tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56064403024926659752023-11-16T06:54:57.356-08:00DT ROBOTICSJeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-37696587525394508722011-11-20T17:20:00.000-08:002011-11-20T17:32:15.054-08:00It's been a while! If you have been wondering what I have been up to out in my garage, here it is:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a remote controlled robot that has a slot in the top that you can put various targets. The whole idea is that the robot is "bullet proof" against .22's and shot gun blasts so as your plinking away at the target payload, it doesn't matter if you hit the robot.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the robot base by itself. Everything you see here is made from steel and welded together. The robot has four motors (on for each wheel) which provide it with 4WD. It is pretty good at running around in the foothills without getting stuck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here it is taking some fire! It's been a fun project for sure! We are currently building the website and tooling up to make and sell a batch of them, so if you want one watch this space for more info!</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-55848204533573004852011-03-23T22:54:00.000-07:002011-03-23T23:00:07.140-07:00Getting ready for the games!Robo Games is fast approaching and I have started putting HotStuff back together. The robot will look really Similar to last time, but I will be making a few small changes to hopefully fix the issues I had last year.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last year I lost all four drive motors in my final match due to them overheating. I had to run three matches in under an hour, two of them back to back and it was just to much for my poor little motors to handle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Solution to this problem is to utilize the exhaust from my Co2 powered lifting arm. The exhaust comes out ice cold every time I cycle the grabber or lifter on my bot and up until now I have just vented it into the robot, but now I will flow it directly into my motors, should help keep them cool. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the above picture you can see the holes I drilled and tapped in my motors to be able to screw in an air fitting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a Sheet of .125 6-4 Titanium I picked up on Ebay. I will be replacing the .25" thick lexan wedges on the front of my robot with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How am I making the weight for the Titanium wedges? By replacing the three heavy valves on the right with the three light weight valves on the left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The old valves weigh 2.5 pounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new ones weigh just over half a pound.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the robot as it sits today, more to come as the games get closer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-29229442893932218932010-10-17T20:41:00.000-07:002010-10-17T20:42:17.392-07:00Coming together<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Only a few days left before we leave for Robothon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a picture of one of the twins almost done, just needs the weapon bar bolted on and the battery cover made. I went a little over kill on the "on" status LED. The entire robot glows blue!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the twin in a pile of cnc cut parts! There is about 20 hours of CNC time on each robot, good thing all you have to do is set up the material and then hit go on the CNC machine! More to come!</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-75341649130836397462010-09-25T09:17:00.000-07:002010-09-25T09:17:51.767-07:00New Robots!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sorry It has been so long since I updated this blog! Life gets busy (Which means my wife gets demanding with the "Honey DO list") I have been able to sneak in some robot building time however and I just thought I would take a second to share what I have been up to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have spent a lot of time designing a 12 pound spinner robot to take to the WAR event in Seattle next month. I finally got the design nailed down and have started cutting out parts. Here is what things should look like when the robot is all done. I am actually building two of these robots so that my niece and nephew can drive them at the competition. Should be fun if/when they have to fight each other =)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Here is the robot with its top off! I'm trying something new for this robot, I call it sandwich construction. The frame/armor will be made of 5 CNC cut pieces of 1/2" thick Lexan with pockets for all the compnents. I will then stack them on top of one another and run 8 bolts through to hold everything together.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are a lof of custom aluminum and plastic parts on this robot so I have turned to my trusty CNC machine that I built last year to make them. This is a chunk of 1.5" thick aluminum that is about to become a weapon pulley/blade hub.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4 hours later I have my part! I love having a robot that makes parts for my other robots. I have to make all these parts twice since I am building twin robots so here is another chunk of aluminum ready for four more hours of CNC work.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I put the pulley on my lathe to cut the round profile for the belt to fit into. After a tip from Kevin at Team Velocity I am using large O rings as drive belts for the weapons. I made the groove wide and deep enough in the pulley for a 1/4" round belt. You can see there are three male rounded drive cogs on top of the pulley. The blade will have the female version of this pattern cut into the center to transfer the power.