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Android 12′s Hip Assembly

Posted on April 17, 2013 by admin

I made a start on Android 12′s hip assembly. This will be multiple 3D printed parts due to the complexity of putting all three degrees of freedom into the space. More over on the main project page.

android12_043

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Posted in Fabrication, Robots | Tagged android 12, hips

Android 12 Knee Assembly

Posted on April 15, 2013 by admin

Here’s the next part of Android 12, the knee assembly is now complete. You can see more pictures over on the main project page.

YT04

android12_039

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Posted in Fabrication, Robots | Tagged android 12, knee

3D Printed Replacement Chuck Key Holder

Posted on April 14, 2013 by admin

The rubber chuck key holder split on my drill, so I 3D printed this replacement in ABS. You can see more pictures over at the project page, as well as more details on my other 3D printed projects and 3D printer.

YT01

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Posted in Fabrication | Tagged chuck key, drill

Iron Man’s Hands In Paint

Posted on April 12, 2013 by admin

I did a bit of work cleaning up Iron Man’s hand casts, but then I just decided to throw some paint at them. You can see more of the whole project on the project page.

hands18

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Posted in Fabrication | Tagged Hands, Iron Man

SoMakeIt Grand Opening Video

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

Here’s the Grand Opening video from my local Makerspace / Hackerspace in Southampton UK. This video was filmed on 28th march 2013, I’m mostly behind the camera. Check out SoMakeIt.org.uk for more information.

YTopening

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Posted in Art, Electronics, Fabrication | Tagged HackerSpace, Makerspace, SoMakeIt

Android 12 – Preliminary Dynamic Ankle Testing

Posted on April 10, 2013 by admin

Here’s the third video about Android 12 – explanation of the ‘hinged shin element’ and demonstration/testing of the dynamic ankle mechanism using an R/C heicopter heading gyro.

YT03

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Android 12 Ankle and Shin Assembly

Posted on April 8, 2013 by admin

I’ve added some pictures of Android 12′s ankle and shin assembly all together. Just waiting for some M3 studding to arrive for the pivots at either end of the shock absorbers, then I’ll have another video showing the motion and active dynamics provided by the gyro in each ankle.

android12_030

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Posted in Fabrication, Physics, Robots | Tagged android 12, ankle assembly

Iron Man Hand Armour part 3

Posted on April 7, 2013 by admin

Here’s the third video in the series about making Iron Man’s hand armour. More info over at the main project index.

YT15

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Posted in Fabrication | Tagged Hands, Iron Man

Android 12 – Ankle and Shin

Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin

Here’s the next video about Android 12. You can see more pictures of the parts on the main project page.

YT02

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Posted in Fabrication, Robots | Tagged android 12, shin

Acetone Vapour Smoothing for 3D Printed parts

Posted on March 22, 2013 by admin

Here’s a YouTube video about the whole process for smoothing 3D printed parts in an acetone vapour bath. This video was made at my local Hackerspace/Makerspace by the SoMakeIt team, featuring myself and Bracken.

YT03

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Posted in Fabrication | Tagged 3D printing, Acetone, Smoothing, vapour

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