after the last event a few issues will need to adressed as to bringing the arena back up to scratch
i can help out on the morning of the next event but no sooner ,weekends are booked up
judging by the last round concrete walls might be a good idea lol or solid steel .....any suggestions would be good as its really only 3 weeks away so there aint much time _________________ Photos - http://community.webshots.com/album/154092733uokpXC
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:32 pm
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Go to pick and pay less, get as many car bonnets as possible and cut strips out of them and make the arena walls with them. If they get damaged, you just flatten them back out and run a bead of weld over it.
i can help from about the same time as glen _________________ as a shadow is seen and not heard i am here
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:59 pm
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I still like the idea of concrete filled besablocks, at least for the bottom impact taking layer. Strong and cheap. Only problem I can see holding them down Unless you use a hole stack of steel bars and bolts to hold them together, theres no real way of doing it without drilling into the floor.
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:29 pm
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With the Bessablocks, you can cast connectors into the central holes as you fill them with concrete. the simplest ones I can think of would be steel rod bent into a 4" wide U shape. Two of those are cast into each block so a wood 2x4 just fits under. In use, we slide a long 2x4 through all the anchors and secure the wood to the end blocks to lock everything together. Alternatively, we could insert dyanabolts after the concrete filler has set.
Why fill the blocks with concrete? I (accidentally) dropped some Besserblocks off the roof recently the empty ones shettered into dust while the filled one just chipped the edge it landed on, despite weighing around 3 times more. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:04 pm
Valen Experienced Roboteer
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they will chip and put large chunks of crap all over the arena if a spinner hits them, this would be a *bad thing* tm i think.
perhaps use them as backing for some form ply or some such?
or garden sleepers they should be fairly cheap and easy to put in and when we get around to pulling this wall down we could replace them with hardwood
Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:21 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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For sure we would need to put a wood facing on the besserblocks - silly of me to forget. Sleepers woeld be an OK and lighter solution, I think they are more expensive than they look. Are they not hardwood already? Even with the sleepers, as facing might be good to help eliminate the gap at the bottom. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
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Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:32 pm
Valen Experienced Roboteer
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nah garden sleepers are treated pine
they are fairly cheap i believe
railway sleepers are the big hard ones
might even stand up to your bot (mostly)
Thu Sep 02, 2004 11:38 pm
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mmmmmm well i reckon for now we just beef up what we have a few new blocks here and there and another layer of mdf over the existing one ..........a tapered peice of mdf fitted to the floor using 6mm plugs to hold it down is the answer and it will stop the wedges getting caught under it ........speaking of wedges checkout the new SORRY in the link below ,i definately need the arena fixed lol .........i will get all the materials soughted out and the hardware ..just need to do it the morning of round 5 give me about 2 hours and itll be done good as new
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Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:44 pm
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hay chris what version is it up 2 now?? sorry version 5 or something? its had more changes than ahniolation lol but it looks good 1 question isthat a hinged wedge? it dosnt look it but just thought you mighthave trouble if it gets flipped _________________ as a shadow is seen and not heard i am here
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Sat Sep 04, 2004 2:26 am
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I wonder how high I can launch Singularity over the top of that wedge, way over the arena wall me thinks _________________ Jeff Ferrara
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Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:26 am
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Yeah, bolt on some stubby Thunderbird 2 wings and you'll make it out to the street
I will be taking a day or two off before the next event, so I can pick up material from Chris and cart it over to Jeff's place. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
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Sat Sep 04, 2004 3:35 pm
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Heh, Funny how you're suddenly concerned about wedges getting caught under the arena walls now that you have one Chris.. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:03 am
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Sorta like how he was all for big spinners till he got damaged by two and started changing his mind _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
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