Author Topic: my build diarys (Read 120210 times)

Conraaa · « **Reply #60 on:** April 03, 2011, 09:03:50 AM »

Can that axe go through anything?

haz · « **Reply #61 on:** April 03, 2011, 11:29:53 AM »

what do you think?

the axe is made from 4mm white hdpe and the axe head is 2mm aluminum

haz · « **Reply #62 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:11:23 PM »

drive test video:

R1885 · « **Reply #63 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:14:36 PM »

The arm seems a bit short. Whats the wedge material?

Badnik96 · « **Reply #64 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:15:01 PM »

I think that either your axe should be longer or your drive should be faster. You're not gonna hit much if you can't get under anything at that axe length. And at its speed, it won't be able to get under much.

haz · « **Reply #65 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:17:54 PM »

yeah i know its too slow i chose torque over speed. this was cobbled together today so there are lots of improvements to be made.
the wedge is polycarbonate.

R1885 · « **Reply #66 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:25:52 PM »

You should probably switch it to some form of metal, polycarbonate wont keep an edge and you can't have an effective wedge that can't keep a sharp edge. If you don't want to make it a deferent material, you should extend the ax arm, so it hits the ground and not the wedge.

haz · « **Reply #67 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:28:50 PM »

it has a 1mm steel sheet that can be bolted to the front, my mum would have killed me if i scratched the new floor. i am using polcarbonate as metal tends to buckle when hit by a big spinny thing

Vertigo · « **Reply #68 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:37:59 PM »

Yuck, white HDPE

You know how brittle it is, right?
Always use black HDPE

haz · « **Reply #69 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:41:15 PM »

i know i know, but its not like i paid for it. i cant be bothered to pay the £5 just for shipping from direct plastics for like £2s worth of stuff.

Vertigo · « **Reply #70 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:43:21 PM »

Quote from: haz on April 03, 2011, 02:41:15 PM

i know i know, but its not like i paid for it. i cant be bothered to pay the £5 just for shipping from direct plastics for like £2s worth of stuff.

Ah, thats OK

I was worried that you were getting loads of the stuff :P

haz · « **Reply #71 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:46:15 PM »

i would only paint it black anyway so its pointless. i see you used 4mm hdpe on explosion how did that stand up to combat?

Vertigo · « **Reply #72 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:48:10 PM »

We have 4mm, 5mm and 6mm in different places

HDPE tends to stand up quite well, deflecting blows, what keeps Explosion safe though is the hardox frame underneath it :P

Somebody · « **Reply #73 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:49:32 PM »

haz · « **Reply #74 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:52:24 PM »

words cannot describe how much i want to get my ass kicked by 360

i dont know why but i want my feather to face a big nasty spinner!

Vertigo · « **Reply #75 on:** April 03, 2011, 02:59:55 PM »

words cannot describe how much DON'T i want to get my ass kicked by 360

i ABSOLUTELY know why but i want my feather to NOT face a big nasty spinner!

:P

But I've never lost to 360...

haz · « **Reply #76 on:** April 03, 2011, 03:03:53 PM »

why not all the effort, time and money blown away in 4 seconds. thats the only reason i am building things!!!!

maybe thats just me....

SKBT · « **Reply #77 on:** April 03, 2011, 03:05:20 PM »

It's more fun if you win and don't blow a ton of money...

Vertigo · « **Reply #78 on:** April 03, 2011, 03:05:59 PM »

Quote from: haz on April 03, 2011, 03:03:53 PM

why not all the effort, time and money blown away in 4 seconds. thats the only reason i am building things!!!!

maybe thats just me....

Nah, that doesn't make any sense at all to me :P

Quote from: SKBT on April 03, 2011, 03:05:20 PM

It's more fun if you win and don't blow a ton of money...

Yup, and throw beauty, and 360 out in the process :D

haz · « **Reply #79 on:** April 03, 2011, 03:07:07 PM »

ton of money, dont make me laugh, small pile at the most