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We here at B3ta love it when a plan comes together. Tell us about incredible projects and stuff you've built by your own hand. Go on, gloat away.

Thanks to A Vagabond for the suggestion

(, Thu 17 Nov 2011, 13:12)
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Looking superb!
What did you cut the cogs from?

Have you considered using a pic or Arduino (or similar) with a GPS shield and proximity sensors to make it semi-autonomous?

Also, where does the power come from?
(, Sat 19 Nov 2011, 12:02, 1 reply)
I cut the cogs from chopping board, it's great stuff!
I drilled a daisy pattern in the board and then pushed out the middle, which formed a rather handy cog. I sandwiched four of them together with a bearing in the middle to make each gear.
The motors and planetary gearbox come from ultra cheap Tesco 9.6v drills, it's basically a complete unit in itself, just stick a gear on it and you're good to go. They're powered by a Novak M2 Dig speed controller which is more than it needs but I might put larger motors in later on. I really can't overstate how good chopping board is for prototyping, it's strong for its weight, easy to cut, you can even heat and reform it. Oh, and it's cheap too! ;-)
(, Sun 20 Nov 2011, 20:00, closed)
Fantastic
So, and sorry to keep asking questions, did you cut everything that is white from the chopping board? The stuff in between the tracks I mean. What are the tracks made from?
(, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 11:44, closed)
No worries!
Everything that's white is chopping board and the tracks are made from bike chain and aluminium pipe bolted together at every other chain link. ;-)
(, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 12:53, closed)

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