** More pics added 08/01/12 **
I spent the most of Saturday working on my Wall-E.
I did the typical carve out the bottom and added the servos.
Mounted the sonar.
For the arms I carved out slots for the mini servos. Screwed on the
round servo horns. Then ground down the arm joints flat. Crazy glued
them direct onto the servo horns.
I figured it's going to be a permanent install so I'm not too worried. I
can always snap off and re-do if needed. The Mini servos seem to
have enough juice to do the basic up/down.
I'll be adding a MP3 module with amp shortly.
The head seems to be the difficult part. Still working on a game plan
for that.
Didn't take a whole lot of pictures but will take some more when I tear
him down again.
08/01/12
As Requested, some close up pics of my version of head mount. I still need to
fill, finish sand and touch up the paint.
Wall-E at rest. I like the natural head tilt. Because his head is only attached on
one side this causes the head to droop.
Here is the neck. I did some extensive sanding down. This allows for clearance of
the up/down movement. Glued a piece of styrene on top and shaped in. In the
center is a 4-40 nut for the mounting screw.
Just another angle.
Here is the re-cycled Wall-E part mounted to the servo. servo horn is screwed on
and crazy glued to prevent movement.
Another angle.
Servo fits perfectly in the eye. Hot glued. Only had to expand the existing
opening slightly to accept the servo a head.
There ya be.
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Thanks.
side of the eye first. Crack her open and it will all make more sense.
China that sells screws. So overbuilt. ;-)
Added his camera to his eye. Usual mods (Removed USB, Switch, Antenna).
Re-mounted his antenna to a new location.
I just used regular wire. It seems to work fine for range. I did
try to keep the wires as short as possible.
Searched the garage for the part your needing. Couldn't find
the second one.
If your not in a huge panic, I'm tearing into Wall-E #2 probably
this weekend.
I can mail it out next week sometime?
That's great to know. I did the same, in fact i also left the antenna unplugged and to my surprise the range didn't reduce any, only when out of sight.
I'm in no rush, so next week is great, just let me know how much it cost to ship. I'll send you my address in your email. I really appreciate it
Here we have :
- EZ-B
- MP3 Module
- Audio Amp
All mounted. I just have to finish up the wiring harness for the MP3 module.
Just need to loom up the head wires and add a permanent battery pack and he's good to go.
Not sure if I'm ready for LiPo. I keep hearing horror stories.
I carved out the back panel of Wall-E tonight. That should give me a better
idea of size to cram in there.
I'll see. I need to look at batteries for (2) Wall-E's (1) Hasbro R2 and (3) Omnibots.
So I'm going to need a good multi-charger too.