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the pulley from the back. I hollowed out as much meterial as I could to get the weight down, they ended up at 5oz each. You can see the bonze bearings I am using, the weapon will rotate around a dead shaft that will help stiffen the frame.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little more work on the CNC machine and lathe and I have the smaller pulley to go on the weapon motor. Instead of driving the pulley with the motor shaft I bolted the pulley on the back of the can, right where the Propeller mount is supposed to go.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the first frame piece fresh off the CNC machine! It looks pretty snazzy and it is extremely light weight.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just for fun I through in the parts to get an idea of how everything will fit, looking good! There is still a lot to do before the competition so more posts to come!</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-10435171793310416722010-04-07T11:37:00.000-07:002010-04-07T11:37:14.895-07:00Hot Stuff - Getting ready!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgA_Q7jjb2AtE5MyS5HHgC93efDLuSK3YlUthrEkNqaerjMESoW5-oKkE5GS5QlwbC1DAoqxQq2Ckc3XShXCvsVeGhmvUFj0q4rM5-yF8m17szMNO4iWhVZFtLLkjyLF_60UWAhgzkEZJr/s1600/DSC01251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgA_Q7jjb2AtE5MyS5HHgC93efDLuSK3YlUthrEkNqaerjMESoW5-oKkE5GS5QlwbC1DAoqxQq2Ckc3XShXCvsVeGhmvUFj0q4rM5-yF8m17szMNO4iWhVZFtLLkjyLF_60UWAhgzkEZJr/s400/DSC01251.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Batman shot! I have been putting my new CNC machine to good use as you can see. I can't believe I ever did things like that side armor manually!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a little better shot of the side armor, you can see the pockets in the underside to lighten things up a bit. You can also see the "Hot Stuff" logo I engraved into the top of the aluminum drive pod. I think it looks pretty good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a shot of the new bumper on the back of the bot. There are a lot of nasty spinner robots going to the games this year and I needed something besides the complex and somewhat fragile grab/lift arm to slam into them. This "spinner stopper" is a 1/2" thick and two feet wide chunk of lexan. It is bolted to the back of the robot with two massive 5/8-18 flat head bolts made of stainless steel. More to come as the games get closer! </div><div align="center"></div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-90706381004757358712010-03-07T07:57:00.000-08:002010-03-07T07:57:05.467-08:00Finished!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCQSVO1NB-wAvMBSysqfEnhq33jiM9O3FrhkgEEpUEZuw-ILODYYFCLpXxqQjhkXaLqmUpLTV99sb9-3xPKBzcKtNkMKQbaXpSvVOZyiDO3gUEOIXBKFggKV3a723_VqurSHEdV9cK-Kw/s1600-h/IMG_16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCQSVO1NB-wAvMBSysqfEnhq33jiM9O3FrhkgEEpUEZuw-ILODYYFCLpXxqQjhkXaLqmUpLTV99sb9-3xPKBzcKtNkMKQbaXpSvVOZyiDO3gUEOIXBKFggKV3a723_VqurSHEdV9cK-Kw/s400/IMG_16.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The router is done! Here it is in all its smurf colored glory. Here is it cutting out an S that Kassie designed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FWzI5YS0PvQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FWzI5YS0PvQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-9001162293277283622010-03-03T08:42:00.000-08:002010-03-03T08:42:29.462-08:00It's alive!<div align="center"><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DF__LU0JoiI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DF__LU0JoiI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div><div align="center">My cousin came over yesterday to help me get my router set up and everything seems to work great! It can do 176" per minute rapids which is plenty fast for my needs. As you can see the machine is not quite done because I wanted to test everything before I finished it in case something didn't work right. All seems ok so it's time to get it done!</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-10225380065975252852010-02-22T09:47:00.000-08:002010-02-22T09:47:39.124-08:00Router is mounted!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy8XWB6vcnreOZLowR7s76aKSCvVEESqBbMwKw27HHUCUeahZ0p35GhB-w7XBpq5DfWlhJSo9pvHIqzPRbwM7jat2YApE7Kd_4YoDdGEkpO2s7uKXqiSnHGRy8eP-U10pDjpbbcEoppRB/s1600-h/IMG_2484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ct="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy8XWB6vcnreOZLowR7s76aKSCvVEESqBbMwKw27HHUCUeahZ0p35GhB-w7XBpq5DfWlhJSo9pvHIqzPRbwM7jat2YApE7Kd_4YoDdGEkpO2s7uKXqiSnHGRy8eP-U10pDjpbbcEoppRB/s320/IMG_2484.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I was figuring out how to mount my Dewalt router to my CNC machine I ran into a little "What came first, the chicken or the egg?" Scenario. I could have hacked together some router mounts but I really wanted some nice and uniform mounts made from UHMW that where beyond my capabilities to make by hand. So I cheated and went over to my cousins house to use his CNC router to make the mounts =) They came out great, and seeing his machine cut them out really motivated me to get mine done! The picture above shows the two mounts fresh off the machine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted the mounts to clamp the router tightly so I machined two pockets into each one so that a bolt and nut could be used to clamp the router in place. I put a slice down the center of the two pockets and drilled hole in them for the bolt to go. It is a very solid mount!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In this picture you can see the motor mounts mounted to the Z axis and the router inserted into them. Even without the two bolts in place to pinch the router it is a very solid and tight fit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the machine from a distance. All that is left is installing the motor and ballscrew for the X axis, building and installing the cutting table. After that it's just a little paint and wiring up the electronics and I'll be able to try it out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speaking of the electronics, here is my controller box. You can see the Breakout board, three stepper drivers, relay board and power supply in the lower half of the box. The lid contains two fans, the on and off switch, some fuses and a speed controller for the router.