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T60 Masters by
Michael Vroegop, on Flickr
T60 Masters by
Michael Vroegop, on Flickr
molds finished: helmet, lower shoulder, toe, heel, buttplate, underchest sides, underchest collar, underchest front, abdominal accordioning
molds in progress: codpiece, biceps, shin
finished masters(to mold): upper shoulder, forearms, chest front, calves
printed and assembled: backpack,
TBD: thighs. shin bars. belly hoses. elbow, knee, underarm accordioning.
There's a lot of rubber yet to go before this is done. Anyone want to buy a T60 suit? :lol
My focus has been the legs and hands. Both need extended motion. The stilts were fairly simple, we adapted a few 4-bar mechanisms to fit inside the armor. This is 2.0; I can jog and walk tiptoe in these. They'll get some blocks installed to constrain the range of motion eventually. Being able to articulate the foot and push off the ground to manipulate your balance makes them quite stable.
custom machined and welded stilts by
Michael Vroegop, on Flickr
The plan is to add weldments to act as mounting points for the calf and shin, and attach the toe and heel plates to the base plywood.
Untitled by
Michael Vroegop, on Flickr
I took Eric's finger models and printed a set, finishing a full finger maybe 75% was a full 10:30PM-3AM evening. Extrapolate to ten of these monsters and I'm looking at 60 hours of just finger sanding for one suit.
My main software for designing this suit will be Rhino5 though Solidworks would be more appropriate for these hand assemblies.
Well, I did that, for the mass properties and parametric sources that'll play nice with MasterCAM. The current plan is to see about machining them from aluminum- without adding any weight reduction pockets this design is sitting at 3.3lb ; I have bottles of hot sauce heavier than that.
Screenshot_032717_010737_AM by
Michael Vroegop, on Flickr
From here we make chips.