Mitchell Andrus
08-23-2006, 10:02 AM
My son is taking Comp Sci courses at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was quite excited when I received my laser this summer and thought about designing a project that could be 100% laser cut to show off at school next month.
Here it is. It's made of 1/4 plywood (doubled for strength), completely laser cut. He designed it in Corel X3. The gears were a challenge as X3 isn't a true CAD program and as far as I know doesn't 'make' gears. The gear file is attached.
The thing works, and stands 13" tall and is 23" long. I doubt it would walk if a power supply was grafted onto it. The cranks make the legs travel a bit too long and it's very unstable. For a second year student project, I'd give it an "A".
Let me know if you'd like the files, I'll post them - maybe a cool scout project...?
Mitch
Here it is. It's made of 1/4 plywood (doubled for strength), completely laser cut. He designed it in Corel X3. The gears were a challenge as X3 isn't a true CAD program and as far as I know doesn't 'make' gears. The gear file is attached.
The thing works, and stands 13" tall and is 23" long. I doubt it would walk if a power supply was grafted onto it. The cranks make the legs travel a bit too long and it's very unstable. For a second year student project, I'd give it an "A".
Let me know if you'd like the files, I'll post them - maybe a cool scout project...?
Mitch