RobotWars101

With the 3D printer broked (Ender 3 bowden gap leak. New connector on its way!), I've turned my attention to Fermented Melon. First, I printed the bot out on paper, using Blender and a papercraft plugin. I soon realised that I'd made a mistake - I'd forgotten to add motor brackets, so the motors wer...

yay! the first one was grate, so count me in.

I've entered Fermented Melon and Sprouting Potato, but I'll prolly switch out S.Potato for my planned cluster; Lemon & Slime. It depends on me getting my 3D printer unjammed (I bloomin hope I can!)

actual progress! I'm still working on it, but here's how sprouting potato is looking at the moment: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7859/44708121780_3c762d2dcc_c.jpg the orange pla is just for testing the shape. it'll either be semi transparent or purple, depending on if i can get abs printing in tim...

Yay! But also aargh! It's practically only a month away.

*gets building*

Not much progress, as usual. I don't get enough spare time. :( It doesn't stop me thinking, tho, and this week I have mostly been thinking 'torque reaction'! I thought it might work for Fermented Melon, with the battery and ESC in the wedge, and the drive and axe kept in place with bearings, but I t...

So, now that I've mastered SketchUp ( :roll: ), I thought I'd have a go at using it to plan Fermented Melon. Nothing too fancy, as it's gonna be mostly made from polycarb. I just wanted to see how everything fits before cutting up some card: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4838/44379343210_c09f908fe5...

I put the STL of the wheel on thingiverse, if anyone's interested: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3247013 I just hope it works for other people, should anyone try it. I do worry that it only works for me because my printer's badly set up. :roll: edit: and a much smaller one that fits a tyre from ...

Cool, where have you got your Lego wheels from?? My son has literally hundreds of wheels in his Lego stockpile, so I'm using his stuff at the moment. :) He only had one set of tracks, tho, so I bought some from bricklink . it's also useful as a reference, as it shows which tyres fit with which whee...

Wheeeeeee(ls)! https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4876/45145352755_c6a89a4d91.jpg I finally produced a version of wheel that I'm happy with. It took quite a few iterations, often because Sketchup behaved in an unexpected manner, but it's all part of the learning process. I think I might have to switch m...

Some progress made, but mainly in fiddling with Sketchup. I've been experimenting with wheels, and I think I now have a hub that can take a 30.4mm lego tyre. Took a while to get the 'D' right, and I've yet to print it. It may not end as planned. Speaking of which, I gave ABS a quick try.. https://fa...