The latest Robot Recipe came from cans that made flan with peaches (thanks for the recipe Jav). A sink strainer, some drawer pulls, electrical plates, and of course a toggle switch. I love the new blue color I just got my hands on.
Recently, the Nerdy Derby visited ITP Camp. Here was my entry.
It was King of the Hill night, the goal was to roll over a hill the slowest. As my car went down the track the axles tightened on the wheels, slowing it down. It worked some of the time.
Everything that went into making the latest Robot Recipe (plus some internal electronics). When the red button is pushed it pulses like a heart beat (heart beep?) and the top button turns on the eye lights and bottom light.
The birthday girl wants a Mickey robot, the girl gets a Mickey robot. Meet M.I.C.K.E.Y., two tuna cans, a a green bean can, two old Kodak 50mm film canisters, a couple washers, and some white push buttons.
Happy birthday Georgie.
Trying to get my numbers up in my robot army.
This blue guy came from a peach flan recipe, so he is Flan Bot.
An Earl Grey Tea body and evaporated milk head, T.E.A. Bot.
Just a head for the moment, tuna fish can and Altoids lid. Don’t know if I want to eat that meal.
I’ve been working on some dials that go to 11, and I figured I would try electroetching a set. I basically followed this Instructable to the letter. Thanks Switch and Lever.
The stainless steel washer etched really nicely, and polished pretty well too. The galvanized, not so much. Fun to experiment with it though.
When you need that extra push over the cliff.
Just messing around with some potentiometers, some washers, some appliance paint, and a laser cutter.
I’ve been mocking up some more Robot Recipe robot bodies. Both body cans are from coffee, one big, one small. And the arms are drawer pulls, one set big, one small.
I think the bigger robot is looking right (no idea how I’m going to fit it in the powder coating oven), but I’m not crazy about the other one. Something is not right. But I do like the head. The potentiometer eyes are a bit creepy.
The latest Robot Recipe toy I’m working on. This one came from a chili dinner, so I creatively call it Chili Bot.
One of my new obsessions is powder coating. So far, everything I know about it came from this Make Magazine article. (thanks John).
It gives metal parts an amazing automotive like finish. First clean the parts, spray them with powder, then bake em. That easy.
