The last couple of nights we've been dealing with problems at the office, so no build time, but those issues are [hopefully] resolved, and we had time tonight to get a little building done, so it's time to wire up the featherweight. We have quite a few things left to do on the To Do List for for this 'bot still, so we'd better crack on. Hit Back after viewing an image.
We missed some holes in the DXF we sent to Whyachi when the top and bottom plates for Formidable Fustigator 2.0 were waterjetted, so we had to drill a few ourselves, such as the mounting holes for the weapon shaft retainer, but that's now installed.
We're milling down the upper weapon shaft case to be able to keep the timing belt inside the 'bot, which was fairly swift and easy with Milly, but it will turn out later that we really shouldn't have done this ...
Here's a shot of a slight issue - although we're re-using the weapon shaft case parts from Version One the geometry is different, so we need to figure out a way to take up the slack between the top and upper weapon case.
The bearing also needs to be trimmed to fit the new layout, which is easy enough, and we verified afterwards that the bearing is still round and that the weapon blade shaft still fits - hurrah!
Here's the solution to the gap issue problem earlier: rather than cut down another aluminum round and drill it, etc., we just through a few washers in, and we're good to go, but there's an issue: see the slight gap between the blade and the washer? That's causing a problem when the blade spins, because it can move a little, which doesn't bode well for the front wall, and for some reason we can't find a spare washer to replace the one we accidentally milled earlier today.
After checking things out, and milling the front wall, we're actually feeling pretty good about the clearance on the blade, and we can move on. We also milled the front wall to account for the timing belt.
Here's a quick weight check after the milling: we're at 26.0 pounds, so we have loads of weight for wiring and potentially strengthening up the weapon boom.
One other potential cause of the blade wobbling was that we hadn't bolted down the lower bearing, so that's been done, and the blade does actually spin straighter with the bearing mounted.
The final photo for the night, following some Frankensteinian wiring, and figuring out that the OrangeRx receiver does need booster cables for the Victor 883 speed controllers. We've got the motor connections sorted out so the 'bot goes forward/backward/left/right appropriately, and the rear wall runs the right way to enable "crab mode". This weekend we'll finish up the wiring, and Monday we'll install the weapon motors and gearing.
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