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the electronic box with the lid installed. The white household plug on the lid is used to power the router and the dust remover. They are each independently controlled by the relay board from the computer to turn each device on and off automatically as needed!</div><div align="center"></div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-41258796455461656802010-02-04T08:48:00.000-08:002010-02-04T08:48:08.397-08:00It's coming together<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BVcyhlWbg7JzXEJQLG1FdOzeq3Qx6VH94v21wiJs98DmvtOwOUal9_w8l31SFc9S8_HcrYLkm4we3HbDA2J_SMsOUjvT_U6xJvSqBL9bsHazUEQGZEFTfZ3yhul5P2MqdzyJifjortG-/s1600-h/IMG_2470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BVcyhlWbg7JzXEJQLG1FdOzeq3Qx6VH94v21wiJs98DmvtOwOUal9_w8l31SFc9S8_HcrYLkm4we3HbDA2J_SMsOUjvT_U6xJvSqBL9bsHazUEQGZEFTfZ3yhul5P2MqdzyJifjortG-/s320/IMG_2470.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since I finished the gantry for the machine the next thing I needed to do was build the base. I didn't have a big enough workbench in my garage to put the machine on so I built this extension on the end of my work bench. I spent a lot of time making sure it was level and flat so that the machine will sit evenly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In this picture you can see the base of the machine starting to take shape! The can of Mt Dew (the official drink of my garage) is sitting in the front corner of the machine to show scale. This is a pretty large machine! You can also see that I have placed the Gantry in the frame rails so I could see if everything is coming out like it is drawn in the plans. More to come soon!</div><div align="center"></div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-62751093202093901532010-02-01T09:57:00.000-08:002010-02-01T09:57:58.086-08:00Gantry done!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4TSFOj4x2RxU_IXd_vYBhohm5EP53E_U60y6y_M4isLm4CpSjbMLyjvd4zNdXsx5K67u2q5Ovr3nrgwl7RlqknQbRL9qZmG3rIaU5su9tF7BsQPyRqxy3jQR-TiHLqcBnz-h-mVXWyUt/s1600-h/IMG_2462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4TSFOj4x2RxU_IXd_vYBhohm5EP53E_U60y6y_M4isLm4CpSjbMLyjvd4zNdXsx5K67u2q5Ovr3nrgwl7RlqknQbRL9qZmG3rIaU5su9tF7BsQPyRqxy3jQR-TiHLqcBnz-h-mVXWyUt/s320/IMG_2462.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took a lot of work but my CNC machine Gantry is done! Here it is standing up on my work bench.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see the "Green Monster" motors that run the show. They are supposed to be able to put out around 400oz/inches of power, not to shabby!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Here you can see the mount that connects the ballnut to the Z axis to move it side to side. The ballscrew is so efficient you can grab the Z axis and push it side to side and the ballscrew will turn and allow it to move, its pretty cool to watch. Next up is building the base!</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-65245103252638654382010-01-29T09:11:00.000-08:002010-01-29T09:12:16.759-08:00CNC Update!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UOwFNralxVsgQ9MxbPn3Ed2-m-UK5FZE0J68-g1RejjFwXjJPmHekLrkJjzKqZB_W85KO8ZjbCByIXY0SDBGs4mi7PXuHBnCYeyWAwZSr0N1NazJnTCeO1uT6Dv2cWxdGqcd1QaS14ao/s1600-h/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UOwFNralxVsgQ9MxbPn3Ed2-m-UK5FZE0J68-g1RejjFwXjJPmHekLrkJjzKqZB_W85KO8ZjbCByIXY0SDBGs4mi7PXuHBnCYeyWAwZSr0N1NazJnTCeO1uT6Dv2cWxdGqcd1QaS14ao/s400/1.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is where most of my projects start, a pile of metal on the floor! The steel yard I got it from even threw in the rust for free!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk61Eq_oubePwka0nOb8NR5rauuS2hn6yvYZF2HlPKuoThoqmmXKdqX1dRsClGWRYI7N0OXxn3Mh-agQPaskfnUqc4W7l7t1SwtYzCQtESWByl1yITVDMw6tGfk3UE7ZvPV5l7ZOtS-RWR/s1600-h/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk61Eq_oubePwka0nOb8NR5rauuS2hn6yvYZF2HlPKuoThoqmmXKdqX1dRsClGWRYI7N0OXxn3Mh-agQPaskfnUqc4W7l7t1SwtYzCQtESWByl1yITVDMw6tGfk3UE7ZvPV5l7ZOtS-RWR/s320/2.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am cutting some of the steel parts out on my amazing Black and Decker workmate 300 worbench! I like it because not only is it a work bench but it also can clamp onto parts like these steel beams so I can cut them with a sawzall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafK1LZaJHC0tQeM5fEKQ3fqnQLwoFYO4REIPfqBDjcVF0czz9la1bU58G7uVWwOloD6_oXfY0pCBP1zbomlmPKx48O2i_2tDN8WrOL17oTHO330TKS7mRwjAso5A06QHF4Rn-z5oWBMpU/s1600-h/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafK1LZaJHC0tQeM5fEKQ3fqnQLwoFYO4REIPfqBDjcVF0czz9la1bU58G7uVWwOloD6_oXfY0pCBP1zbomlmPKx48O2i_2tDN8WrOL17oTHO330TKS7mRwjAso5A06QHF4Rn-z5oWBMpU/s320/3.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am starting to center punch the holes to mount the linear rails for the "Y" axis to the 1/4" thick by three inch wide angle iron. After the holes where center punched I drilled them out and tapped them for M5 bolts to hold the rails to the steel frame.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzExYiJtGjYIFjJ_bezCNRSWOv0mAEXF1hGWbl9ByJLtbxyN4pdgPEGyiVNLJpEjSBScKE3Z395Juh5XipcrsI1yqLMn5LC6oA6prVcSBYE0lP9kYtK9fccqSfwzdV1pKgjTSPVBkkeYGF/s1600-h/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzExYiJtGjYIFjJ_bezCNRSWOv0mAEXF1hGWbl9ByJLtbxyN4pdgPEGyiVNLJpEjSBScKE3Z395Juh5XipcrsI1yqLMn5LC6oA6prVcSBYE0lP9kYtK9fccqSfwzdV1pKgjTSPVBkkeYGF/s320/4.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought about using bronze bushings to support the ends of the ballscrews because they are simple to mount but I ended up using some ball bearings to help things run smoother. They started life as some Team Delta pillow blocks meant for fighting robots to roll around on, but after some work on the bandsaw they where cut down so that I got two smaller bearings from each pillow block.