Finding Parts for Home-Made 'Bots?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday August 13, 2002 @07:45AM from the building-your-own-Bender dept.

Peter DeWeese asks: "For beginners in the field of anatomical robots, it is quite hard to find resources and shops from which to obtain small parts to build joints. Customized ball joints and a few other types are all that should be needed, and I am sure that others out there have built such machines from their own basements. Does anyone have any good resources on how to build/obtain small unarticulated mechanical joints that would be suitable? Please keep in mind that beginners often don't have metal lathes and high temperature welding torches."

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Build a Lost in Space B9! by netringer · 2002-08-13 09:16 · Score: 3, Funny

DANGER, DANGER!

You could build a B9 robot replica from the "Lost in Space" TV show. The B9 Robot Builders club trades information and parts.

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