Wednesday, September 4, 2013

A brief update:

 So I haven't been able to do much these past couple of weeks. My work schedule changed and I'm back in school now too until June so progress has slowed a lot. I did manage to put a donation button up just in case any of you highly interested folk would like to see more action, you can feel free to donate and possibly even relieve me of the burden of working. (fingers crossed)
 All I've been able to do so far is draw on Inventor some more.

 Kind of trying to figure out what would work best for the suspension parts and eventual springs or torsion bars. This is all I have so far. I'm thinking .080 thick polystyrene to make the suspension arms out of. That way they can be strong yet hallow so I can run the motor wires through. I'm also thinking of using the bearings I got for my, now shelved, drive system and put those in all the hinge points for better stability.
 The Hack Factory should be getting a new laser cutter this month so hopefully I can pop in there and use it to cut this polystyrene. Otherwise I'll need to spend a lot of time with a dremel or jig saw cutting out all the pieces.
 It's so hard knowing that all I need are these last parts made to start test driving but I don't have the time to do it. Very frustrating. It'll happen though. The good side of this is that the more I wait, the better my ideas get.