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4xhP9MXkGpu3cVqqtdNACa853MT4rZzPbDqSicQRo_FpOXyzo1C75faMCKlkRnz5BmsT-qCCpGbPbvawnP35fY6F2EFek9UnO47qKNwubfsyA_6ILRNksVGyQCZTTjNXPqMEGhRiZv5p/s1600-h/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4xhP9MXkGpu3cVqqtdNACa853MT4rZzPbDqSicQRo_FpOXyzo1C75faMCKlkRnz5BmsT-qCCpGbPbvawnP35fY6F2EFek9UnO47qKNwubfsyA_6ILRNksVGyQCZTTjNXPqMEGhRiZv5p/s320/5.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am drilling the mounting holes in the pillow blocks and the steel frame. The small 1/2" shaft in the bearing passes through the steel as well and keeps everything lined up while I drill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIsHl7AyaJJ4kHD9jqbOxbZU-7GqFYG73Ubdy163D205bOO0FVWLExIev-VereCEKQref5_9PBhjzzw7WnATOn0-r6Q7l8tA8bs-ZdZa2rFsqHMQwjNBqBlYXdRqyS6iS01gU1C_tPudH/s1600-h/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIsHl7AyaJJ4kHD9jqbOxbZU-7GqFYG73Ubdy163D205bOO0FVWLExIev-VereCEKQref5_9PBhjzzw7WnATOn0-r6Q7l8tA8bs-ZdZa2rFsqHMQwjNBqBlYXdRqyS6iS01gU1C_tPudH/s320/6.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see the Y axis really coming together! The parts are just laying there right now but you can see the mount for the stepper motor on the front 2" square tubing. You can also see the two linear rails mounted to the steel frame and the ballscrew running down the middle of it all that will move the Z axis left and right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpifhJ6URR6xp9AmRH89w-83D41XFxqe4dYtSCjgmWmxu_bMlPeDwA_ULGvHu3YdvR76Hr0T2fda6lXFWFuNsweerxk0_egFhItP4sYHpYqzziFzmQYNcnsh-TPyVy81XVPdUgxs6KQjp/s1600-h/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpifhJ6URR6xp9AmRH89w-83D41XFxqe4dYtSCjgmWmxu_bMlPeDwA_ULGvHu3YdvR76Hr0T2fda6lXFWFuNsweerxk0_egFhItP4sYHpYqzziFzmQYNcnsh-TPyVy81XVPdUgxs6KQjp/s320/7.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see one of those bearing blocks that I made in an earlier picture mounted and holding the ballscrew in place. I had to turn the end of the ballscrew down from 16mm to 1/2" to fit into this bearing and the LoveJoy coupler that connects the ballscrew to the motor. Turning the hardned steel ballscrew on my Harbor Freight mini lathe was no small feat! But I was able to do it. More to come!</div><div align="center"></div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-58991914367033028562010-01-23T10:46:00.000-08:002010-01-23T10:47:05.444-08:00CNC Router update!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWcaZg8bBxjMD_xg2UNBsrIMSN053IFAYNEImz5sZ3qbn6M3dQSLlRXt7jLf0MjPY1bHRvDngtRUXqGBkdIvCWLN0f14WjLQZaUFq21zu5eKrGsFPmfIfMIJgvsBeP3KHIeNuc4zwj5QT/s1600-h/router.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" mt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWcaZg8bBxjMD_xg2UNBsrIMSN053IFAYNEImz5sZ3qbn6M3dQSLlRXt7jLf0MjPY1bHRvDngtRUXqGBkdIvCWLN0f14WjLQZaUFq21zu5eKrGsFPmfIfMIJgvsBeP3KHIeNuc4zwj5QT/s400/router.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been working on finalizing my cnc router's design for about a week now and I think I finally have it the way I want it. Most of the router is going to be made from steel either 1/8" thick or 1/4" thick and the cutting table will be made from high density particle board. This is my final CAD drawing of what the machine should look like.<br />
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</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-86558317713903106392010-01-16T11:08:00.000-08:002010-01-16T11:12:38.072-08:00CNC Router<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well it's a new month and I have a new project! I have always wanted a CNC router in my garage because you can build just about anything with one. For those unfamilier with what a CNC router does it's a machine that takes something you have drawn on the computer and cuts it out using a wood router that is moved left and right (which is called the X axis), forward and backwards (which is called the Y axis) and up and down (which is called the Z axis) all controlled by a computer. It can cut out 2D shapes as well as 3D shapes and the best part is it just plugs into your computer where a printer normally would.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a CAD drawing I made of what my machine is going to look like. One of the most important parts of a CNC router is the linear bearing and motion systems. I am using 16 and 20 mm round linear rails and bearings to support the machine and stepper motors driving 16mm Ballscrews for movement. The spindle motor will be a 2 HP Dewalt router that will have a remote speed controller.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is where it all started, a 2' square plate of 1/4" 6061 aluminum. My Z axis is going to be made out of aluminum and the rest of the machine will be steel welded together.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it is from another angle, the Dewalt router will mount to the smaller top plate. There is 6" that the router will be able to move up and down. Up next is to get a bunch of steel and build the rest of the frame out of it!<br />
