "Bodgesmith"
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[Ocracoke]

Looks tidier than my featherweight 5mm is fairly thin mind - The Honey Badger 2.x has 10mm HDPE all around and after encountering Shrekt (a vertical spinner), there are some serious gouges in the panels so if you can thicken it up, it can only be better protection.

[Maxamuslead]

the 5mm HDPE is the top and the angled side, the front plow should be 4/5mm HARDOX

[R9000]

Nice bronze bushings.

[Maxamuslead]

Nice bronze bushings.

aren't they smexy =P

[Maxamuslead]

Quick update, work colleague got a 3d printer "for his kid" and offered to print us a new battery box.
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It is only 4mm PLA, so it isn't the strongest thing in the world, but I have heard that it possible to "heat treat" it to improve the layer bonding which improve the strength (by a lot apparently).

Also in the progress of ordering the Hardox armour and hammer from K-cut.

I might get this bot done before the end of this century. =P

[Maxamuslead]

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yay HARDOX is on its way

[Ocracoke]

That wedge plate looks awesome. Is it welded together at the sides?

[TechAUmNu]

Looks folded to me. Has the tell tale cutouts on the ends of the bend lines.