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Cutting/drilling plastic is easier than wood, imo. You can do a full design with flat plates of whatever material you choose (aka bending/forming isn't needed), but this can take some trial and error, and design probably ought to be done in CAD. If you have a dremel, that'll work nicely for plastics.
Erector sets will probably work nicely for a variety of things.Hexapods don't really need to worry about center of balance.All the actuators for 6 legs plus arms probably isn't going to be cheap unless your bot is very low weight.
Quote from: Gertlex on January 12, 2012, 11:35:41 PMCutting/drilling plastic is easier than wood, imo. You can do a full design with flat plates of whatever material you choose (aka bending/forming isn't needed), but this can take some trial and error, and design probably ought to be done in CAD. If you have a dremel, that'll work nicely for plastics.Hmm interesting on the plastic front, I figured you would have had to had special equipment for it, I would prefer plastic then. However where would one go to get a sheet of it? I am in the US, and sure there places but simple googleing did not find a place.I have a base design in autocad, and a dremel. Just missing a place to cheaply purchase the materials and having trouble weighing all the options.
Quote from: Gertlex on January 12, 2012, 11:35:41 PMErector sets will probably work nicely for a variety of things.Hexapods don't really need to worry about center of balance.All the actuators for 6 legs plus arms probably isn't going to be cheap unless your bot is very low weight.I might go with Erector set as I could build and change things quickly and cheaply, found some sets that are cheap and seem rather generic. I am curious though how easy it is to mount the servos to them, am I going to find most servos have screw holes?Well the easiness of balancing was one reason I went with the hexapod design, as I knew it would be decent at supporting it. So it would be nice if it was weighted enough not to lose balance on it's own.The cost is a bit troubling yes, my bot will be pretty small(if it can work as planned) so hopefully I can find some decent servos cheaply. I haven't really done enough calculation to figure out bare minimum but I plan to get some that can be used in other projects so I am guessing most of my budget will go to them. Although I plan to purchase a couple at first to get things worked out.