I finally got away from the computer for a while yesterday, and was able to start cutting the mechanical tentacles for our competition entry.
A little hard to see white, on white, but the cutting went well
By the last linkage of the tentacle, the parts are getting a little small!
I just did up a parts count for the tentacles. There are, including spacers, 10 individual pieces per link. There are 10 links per tentacle, times 8 tentacles!
That's a total of 800 pcs. PLUS I still have to design the tentacle mount to the body, Probably another 80 pcs for those.
Stoooooopid Jamie says "Let's build an octopus"..........Pffff!..........Stoopid Jamie.
BUT.....I think it will be WAAY cool when it's done:)
However, during assembly, it seems I forgot to trim the tabs of the side in the computer file, so I ended up having to do that with the table saw after. It wasn't too bad, as I could run the brass rod through the holes, and cut 8 of them at a time.
The assembly was pretty fast, and everything ended up working out, except for the aforementioned trimming mistake. Each one of the pulley's will get a belt that connects to the next one down the line, with the big and small pulley's alternating one side to the other.
7 more to go!
8)
JWO
I would like to aroma the bouquets, but all I see is octopus parts. I tried to glance at the wind on my own cheek, but saw only stubble and the sound of crunchy doritos. I'm glad I didn't go with my initial plan to do an Octo...your's is way cooler already. Yummy PVC is like warm nachos in my fanny pack. Genuine nachos. In my fanny pack.
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