Hey Guys,
I've read lots on the forum, and posted a hand full of times, but I thought it was about time I launched my first major project (well, my second really, I converted a wall-e, but I thought there was enough of those on here
).
So here is announcing OmniMC, an Omnibot 2000 media centre
The idea is to make him all RC and to also house a Raspberry PI running RaspBMC as the media centre bit. I'll then add some speakers and maybe some under-bot lighting
I'm wondering if then I can control the whole thing with one of these:
Other than that, I'm kinda just winging it and seeing what other bits and pieces I come up with.
To start with though, I've done the usual thing of gutting him and sticking him through the dishwasher
So right now, he is prepped and ready to go.
I've already got my EZ-Robot kit, and a few components such as 6v battery
Some blue replacement bulbs
My Raspberry PI (which arrived today) and I've just won a screen for his chest
While I'm waiting for some other bits, I've also been looking at making some replacement tires which you can see details of in one of my other posts
So that's pretty much the state of play at the moment. I'm pretty much a novice at all this, so I'm looking forward to the challenge. Lets see if I've bitten off more than I can chew
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You did such a great job on the tires.
@gunner hehe, yea, I think that might be a bit harder
Another option I was just thinking about, but again, think would be hard to find the right diameter is maybe a gearstick gaiter? they are made to flex. I'll keep looking
@gunner these could be interesting moulded bellows
I skipped the last few posts so you may have found it already but you can get grey 100mm flexi duct, I thought it was an off the shelf product but I guess not.
Alan Williams Co. definitely sell it, we use it all the time where I work for ventilation. We haven't got any in our stores otherwise I'd have offered you some (I need some myself for my Hearoid's neck).
DuctStore.co.uk sell it but it's about 20
It may pay to go around any mechanical contractors or ventilation specialists to see if they have any offcuts, I'm sure you wont want to buy 5m of the stuff if you can help it...
Hey @Rich, cool, well I'd definitely take some if you were able to get hold of any. If you could get some matching 60mm diameter stuff for the shoulders aswell, the would be double awesome!
This stuff looks awesome
VF Grey PVC Dust Extraction Hose
Try https://www.ductstore.co.uk/acatalog/PVC_Coated_Fabric_Flexible.html (I updated my link in the other post but I guess you clicked it before I did)
Alternately, you could look at 4" flexi pan connectors for a toilet, that might work?
What about this? Tumble Dryer Condensor The hose looks grey to me...
Or
Tumble Dryer Hose
It could just be the photo or my screen but they seem more grey than white. There are pages and pages of them so it might pay to look for tumble dryer hose and scout through.
The extract hose on the portable air con unit we have at work is grey and 100mm but they would notice it missing... but it must be available from somewhere it's just a case of figuring out what to look for. Cookerhood, ventilation, tumble dryer, air con, they all can use 100mm ducting. Or maybe builders supplies for underground ducts - but these are generally black and not very flexible in short lengths.