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Re: It's been a while...
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Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:29:39 GMT
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Six mega-pixels! Holy Cow! Aren't those things like, $13,000 or
somethin'? I'll say that would be general purpose : ) Anyway, I can't
wait to see this hot sauce creation of yours ; ) *drool*!
May the Brick be with you!
* Tim *
P.s. sorry if I broke the thread, my mail service is screwed up and makes
a new thread every time I reply to one! Thanx for putting up with me!
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 06:02:36 GMT "Raptor" <raptor@NOSPAM.bway.net>
writes:
> LOL... much appreciated, but I'm also a complete camera snob... as in
> I've
> been looking at the Canon D60 (6 megapixel SLR, aka, way too pricey)
> so I
> have a solid general purpose camera.
>
> Lacking that, I may just bring it out to my parents place, as they
> have a
> scanner and a good film camera to work with, but even that would
> take maybe
> a week or two before I got anything going.
>
> All that said, just be patient... I'll get to posting it long before
> I go
> out and get my own camera, honest!
>
> Raptor
>
> "Tim Rice" <blackstarbricks@juno.com> wrote in message
> news:20020628.221359.-980031.6.BlackStarBricks@juno.com...
> > Nice! Sounds purty cool. In fact, so cool that I've thought about • buyin'
> > you a digi camera just so I can see the thing. I've thought about • makin'
> > a morphin mech, but never tried it.
> >
> > May the Brick be with you!
> > * Tim *
> > P.s. How many mega-pixels do you want ; )
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:14:14 GMT "Raptor" <raptor@NOSPAM.bway.net>
> > writes:
> > > Sadly, I lack a camera, or else I'd post some images • somewhere of
> > > the
> > > first mecha that I actually *want* other people to see.
> > >
> > > It needs a lot of work, but I finally got a working design • for a
> > > mech
> > > that transforms into a phoenix (think Transformers: Beast Wars)
> > > somewhat
> > > decently. I still want to work in a bit more articulation, but • I
> > > figure I
> > > might as well try to describe it so that maybe it can inspire
> > > someone...
> > >
> > > The legs fold up, and the kneepads unfold to work as the bird's
> > > talons, so
> > > it walks on its knees. The arms are made of a few long click • hinge
> > > pieces,
> > > which fold back and together to form the phoenix's neck • (typically a
> > > crane
> > > style neck) with the hands forming the phoenix's head. The • robot
> > > head is
> > > embedded in the back at this point.
> > >
> > > The wings took me a while to work out, but they essentially fold
> > > around to
> > > take up not much more space than a standard 8x3 wing plate. • These
> > > meet up
> > > in the back, forming the outer torso of the robot mode, and then • the
> > > tail
> > > piece, the doubled-up wing plate from the M-Tron Vector Detector • is
> > > designed
> > > to rotate 180 degrees and fold into place as the final portion • of
> > > the chest
> > > plate.
> > >
> > > In case it wasn't obvious, this design used up a lot of hinges, • and
> > > I'm
> > > looking to scale it up a bit over time to make something around • 2
> > > feet tall
> > > or so, using mostly turntables and worm gears for the major
> > > components, as
> > > well as adding another degree of freedom to the neck. Right • now,
> > > it's very
> > > small, and in need of a few tweaks, since I'm not too good with
> > > detail, and
> > > lack the proper colored plates to make the piece really shine.
> > >
> > > Thanks for reading!
> > >
> > > Raptor
> >
> >
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