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</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-77719341520543066592010-01-08T12:07:00.000-08:002010-01-08T12:07:53.832-08:00December - Finished!<div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOWciW2BD4fLaiFOXWxGLh7ppeyqSXCVRsZ3P6nfP9jGd3klTMD3fr7XeVFGdL-UExJfEGzgWdGD0mzVakVzqlkEeAKy8DHSO8RaNy6Y8GUHaNMjYiLpJ7WG6t7nlWgy8lxfM3i6f8bF1/s1600-h/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOWciW2BD4fLaiFOXWxGLh7ppeyqSXCVRsZ3P6nfP9jGd3klTMD3fr7XeVFGdL-UExJfEGzgWdGD0mzVakVzqlkEeAKy8DHSO8RaNy6Y8GUHaNMjYiLpJ7WG6t7nlWgy8lxfM3i6f8bF1/s320/1.JPG" /></a><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">December was crunch month! I ended up working my days off at work so that I could take some days off to go to Combots and compete with the robot, this made a LOT less time avaliable to actually finish the robot but I managed to get it done. After I had all the brackets to mount the components welded in I stripped all the parts back out of the frame and then I ground and sanded the welds down to make them look nice. I hung the frame and the aluminum wheel pods from my garage rafters and hit them with my signature Red and Black paint job.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I have the drive pods bolted back on with the Dewalt motors mounted. The armor panels are not square and they twist to match the frame when bolted on. I made some patterns out of cardboard and then traced then onto the 3/32" thick lexan that makes up the bulk of the armor (I know its really thin, but after several competitions fighting with LW bots I have never had it be a problem)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here the major rats nest of wires is starting to take shape. Every one calls me old school but I use a Vantec RDFR36E to control Hot Stuff. It is a little heavy but handles the four Dewalt motors great and has proved itself bullet proof through two comps now.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is how you know the robot your building is going to be very animated, no empty rx channels! Although one of them is just the rx battery monitor the robot uses FIVE channels to control everything it does. Yes it is a handfull to drive!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am trying to shave some weight off the side armor by removing half the material. In the end I ended up being almost two pounds over weight at the competition and I had to remove most of the side armor, part of the top armor and a bunch of redundant hardware was removed or changed out to aluminum to get Hot Stuff to 60 pounds.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The all steel arm in last months progress report was much to heavy so I made a new arm that was mostly aluminum. Here are the two main spars fresh off the bandsaw. I drilled a bunch of holes in them next to remove weight.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In this picture you can see I made a new lifting fork from steel that bolts to the end of the aluminum arm. I tried square tubing this time to see if that would scoop other robots better than the round tubing I used last time (It was pretty much the same) I ended up reusing the grabbing arm from Kassinator on this robot since I was running out of time to get the bot done. You can also see the 1/4" thick lexan I used for front armor in this picture as well as the two 5/8" diamater spikes I had on both the front corners to use as outriggers. These where made from 6-4 Titanium and help up great!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a close up of where the fire comes from in Hot Stuff. I used a nozzle meant for an air compresser blow gun for the flame nozzle. Wires where run from the BBQ sparker to the front of the arm and you can see the two little copper wires in front of the nozze where the sparking happens. It took a LOT of fine tuning to get the spark to actually ignite the gas.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the ultimate battle of hot and cold; Hot Stuff vs Frosty the snow bot! Combots was a blast and despite needing a few hours of repair work after each match Hot Stuff came out undefeated! Although the Finals was an especially close call! I think people enjoyed watching the robot fight and I'm planning on bringing a mostly unchanged Hot Stuff to Robogames this spring. <br />
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</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-11077915198771924662009-12-01T12:25:00.000-08:002009-12-01T17:31:57.179-08:00November Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over the last few months I have been working on getting the drive pods for the robot done. This month I have been working on joining those two drive pods with a welded steel frame that will make up a bulk of the robot in both size and shape. I prefer to build robots that have lots of angles instead of flat and box shaped parts both because I feel they look a little better and angles deflect hits well.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To get the drive motors to sit flat agaist the drive pods I had to use my milling machine to cut the mounts down a little on the edges to let them clear the 1/8" thick steel frame.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am taping a hole in the drive pod to bolt the steel frame to it, and two pieces already bolted down.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I usually work on my robot early in the morning so having a fridge stocked with Mt Dew is a must! I spaced all those drinks out over a few days, I promise!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I already know this robot is going to be to heavy since the last version was 60.0 pounds on the Robogames scale, so this time around I am taking steps early on to try to bring the weight down a little since I am going with heavier drive motors and the addition of a flame thrower. Here I am drilling some holes in a steel frame piece.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tho one with the holes is weighs about half as much as the solid one and probably less than half as strong, but its all a weight game.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The aluminum drive pods are the next thing to loose some meat. Here I have marked with a marker where I want to remove some material.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used my milling machine to cut out the rectangles in the aluminum, it takes about four passes to cut through the 1/4" 6061 taking 1/8" off at a time.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also drilled some holes in the bottom of the drive pod, it's looking like swiss cheese!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are both drive pods after they have been lightened and the first parts of the steel frame bolted on. since you can't weld steel to aluminum I used some 1/4-20 button head cap screws to hold the two disimilar metals together.