Comments on: More Cheapo http://ausrobotics.com/2008/05/more_cheapo/ Because someone has to build our future robot overlords! Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:24:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ash http://ausrobotics.com/2008/05/more_cheapo/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 ash Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1981 <p> Hey mate :) </p> <p> Yeah the plastic is regularly stocked in the art store. I have a feeling it is used for a lot of pre-school collages and the like :) </p> <p> I bought it from Deans Art which is on 369 Lonsdale Street, Melb. I can't remember how much it was but it was quite cheap. It might be pretty cool for mocking up some upper body shapes over a stronger base piece. </p> <p> I thought that the bot base I bought recently was made out of HDPE but looking at the Sintra description it might possibly be that. The plastic discs that make up the base are made out of something really light and strong that might be good material to use for your quadruped frame. </p> <p> If weight is a concern then you could possibly consider building the structural frame out of sintra or something and then the upper body in something lighter. </p> Hey mate :)

Yeah the plastic is regularly stocked in the art store. I have a feeling it is used for a lot of pre-school collages and the like :)

I bought it from Deans Art which is on 369 Lonsdale Street, Melb. I can’t remember how much it was but it was quite cheap. It might be pretty cool for mocking up some upper body shapes over a stronger base piece.

I thought that the bot base I bought recently was made out of HDPE but looking at the Sintra description it might possibly be that. The plastic discs that make up the base are made out of something really light and strong that might be good material to use for your quadruped frame.

If weight is a concern then you could possibly consider building the structural frame out of sintra or something and then the upper body in something lighter.

]]> By: RobotsAustralia http://ausrobotics.com/2008/05/more_cheapo/comment-page-1/#comment-1967 RobotsAustralia Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1967 More nice work Ash. Where did you get the plastic covered foam from? Was it a once off or do they regularly stock it? Since I have been so busy recently and haven't been able to actually do any robot construction work, all I can do is think... so I have been thinking about the next robot after the quadruped gets functional. I have done a few sums and think I can construct quite a large scale biped out of very light weight materials - I was thinking of the frame construction from a product called "expanded pvc" tradename Sintra overseas, dunno what it is called here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://robotsaustralia.googlepages.com More nice work Ash.
Where did you get the plastic covered foam from? Was it a once off or do they regularly stock it?
Since I have been so busy recently and haven’t been able to actually do any robot construction work, all I can do is think… so I have been thinking about the next robot after the quadruped gets functional. I have done a few sums and think I can construct quite a large scale biped out of very light weight materials – I was thinking of the frame construction from a product called “expanded pvc” tradename Sintra overseas, dunno what it is called here.
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