pic: Powder make a difference

[dlavery]

that looks really cool. did u guys do the powder coat your selves? if so where did u get the equipment?

There are lots of places that you can pick them up. Harbor Freight has a do-it-yourself kit for about $70. If you are going to be doing small numbers of items (like, say, one or two robots per year, vs. hundreds of parts per month as a full-blown business), it is perfectly adequate. I am going to pick one up to play with for a summer project, and try a few experiments with it. Powder-coated pneumatics, anyone?

-dave

p.s. one word of warning, for anyone considering a powder-coating-at-home kit - you will need an appropriate curing oven to complete the process. Note that an "appropriate curing oven" almost certainly DOES NOT mean the oven in your kitchen. Yes, you can do it there. However, if you try it then your parent/spouse will almost certainly communicate with you via "negative reinforcement" and let you know exactly how bad of an idea that was. Trust me on this one.