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next up on the to do list was to shorten the drive shafts to thier final length and cut the groves in them for the snap rings.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here they are shortened up. I used a sawsall to cut them off and then I turned the ends on my lathe. While they where in the lathe I cut another groove for a snap ring on the end.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a picture of both sides of the drive pods showing the snap rings in place. This is the first time I have used these and so far I am happy with them. They are much lighter, cheaper and smaller than a shaft collar.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To join the two drive pods together I started out cutting some 1/8" thick 3/4" wide steel bar into strips.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After spending what felt like forever squaring things up I welded the bars into place, checking to make sure things stayed square several times.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This picture shows the tubing I am using for the lifting forks this time around, its pretty heavy duty stuff.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the lifting forkes welded up so I can use them for layout purposes. In the background you can see me starting to lay out internal spars in the frame.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Several of the frame members had to be milled to allow clearance for the pieces they sit on, here I am taking the lip off this piece of angle iron.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is that same piece showing why I needed to do the previous step, it sits nice and flush now, ready to be welded together.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are the parts to the bracket I made to hold down the air cylinder, I used 3/16" steel for these parts.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here they are welded in place. Notice the frame rails only have holes drilled in them on one side, I left the side alone that will see lots of force from the lifting arm. These two frame rails bending would be BAD news.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its kind of hard to see in these pictures, but there is now two vertical supports welded towards the back of the robot, these are what the lifting arm will mount to and pivot on.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am about half way done with the arm, now I just need to join the upper and lower pieces.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All done! This part of the robot bent at the last robo games so I tried out a different design this time.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the back end of the bot starting to take shape. I am using lots of 1/8" x 3/4" strap to build this frame. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am building the front of the bot. There are lots of tricky angles this time around but I think it will look good when it is done.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok, I obviously slacked off taking pictures for a little while, with the event about two weeks away I have been picking up the pace a little. This picture shows the frame almost done and most of the components mounted. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to create several brackets to hold all the internal parts in, and I reused several mounts from the last robot as well since some of tha parts are the same.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everything is smashed in there! The butane tank ended up closer to the Dewalt motor then I would like (the picture makes it hard to tell but there is just under a 1/4" between them.) I'm thinking of putting a chunk of Silicone rubber inbetween them to keep the heat from the motor away from the tank.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thats all for November! I have about two weeks to finish the Bot, its going to be a close one!<br />
</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-5864945004752350042009-10-30T11:55:00.000-07:002009-10-30T11:55:59.981-07:00October Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't get a rolling robot by the end of October like I had hoped, but I did get a lot done! First off the bot is getting a name change. My wife suggested that since the robot was going to have a flame thrower that I should name it "Hot Stuff". I like it so the name sticks! Last month I left off with getting the bushings pressed into the wheel pods, this month I focused more on finishing the pods up. First thing I needed to do was make it so the drive shafts would not slide side ways in the bushings. A great way to do this if you have a lathe that is really light weight is to use snap rings like the one shown in the picture above<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To use a snap ring you need a special cutter that will cut a grove in your drive axle that the ring can "snap" into, I used some 1/4" lathe stock to make my cutter.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little work on the sander to get the cutter the right shape and I was ready to go!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cutter is now just slightly wider than the snap ring and is ready to cut the grove.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the snap ring installed. This slides right up against the bushingand keeps the axle from sliding sideways. I will do this to the other side as well the the axle will stay put.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I needed to make an adapter to go inbetween the Dewalt motor and the drive pods. I started by cutting some 1/2" lexan into a strip on the Bandsaw.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I cut the strip into smaller rectangles.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I marked the placed where the mounting holes needed to go and then center punched them to keep the drill bit from wondering.