Well, that title sure has a snap to it.
Haven't posted a project for a while. I appreciate when I see your projects so I better contribute a bit.
Here's the scenario.
I needed a shop/security light out in front of my garage. As a lot of you can appreciate, I'd rather spend $1000 to avoid spending even one extra thin dime with my local power company. So, I wanted to build a little solar shop light. I decided I couldn't very well just hang a light out there... SO, I decided to build something like a guardian robot to hang the panel and lighting on.
I want it to look menacing and deadly when done. I suspect I'll have some kind of crazy weapon in his hands, and I'm mounting two 35 watt HID offroad lights on his shoulders to disperse the light. The solar panels are 45 watts, and should charge enough to keep the HID's on for about 5-6 hours. If not, I'll add more panels until it works.
Thing should be about 7-8 feet tall when done. I got one leg done this weekend. None of this is functional. It's just supposed to look like it could "technically" be functional. Largely it's going to end up as a mechanical sculpture I'm integrating a solar security light into.
When it finally gets all painted and powder coated, it should look pretty slick. Hopefully done in the next 60 days.
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12-23-2007, 10:31 PM #1
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Bob's solar powered robot of death.
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12-23-2007, 11:08 PM #2
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Looks awesome, can't wait to see the finished product!
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12-24-2007, 06:28 AM #3
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Awesome! First thing that came to my mind was one of the robots in robo cop that doesn't have a head or anything but just a body with legs like that. ha hahaah just awesome!
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12-24-2007, 07:25 AM #4
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It already looks scary.
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12-24-2007, 07:29 AM #5
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That thing is going to look too cool. I hope noboby steals your sercurity light, when it is done.
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12-24-2007, 07:31 AM #6
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nice legs
thats one ***y leg lol seriously it looks great
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12-24-2007, 08:01 AM #7
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looks good .cant wait to see the rest
my daddy always said i was IRONHEADED....
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12-24-2007, 09:50 AM #8
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This will be a good thread to watch..
Looking forward to the progress!
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12-24-2007, 02:23 PM #9
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way cool, looking forward to watching it grow.
thanks for the help
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hope i helped
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12-25-2007, 10:48 PM #10
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OUTSTANDING! Looks it could actually function. Well done.
What was your inspiration for the design?Dynasty 200 DX
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