Joined: 19 May 2010
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Win! Is that from ebay? I think I was looking at one of them last year..but ended up getting a cheap second hand welder instead...good to see Blindside getting an overhaul to! _________________ Miles Blow - Julie Pitts
www.mulesfilm.com.au www.wombokforest.com.au
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:47 pm
Glen Experienced Roboteer
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gah! beyond jealous Those are some pretty neat cuts too. Always imagined they'd be alot rougher.
At least i've got the compressor now just need the plasma cutter lol! They look so so handy.
Joined: 21 Feb 2010
Posts: 355
Location: Gladstone, Queesland
yeh ebay $375 free postage,and yeh the cuts are pretty good even on the 6mm plate just taped the slag off with a hammer and it has a clean sharp edge.and thanks for all the good wishes
Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:10 pm
Don Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 21 Feb 2010
Posts: 355
Location: Gladstone, Queesland
started another bot,Ive always wanted to build something like the hurtz robots and seeing how well avenger works,I thought id start an axe style bot
becasue I only had white paint on hand to stop it rusting its name atm is
GHOST
pretty rough looking but it works pretty good and so far has wieght to spare.
Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:17 pm
miles&Jules Experienced Roboteer
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Ghost....Love it ...any Video?...oh and good to see Milf being put to use again he he. _________________ Miles Blow - Julie Pitts
www.mulesfilm.com.au www.wombokforest.com.au
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Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:56 pm
Don Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 21 Feb 2010
Posts: 355
Location: Gladstone, Queesland
I wanted to build my own mains switches for a while and after seeing nicks and miles mains switches and finding a inside view of a whyachi i decided to start one.
[b]and it worked out to be half the size of the whyachi switch in rapture
Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:24 pm
Jaemus Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
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Location: NSW
haha, neat _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:50 pm
miles&Jules Experienced Roboteer
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Location: Gladstone, Queesland
Howdy guys,just a small update seeing as I haven't for ages.loved the event over the weekend congrats to everybody that made it possible you know who you are [b]
Rapture in its un wreaked state .lol.
Last Minute Rampage did get a few battle scares
and heres a video of what everybody missed out on cause I had to replace raptures weapon esc with LMR's
Joined: 21 Feb 2010
Posts: 355
Location: Gladstone, Queesland
rapture misplaced a drive and the weapon motor was pretty wreaked aswell
if I a new drive gearbox and motor and a new weapon motor i would have been good to go
Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:02 pm
Don Experienced Roboteer
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Location: Gladstone, Queesland
and LMR blade is only 264 to the tip of the tooth and is made from a solid piece of 4140
Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:04 pm
Don Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 21 Feb 2010
Posts: 355
Location: Gladstone, Queesland
been ages since I've had a chance to get onto robot stuff, this is the start of my sportsman class.name undecided atm,And I just got in walking 5mins ago thought I'd share.
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