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I needed to drill matching holes in the wheel pods. I'm using a center punch here to to keep the holes where I want them.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am drilling the holes.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't like using to many nuts on my robots to make everything easy to put together so here I am using a 1/4-20 tap to thread the holes I drilled so the bolts thread right into the 1/4" aluminum.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a completed motor mount bolted to the Dewalt motor. those four holes in the lexan are used to bolt the whole thing to the drive pod. The dewalt splined input just slips over the splined shaft the the snap rings keep everything in place.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tires I am using are a little wider than I would like with all that extra plastic on the hubs.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am turning off the extra width I don't want from the tire.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All done, nice and smooth!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a shot of my bushing set up. I used bronze thrust bushings to go inbetween the tire and the <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Close up.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After I got all the motor mounts made I bolted them on and checked to see if I can cram everything in that I need to. The last version of the bot was pretty cramped and this time around I am trying to cram in a 3.5 oz propane tank too.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the upgraded drive motors I worried my duct tape battery packs I used last time would not let my 2.4 ah sub c battery packs breath enough to stay cool. I took a cue from the intercooled Battle Packs and decided to make cell spacers that would double as the battery pack mount.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am sanding all the lexan blanks to be the same size as each other that will make up my intercooled pack cases.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a 7/8" flat drill bit to make the pockets for the cells since my mill is not big enough to hold a milling cutter that size. I had to grind the little points off the side of the bit as well as grind down the center point to make it just the right size to make the pockets.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am using the bit to cut out the pockets for the cells.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One down, three to go!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After I had all the pockets in I needed to cut slots between them for the wires to pass from one cell to another.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The casses are done!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I laid the cells in their places and then soldered deans wire between them to form the packs.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these are each 16.8V 2.4ah. This was the maximum number of cells that I could mount inside the wheel pods and still have them fit between the tires. I will have two more 6 cell packs somewhere else in the bot to bring the total voltage up to 24.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These battery packs will slip into the wheel pods before the tires go in. I needed a way to get the wires from the batteries into the bot, so I milled slots for them to pass through.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the pack mounted inside the drive pod.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside shot of the same thing.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since Hot stuff is a robot designed to pick up other robots that are equal in weight the robot relies on outriggers from the front to keep from face planting. The ones used on Kassinator where kind of last minute additions and didn't hold up to combat well. they where just some 1/4" lexan I cut to shape on the bandsaw and bolted onto the sides.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new outriggers are going to be some 5/8" diameter round 6-4 Titanium spikes. I needed a way to mount the titanium spikes to the robot so I started with a 7/8" diameter chunk of steel.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bored a 5/8" diameter hole for the spike to slide into.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are the two spike mounts before I weld tabs on them to bolt them into the frame.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used some 3/16" flat stock to make the tabs, cut out with my sawz all.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are all the mounting tabs cut out.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ground a little angle on one of the tabs to get it to clear the frame, then clamped all the pieces into a scrap chunk of angle to weld them together.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Getting there!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I drilled and tapped holes into the round part that will be used to clamp the titanium spike in place.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then drilled and tapped the tabs to mount into the frame.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the chunk of Titanium rod that will make up the spikes.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the mount bolted in.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same thing from the outside.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last robot only had the 1/4" 6061 aluminum drive pid for side armor. This worked ok but I was horrified to think what would have happened had I fought a horizontal spinner like Rut Factor! So this year in addition to the 1/4" aluminum I will have half an inch of lexan over the sides to bring up the armor thickness to 3/4". I used the bandsaw to cut out the armor pieces.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perfect fit!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a 1" flat drill bit to cut some pockets for the drive bishings to clear.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the pocket the lexan can sit flat against the aluminum.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a router to round off the top and bottom edges to make it look a little nicer.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am getting ready to drill the holes to mount the armor to the pods.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Holes drilled and ready for bolts! Thats all for this month. I am working towards getting the bot done for Combots in December, so if its not rolling by the end of next month I am going to be in trouble!<br />
