featherweight shells

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Re: any shells for sale

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Ok I'll rename it now and just look around the fra forums
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Re: featherweight shells

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I also forgot to ask, will m4 screws and bolts be strong enough to hold a shell together ?
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Re: featherweight shells

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just did a quick 2 minute mockup of the featherweight shape i'm going for, the holes in the top are for the wheels
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Re: featherweight shells

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looks a little big if those are drill motors. pretty good otherwise
while we are on the subject of CAD's

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Re: featherweight shells

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Looks really promising, will it have a faster lifter this time ?
And what type of spray paint would work on hdpe ?
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Re: featherweight shells

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you can buy hdpe in all coulors so paint isnt really necicesrry.
i use plasticote though
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Re: featherweight shells

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Thanks, I'll use that then because I'm just going to buy one big sheet of hdpe and paint it after I have finished the robot completely rather than have to piece together a union jack out of different pieces of hdpe
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Looks like you and I are going to share a sense of style. :)
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It seems so :D
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tweedermeister wrote:And what type of spray paint would work on hdpe ?

Actualy , HDPE is famous for the paint repelling qualities it has. You can apply paint to it, but you'll be able to peel it off without much effort.

I solved that in Project II by using paper sandwiched between the HDPE armor and a thin sheet of polycarbonate.
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