Not cruiser related..

[bikersmurf]

 

[bladedog]

Robotics competition? Do tell us more.

 

[cruisedeisel]

Ya, what are we looking at??????

 

[seapotato]

Burlesque show. Or maybe WWE.

and I just realized how similar those two things are...

 

[cruiserpilot]

Burlesque show. Or maybe WWE.

and I just realized how similar those two things are...

They use robotics too!

 

[bikersmurf]

First FTC competition. Reynolds Reybots came to Texas on an Inspire award, and are leaving world finals with a 1st place Innovation award.

They put everything they could into it. The 3D Printed chassis was created using generative design and it is extremely strong. The carbon fibre arm was the only one like it. They had problems in almost every match that they worked to overcome.
In their last match, an opponents robot hit their mandatory power switch and they were unable to demonstrate their third level ascent.

 

[bladedog]

Congrats to them - Fantastic result!

 

[bikersmurf]

Congrats to them - Fantastic result!

Thanks. They worked very hard on it till we left Victoria.

The downside of throwing out the book and building something in a completely new way is that there are dozens of ways things can fail, and no one has blazed the trail ahead of you. So they had to charge ahead, troubleshoot problems that came up, and find solutions.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Thanks. They worked very hard on it till we left Victoria.

The downside of throwing out the book and building something in a completely new way is that there are dozens of ways things can fail, and no one has blazed the trail ahead of you. So they had to charge ahead, troubleshoot problems that came up, and find solutions.

Very cool John. What a great way to make memories. Kids don't forget this stuff.

 

[seapotato]

That's definitely cool. Got any videos of the robot in action?

 

[bikersmurf]

I’ll have a look if I can find some… rather than just the livestream.

 

[bikersmurf]

Any ideas on where to get 26650 lithium ion batteries? Don’t want the most expensive… but want ones that will last.

 

[seapotato]

Mmm. Rat poop.

Out with the fpe stablok death trap.

Table saw breaker is getting weak, not worth replacing on this scary old piece of crap.
Had hoped to mount the new panel vertically, but I think I'll have length issues, so horizontal it is I guess. Unless my wire stretcher becomes more effective

Special thanks to whoever decided to use that 1 piece of EMT conduit I'll have to shorten without cutting the wires.


Finally will get a proper welding circuit too. Suspect I've had some pretty brutal voltage drop at the end of miles of skinny wire.


Totally explains why I'm a sh!t welder

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Mmm. Rat poop.

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Out with the fpe stablok death trap.

Table saw breaker is getting weak, not worth replacing on this scary old piece of crap.
Had hoped to mount the new panel vertically, but I think I'll have length issues, so horizontal it is I guess. Unless my wire stretcher becomes more effective

Special thanks to whoever decided to use that 1 piece of EMT conduit I'll have to shorten without cutting the wires.


Finally will get a proper welding circuit too. Suspect I've had some pretty brutal voltage drop at the end of miles of skinny wire.


Totally explains why I'm a sh!t welder

WOW , nice work!

 

[seapotato]

WOW , nice work!

Lol, not yet.

Save that for when everything actually works again

Gonna try to gain enough slack to mount the panel vertically. Just look haywire sideways to me.

Might be unavoidable tho.

 

[cruiserpilot]

If this was me, right about here is when the fire department would be involved. Possibly an ambulance as well

 

[Ol Yeller]

You could add a gutter box above the panel and splice for length…I’m with you on the damn sideways panel board being “wrong”

 

[seapotato]

You could add a gutter box above the panel and splice for length…I’m with you on the damn sideways panel board being “wrong”

Yeah once I got it in place and laid things out, I realized I'd need a junction box even if I put the new one in horizontal .

So if that's the case, ****it.

Putting it right way up. What's a few more connections.

 

[bikersmurf]

Yeah once I got it in place and laid things out, I realized I'd need a junction box even if I put the new one in horizontal .

So if that's the case, ****it.

Putting it right way up. What's a few more connections.

Hey if I'd known you needed Stab-Loc breakers, I had a whole panel worth of them that came out. Although, I think I probably tossed them after the Square D panel was wired in. The electrician said that you likely wouldn't need a welder to be able to weld with those breakers.

The building inspection report made it sound like there were a few breakers that needed to be swapped out. When the electrician was done we had two new panels, and most of the older part of the building rewired. Everywhere he looked he found more and more poorly done wiring. The scariest was the 40 amp sub panel that they connected directly to the 400 amp service with no breaker.

 

[seapotato]

Hey if I'd known you needed Stab-Loc breakers, I had a whole panel worth of them that came out. Although, I think I probably tossed them after the Square D panel was wired in. The electrician said that you likely wouldn't need a welder to be able to weld with those breakers.

The building inspection report made it sound like there were a few breakers that needed to be swapped out. When the electrician was done we had two new panels, and most of the older part of the building rewired. Everywhere he looked he found more and more poorly done wiring. The scariest was the 40 amp sub panel that they connected directly to the 400 amp service with no breaker.

Yeah the electrician at work said something like, " Stablok are great. You can weld with a 15 amp breaker because they won't trip"

So bugger that. I don't think I had room to add the welder either.

My shop at least appears to have been professionally wired... Haven't found anything too frightening. Other than the s***ty panel.