The project is coming along nicely. With quite a few changes based on the comments on the last post. What’s changed:
– Most of the fastening together will be done with screws and standoffs from the actual robot, so metal.
– Everything will be acrylic, though some will be painted.
– The weapon will be able to spin, though not functionally.
– I’d like the internal geometry to be visible from the outside, looking through the acrylic.
– Since the slicer wont slice my top and bottom plates, likely due to their thickness. The top and bottom plates will be .05″ spring steel.
Issues:
– I need a lot of acrylic for this.
– The slicer software makes the internal geometry floating even though the imported model has geometry under that. Not quite sure what’s causing this issue, the model was simplified.
– I might end up having to slice it myself in Solidworks. I’d like to avoid that, its very time consuming.
Cutting to start soon, once slicer cooperates. Each SVG will need some major cleaning in inkscape.
I noticed you are going to be using a lot of acrylic and that this is a weapon. Out of curiosity, how long did it take you to design this?
Well this was designed to compete in a combat robotics tournament that was held Saturday, so I have spent a lot more time than just this. Maybe 100 hours between design, manufacturing, and assembly.
I really appreciate the details in this piece. Did you end up having to slice it in SolidWorks?
I appreciate how you are purposefully leaving the inside geometry visible, as it very intricate.
I like how you made a battle bot for your layers project. I appreciate that we can see into the robot. What were your ideas about color and contrast for the inside components like the gear in the robot?