Working on the base

by | Jul 18, 2014 | Design

I threw together a quick mockup of the base to see how I might mount the castors and motors. The closer they are the more degrees of rotation are available but too close and it needs to be quite far off the ground. This is possibly one of those things where it is...

Icosahedrons?

by | Jul 16, 2014 | Design

I didn’t think I’d missed a simplification of my design but I had a quick check. Icosahedrons don’t work since they use two different triangles, 8 equilateral and 12 isosceles. I could of course change designs but then I have more chance of being...

The Alibaba dance

by | Jul 16, 2014 | Design

So I opened a new ‘buying request’ on Alibaba. I haven’t bought anything from them but I have used the site to get quotes before. It’s kind of a nightmare to figure out to be honest :p You post details of what you want made and then people send...

Drawing

by | Jul 15, 2014 | Design

Engineering firms need technical drawings to work from so I’ve started messing with them in Inventor. Makes it pretty easy to just transfer over from 3D to 2D.