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Well, a few things have changed since my last post, none of it strictly Treadwell building, but it does have some relevance.
As mentioned in my LD-F1 thread, I finally got my printer set up in a location in the garage where the obnoxious flickering the heat bed's power draw causes A) isn't risking tripping the breaker or overloading the circuit, B) won't bother anyone, and C) is greatly reduced anyway because it's on a different circuit from the lights (which means I can also turn those off).
With the printer working, I can eventually get back to printing Treadwell parts (such as the Eye boxes I never got around to doing on my old printer, or the wheels). I have done some more Treadwell CAD, but it is relatively uninteresting stuff like remodeling the head mount in the new project and adding mounting holes for a pair of 4 inch speakers in the logic unit on top.
Also as mentioned in the other thread, now that I can print parts again, I've resumed my R2 build. Once I started making more progress on R2, I ... went a bit crazy. Among other things, I was seduced by the Aluminum Side, and now have a set of CS:R ANH Aluminum skins.
The reason I mention going crazy is that when I saw that the Spark Max finally came back in stock the other day, I ordered a pair, as well as a pair of Neos. Should be here early next week. Meanwhile, my wallet is crying in the corner.
Whether these ESCs and motors end up in R2 or Treadwell is up in the air at this point. It's kind of a race to see which one gets to the point of needing motors first. (While Treadwell is far less complex, it's also a less established build, so we'll see).
If these end up in Treadwell, then I'm still likely to be loosely basing the internal drive system on Maxstang's Maxdrives (I'm thinking shafts, pulleys, and so forth ... not so much the housing, wheels, etc.). Mostly because I know it works for a heavier droid than Treadwell is likely to be. I'm inclined toward the belt-driven version for R2. Treadwell may or may not demand some tweaks or even the chain version due to the need for more torque.
As mentioned in my LD-F1 thread, I finally got my printer set up in a location in the garage where the obnoxious flickering the heat bed's power draw causes A) isn't risking tripping the breaker or overloading the circuit, B) won't bother anyone, and C) is greatly reduced anyway because it's on a different circuit from the lights (which means I can also turn those off).
With the printer working, I can eventually get back to printing Treadwell parts (such as the Eye boxes I never got around to doing on my old printer, or the wheels). I have done some more Treadwell CAD, but it is relatively uninteresting stuff like remodeling the head mount in the new project and adding mounting holes for a pair of 4 inch speakers in the logic unit on top.
Also as mentioned in the other thread, now that I can print parts again, I've resumed my R2 build. Once I started making more progress on R2, I ... went a bit crazy. Among other things, I was seduced by the Aluminum Side, and now have a set of CS:R ANH Aluminum skins.
The reason I mention going crazy is that when I saw that the Spark Max finally came back in stock the other day, I ordered a pair, as well as a pair of Neos. Should be here early next week. Meanwhile, my wallet is crying in the corner.
Whether these ESCs and motors end up in R2 or Treadwell is up in the air at this point. It's kind of a race to see which one gets to the point of needing motors first. (While Treadwell is far less complex, it's also a less established build, so we'll see).
If these end up in Treadwell, then I'm still likely to be loosely basing the internal drive system on Maxstang's Maxdrives (I'm thinking shafts, pulleys, and so forth ... not so much the housing, wheels, etc.). Mostly because I know it works for a heavier droid than Treadwell is likely to be. I'm inclined toward the belt-driven version for R2. Treadwell may or may not demand some tweaks or even the chain version due to the need for more torque.