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Team Bruce '47 :) ............................................Revved up and ready to go!................................................... http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f344/pun15her/Team%20AWS_zpst2pdwjpb.jpg ..................................................Brrmmm Brrmmm.........................

That looks like a nice chunk Haz! What's that going on???

Sounds good! If you do find some, let me know!
50g! Blimey. I bet that packs a punch! Blockheads "head" is just over 30g.

Blimey!Could you get the hardox milled? Or is it too hard? I used a heavy bar in the barbarian, it proved to be completely undriveable because of the weight! Was great fun though!

Thanks Rory, I did not know that! Cool! I looked into Ti,but it was going to cost a fortune! Something like hardox is apparently harder wearing, and cheaper?? The printed weapon is cheap enough to carry a spare in case of emergencies, hmm, that's not a bad idea, I will have to organise that for the ...

Thanks a lot! The beater weapon took 2 prints to get right. Thanks to the incorrect mass being quoted on shape ways forums for steel, the first one was 20g too heavy. Rather than making the weapon smaller, I hollowed out the inside face by 1.5mm. The finish was not very good out the box, it took qui...

Thanks for the encouragement.
I think it may explode on impact with anything substantial, I guess we'll see on Saturday!!

Cheers guys.

Jolly nice of you to say!
Hmm, yeah, good point Dave.
It does bob on turning, but it is still pretty controllable. I am just not planning on turning much!!!

WOW! Last entry was May 2014! That's appalling!! Anyway... New robot for Rory's AWS. My Mum lives in Illminster, which I am hoping is not TOO far from Rory's pad, so I am hoping to stay with her the night before. Blockhead has a printed stainless steel beater spinny thing on the front, and some Ti p...

Cheers Alex.
I look forward to it. I have given the robots a dusting off, but I SERIOUSLY need some driving practice!!!