Robocain - Robocop 2 robot

Building Candy · 26 Apr 2010 at 09:29

Cut a very thin strip of metal, only 3.5mm across, then had to cut a bevel in the top, did this by wrapping a rod in sandpaper and carefully rubbing away at it.

next had to trim 8 of these into this shape then drill them and countersink, no mean feat, I can hardly hold them!

needless to say the M2 flathead screws where a bit too big, so I had to carefully turn all thoses down too.

One installed, used a piece of 1.5mm wire for the pipe

and another set of fittings for the pipework

and attached.

Thats pretty much job done on these, im glad I didnt screw anything up

Marine Iguana · 26 Apr 2010 at 09:31

Those look awesome mate coming along nicely

dekez · 26 Apr 2010 at 09:33

Amazing as ever, keep up the good work!

Cosimo · 26 Apr 2010 at 09:34

You’re doing a fantastic job.

How far through the project are you now?

Mp4 · 26 Apr 2010 at 10:12

Nice one Candyman when do you think it will be finished ? or ongoing till its done steady pace?

valve90210 · 26 Apr 2010 at 10:27

Truely amazing work!!!

clade · 26 Apr 2010 at 10:31

ive just had a good read though the 7 pages while trying to look productive at work on monday morning :/

Very nice work. Im always impressed by someone who is self taught. You should offer yourself to do some commision work rather than recreating something you have already done!

How long untill we can see the bottom half stoodup by its self? or does it not work like that ?

Vulcan · 26 Apr 2010 at 11:16

Those cylinders look absolutely amazing.

Rich1988 · 26 Apr 2010 at 11:16

Aod said:
the Walther WA2000 uses the mechanism from a Western Arms 1911, but with a very long barrel. it's probably firing at about 450 to 500 FPS because of that.

the Unique Alpine TPG-1 uses the bolt-action mech from, i think, a KJW-M700, it too should be very powerful

i think the DSR-1 uses another M700 mechanism, but customised so that the bolt handle is at the front of the bolt.

when using gas in airsoft guns with long barrels, you get high FPS's because the long barrel gives the gas the opportunity to expand fully, accelerating the BB all the way.

thats not entirely true, the barrell length doesnt have that much affect on fps after a point, it will increase the fps to a point in a gas powered gun but I would be willing to bet a 300fps or there abouts 1911 would be pushed to 450fps simply with the addition of a longer barrell, on AEGS, or bolt action airsoft guns too long a barrell is actually a bad thing

Deadbeat · 26 Apr 2010 at 11:28

Building Candy for Man of Honour 2010

Building Candy · 26 Apr 2010 at 11:40

simulatorman said:
You’re doing a fantastic job.
How far through the project are you now?

Im not sure, maybe 20%

clade said:
ive just had a good read though the 7 pages while trying to look productive at work on monday morning :/

Very nice work. Im always impressed by someone who is self taught. You should offer yourself to do some commision work rather than recreating something you have already done!

How long untill we can see the bottom half stoodup by its self? or does it not work like that ?

I do commision work, over the years I have made all sorts of things for people.

I HOPE this will be done by the end of the year, 8 more months..... fingers crossed.

It only has 1 leg so standing it up is a no go at the moment, plus it takes time to assemble it all and I want to spend all my time working on it rather than playing with it...... ooo eerr

ElectroBlaster · 26 Apr 2010 at 11:55

My son said to me last night: "I want one made in full size so I can get inside and kick ass!" These were his exact words lol

Then he watched Iron man again for the 100th time... I think hes a bit obbsessed with robots.

CircleFaust · 26 Apr 2010 at 11:55

Building Candy · 1 May 2010 at 17:41

This is going to be hard for a bit..... im even breaking out the cardboard, just about reached the limit of what I can do in my head.

first up the plate to conect all the rams in the body, this is all guess work as you cant really tell from the pics whats going on

decided to knock that out of metal but i think its a bit short.......

trying to estimate the sizes and angles of the shouler fixing points, its like a rubix cube, you get it looking good from 2 angles then look from the top and its wrong!

made some heavy duty mounts out of metal

started making the main parts up and fitting them into the "skeleton" very wrong on some places, need to extend the main chassis

pushed the front pistons further forward and then re calculated the position of everything, it looks beter, but still spent a few hours moving everything around.

made a start on a simple bit

also realised the plate is not flat but tilted up at the front so mounting it higher up and again recalculating for the position of everything.

Building Candy · 3 May 2010 at 15:34

To be honest this is a real big challenge, im struggling through it.

section above the door thing

the screws in this are very small, ive ordered some.

I tried to make the inside of where the trap door goes by bending a thin bit of metal to shape..... but it looked and felt crap, so im doing it the hard way.

took forever to mill the inside out, put the angles on it and milled a recess for the bit I made earlier to sit on it (this is the back of it)

Aod · 3 May 2010 at 16:27

that's looking AMAZING!!!

r2d2 · 3 May 2010 at 16:40

You thought about working as a industrial designer for films?

Naffa · 3 May 2010 at 17:10

Good point r2d2.

This thread could essentially be one of the best CVs ever created.

Gob · 3 May 2010 at 17:26

Great project, and im very impressed with your work, i cant to see the finished product!

Only now I have the robocop theme tune stuck in my head... dum dum dum dum dum de dum dum duuuuum...

r2d2 · 3 May 2010 at 17:38

naffa said:
Good point r2d2.

This thread could essentially be one of the best CVs ever created.

Most definately.

I really like this thread. I work in a related field, and like many have said this guy has some serious talent.

I cant wait to see the finished robot.