#living hinge

[practicalsolutions]

They made me too powerful.

[kenjijones]

Made the revision to the midsection. It looks and is a lot lighter now, but still can't hold its own weight yet because the legs bend sideways. I want to avoid adding more parts just for structural integrity. I'm going to try using Plasti-Dip on each of the legs and see if a thin rubber coat will actually reinforce the chassis without adding much mass to it.

[kenjijones]

I made a revision to the hinged leg design. This one allows an incredibly amount of movement, but it's actually too much and it can't support its own weight. (that's why its sitting on the cylinder). My focus was on designing the legs, so the middle section got neglected a bit. 

It's making progress but I can't help but think that it looks like a mech-warrior for the Hamburglar...

[kenjijones]

I was experimenting with designs that allow movement from a single piece of material. (In this case, laser cut masonite) This design has a ball and socket set up in each joint with a thin strip of material to connect each section. This first design worked decently well, but looked way too much like a tribal tattoo, and I was trying to get a little more mobility.

I was able to integrate clips into the design as well, so I managed to get 3 legs on this disc just to test structural integrity.

[1d6]

Deckbox prototypes!

Currently working on a couple of deckbox prototypes. One features a living hinge, the other a regular mechanical style one.

Also working on some cuts to go in the front. hoping to maybe use veneers to embed the designs in before these gets varnished.

You could say these designs are going to be 'guilded' onto the front. That is not a typo.