Peter Wallers Robot Ramblings

[razerdave]

I reckon you should it Prince because of the colouring

That is pretty much how the 4WD Bulletproof was going to look, but since its going to be a DAD robot again by AWS 39 I didn't want to waste the motors.

Kill-a-chav 2 is in the making, and Kick In The Teeth was started on today, so I should have my full compliment of DAD robots by next time.

[peterwaller]

Got it running now maybe I should call it Hermes or Mercury. (God with winged feet).

So far all up weight is 125gms but still needs the plastic adding to front and rear scoops.
http://youtu.be/r1JtHU81QUc

[peterwaller]

Rather supprised when I cut a hole in my nice purple chassis to fit a power switch to find that the chasis has a white centre and a purple coating.
I would have thought that would be a lot harder to make than just solid purple unless it is dipped or sprayed on afterwards.

[EpicentrE]

They're dyed after they've been printed in WSF, and the dye doesn't permeate very far into the material. You can find more information here: http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/dyeing_sls.

[earthwormjim]

AFAIK,all the colours are done like that,I noticed that on some of the wheels I got.If you file the surface,it is white underneath!

[peterwaller]

This looks like being my lineup for AWS38.

[razerdave]

Nice to see a variety, used to be all spinners .

How many complete ants do you actually have? I have 7 ants and 2 fleas, with 2 more ants to come (my 3rd DAD robot and my new spinner).

[peterwaller]

I had no idea so I had to dig them all out.
These ones are all virtually complete apart from
Militant needing a new tyre.
Succulant has the pump removed while I experiment with a smaller pump.
Mutant needs a slight repair to the blade.
It turns out there are 15 Ants and 2 Fleas.

Thats not counting 3 minisumo's and one micromouse wall follower.

[haz]

lovely
i do like millitant

[earthwormjim]

like a lovely,yet gruesome family portrait!!!
excellent!