Just got my ominibot in for my Sunshine Project!
** I was going to give an actual realistic account of every step of the construction of the project. But, when I looked back, it seemed to be a collection of Negative thoughts. So, I have forgotten all of the Negative thoughts and have edited them out. It is sort of like having a baby. It is painful at first , but once the baby is born. Or, in the case of Frankenstein, "It's Alive!" "It's Alive!" , you forget all of the pain and behold your new creation. So, I will simply record the steps that worked and NOT the ones that didn't. Many times after finishing a project and making all the mistakes, I learn how NOT to do certain things.**
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Good news, I have made arrangements to buy some parts over the next two months. I hope to find that the parts that I am buying will include enough for me to put this all together.
God Bless All of You that will follow and Support me in my journey.
Sincerely,
Mel Addison
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Ok, I have raised more money and spent it all. Instead of saying what I have, I should tell you what I need now because it would take less time.
next big splurge, I will get the batteries (X2),Ext. cables,Light chasers, epoxy, bondo gold. After that the next time, Masking tape, brushes, sand paper, clear hose, tupperware,epoxy, pc from radioshack, backpack.
Next time MotherBoard ITX, and SSD Hard Drive., misc. sensors.
Next time, I may have to order the replacements for the 10 servos I ordered. :-(
This could take months, but I am doing my best to expedite it. I will find myself smiling at my wife more. If she smiles back, ChahBoonga!
More pix will follow after there are developments. Thanks for being here with me.
MovieMaker, I have been following your thread and I sure like your excitement and determination! I am sure you will build a great robot. Looking at your parts list, you mentioned a pc from Radio Shack? Can you tell me what you are looking at? Thanks Steve S
I just meant the little PC card that has straight lines of copper that you can use with the ext. batteries as shown in the previous item Rich was talking about. Thanks for the support.
P.S. I'm sorry he was talking about it in aameralis' thread. Just a small little copper striped pc card.
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Protoboard or Stripboard
Very useful stuff and pretty cheap too. Just don't make the mistake I made on the last batch I bought - it is 25x9 but the strips are the wrong way to what I thought (I thought it was 25 strips of 9 holes, it is 9 strips of 25 holes) meaning a lot of my circuits wont fit on the board - the kicker is I ordered a lot of it so kinda have to use it now which means condensing the circuits and cutting the tracks (fyi a 4mm drill bit twisted by hand on one of the holes will cut away the copper track if needed).
As for the servos, the torque may be OK if you increase the voltage, there are other things you could tinker with too which could mean avoiding changing them if they aren't good enough - I'm sure we can think of something between us all.
Thank You, my friend!
I have ordered a second omnibot. It will be here the middle of August and I can start on the arms. Can't wait!
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Yeah! I got my LED lights and 2.5" Hose. I really wanted my lights to come in.