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DIY prototypes (robots or art design), with pieces homemade (recycling guide) Part One by alesteir on May 17, 2009
Table of Contents intro: DIY prototypes (robots or art design), with pieces homemade (recycling guide) Part One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 1: Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 2: The pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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step 3: Other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 step 4: The outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Related Instructables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Make Magazine Special Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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intro: DIY prototypes (robots or art design), with pieces homemade (recycling guide) Part One This Instructable does not explain how to build some robots or art designs, does not explain how to design them, however it is a guide on how to find materials suitable for construction (mechanichal) of prototype robots (the vast majority of these articles of daily use, almost always end up in the trashl), this Instructable also serve for the construction of numerous ways (not just robots) that will give life to your ideas for robots and other projects than involve the construction of prototypes, and the better: all is free, and easily to find in every home. I hope you find useful and you waiting for the second part The pics of this step of instrutable (Intro) show the tools and elements neccesary for Assembling-disassembling our prototypes or designs Handsaw Minibench Vise Pliers Silicone Gun Pencil Sharpener Compass Divider Glue Instant Glue Pen Eraser Gum Soldering Iron Motor Tool Kitchen scissors Cutters Leather Gloves Glasses or transparent screen PD. My English is really bad!
Image Notes 1. AllienBot Protoype 2. AllienBot Prototype, robot proyect, made with pieces homemade, screws , and bits of silicone.. and the best : all is free 3. Pieces of Homemade meccano style
Image Notes 1. Arduino Diecimila, special for control 2. Minibot made of Cd cases and Betamax Tape 3. Bipolar Motors 4. Protoboard 5. Piece made of plastic of a diskette 6. Wheel made of Betamax tape 7. Screw 8. pic 16f84a
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Image Notes 1. Glue 2. Compass Divider 3. Silicone gun 4. Eraser Gum 5. Pen 6. Glue of cyanoacrylate 7. Ruler 8. Pencil Sharpener
Image Notes 1. Soldering iron 2. Motor Tool 3. Pliers 4. Kitchen scissors 5. Cutter 6. Cutter
Image Notes 1. Mini Bench Vise 2. Pliers 3. HandSaw
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Image Notes 1. Leather Gloves 2. Transparent screen of plexiglas 3. Pliers for supporting the screen protector for the eyes and skin
Image Notes 1. Sandpaper 2. wood clamp 3. needle file set 4. Skrew drivers
step 1: Materials Everything you need for this instructable are in every home, the list is rather long, since each material is different, and can be used for a specific use. I must emphasize that actually, I live in a far province of poor country, and it's very difficult to find some materials,which led me to research with different thigs of daily use, which are composed of different materials, some elastic (such as plastic), some very fragile (such as a achrillic),and others very rigid (alluminium and others metals), is important to learn to determine what is the right to use in our projects, either by weight or another physical attribute. Materials: Bottles of PET or plastics Cds with cases Cassetes with cases Dvds with cases VHS or Betamax Tapes Longplay disks Styrofoam film Aluminium profiles Pieces of silicone bar Screws Rubber band Straples Steel wired Wires Wood stick
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Image Notes 1. bottles, the PET is a very good material 2. white bottle
Image Notes 1. Cassete case (music tape), this is my favorite plastic for anything, i like the transparency and his rigidity for little pieces, it´s fragile but if we work with care, is a amazing material,. Trick: with a piece of cloth moistened with solvent, the acrylic can get an opalescent appearance. 2. Case for color pencils, sometimes it´s free for buying 3. Case of casette of a v8 videotabe 4. Cup of achrylic
Image Notes 1. Steel wire 2. Clip 3. straples 4. Bar of silicone for gluegun 5. Rubber band 6. Acrylic spoon 7. Diskette 3 1/2"
Image Notes 1. Piece of wood for kitchen, mixing with bits of silicone (like nuts) is very useful 2. Wire 3. internal Wire of coaxial wire, this wire is excelent for holding and unholding many times
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Image Notes 1. Dvd Case
Image Notes 1. Screws and Nuts of diferent recycled parts
Image Notes 1. Kitchen scissors, are special for cutting plastic materials. 2. Aluminium film 3. Diskette 3 1/2" disasembled
Image Notes 1. Pieces of plastic from dvd case, a very elastic material
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Image Notes 1. LongPlay Disk, I love this Material for the colour and flexibility 2. styrofoam film. Pie 3. aluminium profiles of old frames and windows
Image Notes 1. VHS tape Dissasembled, this plastic is hard, we can get any pieces of plastic of these black boxes 2. This is special for wheels, i like it ! 3. separators 4. screws 5. acrylic window
Image Notes 1. Dvd disk, it´s hard and fragil, but if you have care with it, may be used for diferents proyects. It have two layers of plastic material. The cd disks have only one.
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Image Notes 1. Casette dissasembled, this part may be used for various things. 2. I used these little pieces to make pulleys or wheels. 3. Two wheels more 4. Screwdriver 5. screws
Image Notes 1. This is a piece of alluminium of a diskette 3 1/2", holding with the fingers. 2. This is a wheel of a casette player 3. This hole was made with a neddle 4. Piece of silicone bar 5. Screw 6. spring of a pen
Image Notes 1. A piece of the plastic of a diskette, is a very resistant and flexible material, and easy to cut it. 2. Piece of case of a cassette 3. Screw point 4. ring of a piece of silicona bar (for gluegun) 5. Screws and nuts 6. Piece of a case of cd
step 2: The pieces This step show the pictures of diferent proccess for making the pieces, (meccano style), such as an introduction to the second part. The very difficult of making this instructable is my bad english, however I try!
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Image Notes 1. Grid Drawed on the paper, it is to marks the area to cut
Image Notes 1. I separate this part 2. from this sheet I make the most of parts
Image Notes 1. Rear wheels 2. Piece of meccano style
Image Notes 1. Piece for rear wheels and joints
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Image Notes 1. Pieces after cutting
Image Notes 1. Pieces made of Longplay Disks, they are very flexible and resistance, I like this material 2. Wheel made of diferent pieces and screws 3. Pieces with holes
Image Notes 1. modular constructions 2. screws and nuts
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Image Notes 1. orange pieces 2. opalescent pieces 3. Grey pieces
step 3: Other components The most proyects need motors, gears, controllers, wires, wheels and others components. These links explain how to find them: Recycle old PCB components How To Get FREE Electronic parts Free Electronic Samples
Image Notes 1. Bipolar Stepper Motor 2. Stepper motor 3. more motors
Image Notes 1. Old cd drive, We can find motors, gears, and microcontrolers
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Image Notes 1. Wires and conectors of photocopiers
Image Notes 1. Gears of photocopiers
Image Notes 1. Wheels 2. Little wheels of casette player
Image Notes 1. Programmer for pics 2. Arduino Board 3. Electronic components, chips, transistors, leds and more 4. Lcd display from cd player 5. Rs232 conector DC9
step 4: The outcomes Pictures of the any outcomes!
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Image Notes 1. No parts has been polished
Image Notes 1. millimetric graph paper
Image Notes 1. Crystal ball of whiskhy bottle 2. gum support of cd drive 3. Screw point 4. Silicon 5. This part and all the piece acts as a suspension 6. atmega168 microcontroller 7. cyanoacrylate glue
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