Thread: My 3 axis skull...in progress

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Originally Posted by twistedvisions68

just a note: if any one needs a Beveled Washer, look here. this would work for the top and they are made of super hard rubber and should work great. I know they make a teflon one to an any size but Ill have to look for it.

just a bit of info that might help some one out they also make Beveled metal grommets too will look for likes


http://plumbing.hardwarestore.com/51...t-washers.aspx

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...es.com/catalog

http://sth2.com/Z-car/cone-washer.jpg

google Cone Washer

HA! I knew they existed somewhere..I saw one somewhere before. Thanks TD for posting that...I might also add that you could use two..one for the bottom and one for the top, sandwiched between two nuts (no jokes!! LOL!) on a straight 1/4" threaded rod. No machining needed at all!

Good find on the beveled washers. You will still need to drill and tap the hole in the top of the rod. Not sure if that counts as machining....

Anyway, here is the YouTube Video of my four skulls working together:

YouTube - My 3 axis skull quartet.

Sorry about the quality. It's from a laptop with a webcam. But you get the idea. The skull all the way on the right is the lead singer. The eyes are in and they blink, but you can't tell from the video. Still need to paint them and add eyelashes.

Oh, and here is the template for the bracket that I made. Print it out and make sure that the ruler in the picture is actual size. If so, the template will be actual size. The white lines at the bottom just above the feet show you where to bend the steel at 90 degrees.

TEMPLATE

thats awesome bob!

Bravo, Bob! You're an inspiration to us all!

Wow, I think all your hard work really paid off. Those are just awesome!!!! What are you using for bodies? Buckies or a frame? I can't wait to see them all dressed up the the big night.

I am using both, actually. The lead singer is a girl, so I have a nice black velevt and sequen dress for her as well as a wig. Since the dress has a low neckline, see through sleeves and goes down to the knees, I have a complete bucky skeleton for her.

The guys will just be frames as they will be dressed in tuxes. I do have bucky hands for each of them, however.

I am open to frame designs, and still need to figure out how to attach the girl skull to the bucky body and make it good and secure.

Yeah I was wondering that for mine. Thank heavens for Bondo.

Sounds very formal. Are we all invited too?

Is there such a thing as a reducer coupler for threaded rods? You could attach it that way to the bucky skelly. Very nice, Bob. No, nice isn't the right word...spectacular. Yes, that's it. VERY SPECTACULAR! One question..those skulls look far apart. Did you splice in longer wires for the servos? How do they all reach the servo controller board? Do you have a pic for the wiring?

Right now, I just have extensions on all the servos. I bought them at ServoCity.com.

I will be cutting those up and extending them even more shortly. I will take pictures and document that process as I go along.

I have made a box for the servo controller that has 4 big jacks on it. One for each skull. That way, setup will only be connecting four plugs instead of 20 tiny servo wires.