first ant build diary!!!

[Occashokka]

Another popular method to consider is cable ties,a fair few people use this as its a little lighter than mounts

[botomatic1000]

I would rather use ye olde ducktape.

[botomatic1000]

I may or may not just glue it together I really can't fold it. Are you lot sure I can't just boil it for a bit?

[Fenrir]

I may or may not just glue it together I really can't fold it. Are you lot sure I can't just boil it for a bit?

A vice that screws onto the table is pretty cheap, like £6, I'm buying one. It is possible to bend without one but it's difficult.

[InfernalTank]

I'd go with the folding technique. Get yourself something like this:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/TEKTON-8-in- ... lsrc=aw.ds

[botomatic1000]

Lucky I know a relative with a vice.

[botomatic1000]

Those who talked to me at AWS 50 would know im making a Dustpan grabber as I thought it could have the potential to be a formidable combo if it works correctly. I am calling it Lamprey cause it will drain you of life and wont let go until your dead and sinking in the pit.

[botomatic1000]

I have cut out the base its around 8cm wide 8cm long and around 2cm tall.

[botomatic1000]

I for some reason I was to build a spinner what motors would I use and is there any commercially available blades that wont shatter?

[Occashokka]

Generally as I'm sure people are about to say, you should avoid trying to engineer a spinner as your first bot, but generally blades are custom cut and motors are brushless outrunners