Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Working on the "curve"

I have to say, most of the curved parts that I've had to work on so far I've found really awesome ways to work through.  Be it using the trim router per Dave E's plans, measuring and getting the right hole saws of various sizes, or using a dremel with a hole cutter on it, they've all come out looking really nice.  That said, the curves where the battery boxes sit are probably going to end up being the most challenging parts that I've worked on:


The trick is that the curves here do not make an exact circle, so it becomes challenging.  Given that I took trigonometry in 1990-1991, I'm going be really challenging myself to find a smooth solution to cut these particular parts.

Should be interesting to see how it turns out!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Stinky Feet!

It's been a long 6 weeks, but I am making some slow progress on the feet at this point.  There are a lot of fine parts that have to come together square, and some of this has been a bit challenging, but so far everything looks to be working properly.  I've done a lot of testing of the connection between the ankle and the foot to makes sure they line up properly, and so far so good.

The curves on the inside are going to be the next big challenge.