L.W.S Robotics build diarys
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Re: L.W.S Robotics build diarys
ok thanks
it will probably take me a while to build though because i'll only be able to work on it for 3 hours a week because i need to use my schools dt workshop to do the wiring and I need to find someone that can do welding to build the chassis and shell
it will probably take me a while to build though because i'll only be able to work on it for 3 hours a week because i need to use my schools dt workshop to do the wiring and I need to find someone that can do welding to build the chassis and shell
Re: L.W.S Robotics build diarys
I use plastic for the chassis which can be cut with hand tools. My FW robots are pretty much all plastic.
As for the wiring, when I wired up my first bot I used the guide from the Battle Ratz to do it, its fairly straight forward really it can just look a bit daunting when you have a load of bits lying in front of you.
As for the wiring, when I wired up my first bot I used the guide from the Battle Ratz to do it, its fairly straight forward really it can just look a bit daunting when you have a load of bits lying in front of you.
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i'll just use thick plastic then and as for the wiring i'll get my dt teacher to help because he's built a few heavyweights for robot wars ( that werent too good but they drove which is good enough for me )
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HDPE is pretty good stuff, about 10mm ish thick will be fine, i use 12mm however
For my stuff:
http://bodgeitandhope.blogspot.co.uk/
http://bodgeitandhope.blogspot.co.uk/
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also, how would I attach wheels to the drill motors or will I have to make my own ?.
and how would I attach the plastic together, bend one solid piece, with bolts or should I melt it together with a soldering iron because I dont know how to do plastic welding ?
and how would I attach the plastic together, bend one solid piece, with bolts or should I melt it together with a soldering iron because I dont know how to do plastic welding ?
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There are wheels you can buy to attach directly to drill motors. You'd be wanting the ones with nut inserts.
http://www.robochallenge.co.uk/Events_a ... nical.html
I would just use screws/bolts to hold it together
http://www.robochallenge.co.uk/Events_a ... nical.html
I would just use screws/bolts to hold it together
Re: L.W.S Robotics build diarys
screw it together, i do that and it holds up well to be in tossed around by shwxplosion
For my stuff:
http://bodgeitandhope.blogspot.co.uk/
http://bodgeitandhope.blogspot.co.uk/
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I plan on doing as much research on shwxplosion and building my featherweight to specifically exploit its weakness ( if it has one that is )
and if we ever fight shwxplosion at the same time we should both team up on him and take him out first
and if we ever fight shwxplosion at the same time we should both team up on him and take him out first
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Re: L.W.S Robotics build diarys
shwxplosion? Do you mean Explosion?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UMAaQ8hg4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UMAaQ8hg4
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Re: L.W.S Robotics build diarys
yeah its a running joke from the gametechmods forumsbitternboy wrote:shwxplosion? Do you mean Explosion?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-UMAaQ8hg4