Featherweight Nelly rebuild.

[Spikygoat]

Having recently bought Nelly the Ellybots featherweight shell, the plan is to replace / restore and rebuild, and hopefully get it back fighting again.
Not going to be a quick build, and might go for a different weapon, but planning on learning /figuring bits out along the way.

It won't be keeping the Nelly name.

Featherweight Nelly shell.
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Broken down.
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[Ocracoke]

Neat. Certainly looks like a robust shell. Looks like just the shell parts, what do you plan to put back into it?

[Spikygoat]

Yep, just the shell. There's a few bits that definitely need replacing, as it's cracked / missing bits.
I've previously built the budget build featherweight, and I know Nelly used drill motors before, so will be taking apart the budget and reuse afew parts from that, plus borrowing a few ideas from the Haynes book too.
I'm thinking of going for a flipper rather than the previous hammer, but no firm plans yet.

[team death]

I like it !
All Robots should have a face,it gives them character.

I think back to the Robot Wars days and some Robots Didn't do well but you

can still remember their Faces like Diotor,Milly anne Bug and errr struggling a bit now Death warmed UP....Who? oh forget it

[Spikygoat]

It'll be keeping the eyes 😀
What do people use for cutting hdpe? It's 15mm and I'm guessing a jigsaw may not be the best, plus think I'd struggle with the straight lines 😄
Was thinking maybe a band saw or something similar - but ideally at the lower price range as still trying to keep it fairly budget.
If anyone has recommendations, please let me know.

[Retroman]

HDPE can be worked with normal wood working tools, for straight lines I’m currently using a standard wood saw (a hacksaw can make neater cuts), for the wiggly bits I have a jigsaw with wood blades, cutting a straight line takes practice though! Maybe you could clamp a straight edge to the piece and follow it as a guide? For reference I’m currently using a combination of 18 and 25mm cut from pipes.

[Ocracoke]

There is this guide to working with the stuff which is quite detailed: https://www.fightingrobots.co.uk/thr...work-with-hdpe

[Spikygoat]

Might have to dig out the hand tools and have a go - see how it goes
And thanks for the link - will have a look at that later too.