25-01-2011 01:03

sanddrag

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Beautiful. If it was mine, I'd give it a nice maple stain, and a few coats of polyurethane. Are you planning any finish?

25-01-2011 01:34

Akash Rastogi

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Sean Cantrell will be a big big fan of the Goats this year lol

Looks awesome. Can't wait to see the finished product! I definitely agree with sanddrag too.

25-01-2011 08:50

IndySam

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

The students are leaning towards mahogany with gold anodized parts.

This is our practice robot so it will remain nude.

25-01-2011 09:03

thefro526

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Hehehe, you said nude.

In all seriousness, this looks fantastic - but Mahogany and Gold? Wow. This may end up being the Rolls Royce of Logomotion. I like it.

25-01-2011 09:37

IndySam

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Well they are our sponsor.

25-01-2011 09:59

JamesBrown

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Out of curiousity, what laser cutter did you use to make this? Does the team own it, or does it belong to a sponsor?

25-01-2011 10:00

R.C.

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Looking at the size of those pieces, the laser probably belongs to a sponsor. Lasers are quite expensive to own!

-RC

25-01-2011 10:12

IndySam

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

It belongs to our sponsor. It is from Germany and is 2500 watts but it rarely goes over 2000. I don't know the specific maker.

25-01-2011 13:03

Molten

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

I'm not really experienced with wood, but would staining it add much weight? If you can, it'd definitely be worth for the aesthetics at least.(not to mention the added benefits of it)

25-01-2011 14:37

Akash Rastogi

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Leather and suede bumpers

25-01-2011 14:52

martin417

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Really nice! our laser sponsor got backed up by the snow here and can't spare us any laser time this year (we didn't find that out until we had already designed the bot to be laser cut). So, we have done a quick re-design and will try to cut it out on a table saw and router. I am betting it won't look as nice.

26-01-2011 00:41

dtengineering

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Aniline dyes can give a nice bright stain... but the mahogany sounds nice, too.

Great to see wood being used wisely... it is amazing what you can do with the right software and the right tool.

Jason

26-01-2011 00:58

sdcantrell56

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

It's so nice to see someone else was inspired to try a different material for a frame and even more so that someone was inspired by that method of connecting things. I particularly like seeing the small differences in tabbing and overall design between 1771's chassis the past 2 years and this one. I definitely think you guys will become big wood fans after this year. Remember that t-nuts are your friend and you should be golden.

26-01-2011 01:46

sanddrag

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

The nice thing about construction methods such as laser cutting is that making multiple copies of parts is somewhat trivial.

Man, if there's any way you could get a laser in-house, you could make furniture in the offseason as a fund raiser!

26-01-2011 22:03

its da PAT!!!

Re: pic: Fresh off the laser

Just to keep in mind this is our practice bot. Just wait to see what the real bot will be made out of!! Same wood base, just a different type of material for the rest of the robot...... It will be truly something to look out for!