</div>Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637689141792190236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5606440302492665975.post-16882521414712947382009-10-07T09:01:00.000-07:002009-10-07T10:45:25.954-07:00September Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxhc2sGgqXF9J8qQ7X_nMk4phMnFDAHF5uybCO0n51djTa5QfolTbYeT6tVyTmKs8C-bvzjDYhWfbD4Zy8VP7m4pD1dPpvRCeGGfVstrWlC87yjsooALmcnkClYOzRBn9gHmvZ9T_jfIw/s1600-h/IMG_2226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img $r="true" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixxhc2sGgqXF9J8qQ7X_nMk4phMnFDAHF5uybCO0n51djTa5QfolTbYeT6tVyTmKs8C-bvzjDYhWfbD4Zy8VP7m4pD1dPpvRCeGGfVstrWlC87yjsooALmcnkClYOzRBn9gHmvZ9T_jfIw/s320/IMG_2226.JPG" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">September came and went, and I finally got some work done on my new robot Kassinator 2.0! First it was out with the old and in with the new! This photo shows Kassinators old frame and drive train next to a shiny new 3" square piece of aluminum tube that will make up the new drive pods.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first thing I needed to do to get the ball rolling on the new robot was to build the new wheel pods. Like last time I started with a 3" by 3" square tube of 6061 aluminum that I marked 45 degree angles on. I like 45 degree angles for the front so that it can be used as a wedge, and for the back so that the back of the robot is angled to deflect spinner hits.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The finish is pretty rough after using a saws all on it and because I can't seem to hold the saw perfectly straight while cutting (it could be due to the fact that it is shaking the crap out of me while cutting)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little work on the disc sander to smooth things out, and square things up!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kassinator did pretty good at the last RoboGames by taking 4th place (the two fights that it did loose where two the Big B and Agsma). Both of these fights where lost because Kassinator got pushed around the arena like a Smart car in a demolition derby! The reason for this? Wussy drive motors. This time around the 18V harbor freight motors that where run t 18V are being replaced by 18V dewalts run at 24V. Should take Kassinator from around 6 mph up to around 20! Should be fun to watch at least! This picture shows an old motor vs a new one.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All four of the motors getting restless, dont they just look fast sitting there?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I HATE getting crud in my motors while I am building, this happens because I don't draw the robot in CAD first, so I do a lot of figuring and laying out on the robot with the actual parts. This tends to get them dirty, so a trick I thought up was to wrap them in blue painters tape. Keeps the crud out and when your done it peels right off with no sticky residue left on your parts.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am laying things out, getting ready to start cutting holes in the drive pod.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am drilling a pilot hole before I drill the bigger hole for the bushing.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I needed to Mill out the holes for the wheels to stick through. A couple passes with the milling machine and the holes are ready for tires!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well almost! I wanted a little more clearance around the wheels without having to make the holes bigger, so I clamped the drive pod at an angle and took some meat off the inside of the wheel openings. This gives the tires MUCH more room to spin in the openings, and keeps the already big hole smaller. Yea I sometimes wish my mill had that fourth axis so I wouldn't have to jerry rig parts to cut angles =)<br />
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</div>The last version of Kassinator was supposed to have a flame thrower in it but last minute problems forced me to remove it. I was trying to use a butane refill with a servo pushing it forward to open the built in valve on the tank and an electronic BBQ sparker to ignite it. There where lots of problems with the butane refill (It ran out of gas really fast, wouldn't stay lit when tilted up and the whole servo pushing it forward thing was just plain hokey.) but the BBQ sparker worked great! I searched high and low for a new way to do a flame thrower and settled on this camping stove.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only thing I am using from the stove is the valve and tank. The tank valve is great! It screws right onto the low profile 3.5 oz butane tank (you can buy the tanks at any camping store and there are lots of sizes) has a fitting for standard 1/4" tubing and as a bonus it seems to have a built in regulator that takes the butane down to about 30 PSI. The thing I really like about this setup is that my flame thrower will NOT spew out liquid, making the tank of gas last much longer. Also in this picture is the solenoid valve that will turn the flame thrower on and off, the BBQ sparker, and the Nozzle the flame will come out of.<br />
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