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by EpicentrE
Sun Feb 07, 2016 6:08 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: AWS 49
Replies: 46
Views: 87395

Re: AWS 49

I know no one lives really close anymore... The venue is at the school where I work, which I live a five minute drive from :P. I'm happy to sort it out so that someone can host there, but someone else would need to cover the £150 cost and the actual event organisation itself, as I don't have time t...
by EpicentrE
Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:50 am
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: A boreing question
Replies: 3
Views: 4573

Re: A boreing question

Thanks for the suggestions; I don't have enough spares of the gears to make a rig like Alex suggested, otherwise that would be a great idea. I do like the collet idea however; I'm going to print some collets that are the perfect size and something to clamp them in. Thanks for the help.
by EpicentrE
Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016
Replies: 48
Views: 45906

Re: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016

Thanks everyone for a great event! Especially to the Dennys for hosting, to Pete for giving me lifts and giving me a spare battery for Void, and to Alex for letting me use his drill & bits. Also thanks to Rory for splitting Void in two to force me to stop being lazy and design the new one. I thi...
by EpicentrE
Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:44 pm
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: A boreing question
Replies: 3
Views: 4573

A boreing question

Hi all, I need to bore out the centre of some tiny, tiny gears (around 3-3.5mm diameter) from 1 to 1.5mm, but I can't find any way to hold them securely enough that they don't rotate, but not damage the teeth in the process. Turning down the shaft is another option, but I don't have a lathe, so I'd ...
by EpicentrE
Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:11 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016
Replies: 48
Views: 45906

Re: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016

Last minute emergency; Void's batteries have discharged too much while it's been sitting around and, while it still works, my charger refuses to charge them. Does anyone have a charger which they can force to trickle them back up to an acceptable voltage that I can try tomorrow please?
by EpicentrE
Wed Jan 20, 2016 12:15 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: AWS 49
Replies: 46
Views: 87395

Re: AWS 49

Just to raise a point, if you have a good venue and are willing to put in the effort to run an event, then do it. It's good to have diversity in the locations where events are held. It's a shame for those who can't attend, but there will be people who would be more likely to attend an event further ...
by EpicentrE
Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:25 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016
Replies: 48
Views: 45906

Re: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016

Thanks for the offer Pete, very kind of you. I can get in at 4 minutes past any hour, so I'm assuming 9:04 would be the most sensible?
by EpicentrE
Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:36 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016
Replies: 48
Views: 45906

Re: Ant Freeze 3 & Signups - Nuneaton, 23rd Jan 2016

I would still consider myself to be on a kind-of-hiatus, but I can't not attend an event when it's this close. I might even see if I can throw the components of my almost-working spinner together onto a simple 3d printed chassis during the week (as it was only the tracked drive that gave me problems...
by EpicentrE
Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:26 am
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: Melees
Replies: 30
Views: 26179

Re: Melees

I don't think I have any more to add to the subject of what should or shouldn't happen at AWSs - especially as I'm not in competition at the moment - but in response to Dave Weston (and because it may be relevant to further discussions); First of all, melees are unfair. As we saw in some of the figh...
by EpicentrE
Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:34 pm
Forum: Questions (and answers)
Topic: Melees
Replies: 30
Views: 26179

Re: Melees

If I may be more constructive for a second; It seems to me there is no one tournament format that will adequately fit the desires of both people who's main enjoyment comes from fair, balanced competition, and people who's main enjoyment comes through other means (for example, diversity, having as ma...