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bensid54

Mon Jan 01 2018, 02:59am

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The first stages of the bushing that will join Charon's head to the servo. I need to cut it shorter, drill and tap it to install grub screws to hold everything in place. Next two pictures is what the head should look like when installed, the third picture is the head and servo that will be used and the fourth picture he is once again being savagely attack by that feline beast of Greek Mythology.

aew

Mon Jan 01 2018, 08:45am

aew

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Are you still intending to fit a camera?

bensid54

Mon Jan 01 2018, 10:19pm

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No camera now but I do want to put red LED's in his light sockets. I had to scrap the bushings in the pictures and make a new one that works better. I also moved his left arm into a lower position once I saw how it looked in the video, I'll take another video later on.
https://youtu.be/cqANRoaaCEA

bensid54

Sun Jul 19 2020, 02:14am

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It's been a while since I've been on. I'm going to start Charon over again. What I made looks low grade and I don't like the way it functions. So this means I'll be doing some head scratching.

aew

Sun Jul 19 2020, 08:51am

aew

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I'll dust off the arduino!

Charles

Tue Jul 21 2020, 01:18am

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What’s my cat doing at your place?
Nice real nice work

[ Edited Tue Jul 21 2020, 01:18am ]

bensid54

Wed Jul 22 2020, 02:55am

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Thanks Charles she told us she liked the food at our place better. Arthur those are words that have terrified me in my dreams! I think a dual crankshaft assembly is the way to go I sat and scratched myself for about a day as to how I was going to do it. I'll start with a mock up first and post it.

aew

Sat Jul 25 2020, 09:37am

aew

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I think that'll be an even bigger challenge!

bensid54

Thu Aug 27 2020, 04:36am

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I dragged Charon out of the cobwebs and had a good look at him and boy is he ugly! I'm going to start from the ground up and get a little accurate regarding his body proportions. I'm going to put him on a diet and use gearing to attain movement for the upper body with a minimal use of space. He will have a 72 to 1 gear reduction motor to slow things down and increase his muscle power. I have to build the boat around him as opposed to having him fit the boat. I hope to salvage some of his framework to use in the new improved Charon.