Pony Bot

A little bit of manual XML editing in Inkscape, and I have servo mounting holes of exactly the dimensions I need. The new PDF is uploaded in the "files" section above. It looks something like this:

I also moved the hind hips higher, to make the femur longer, so that I can fit a servo there. I'm probably going to cut only the legs, and use thinner, 2mm acrylic this time. But this will have to wait until Thursday, when I can go to the FabLab.

I didn't really put much thought when designing the legs for this, figuring out that I need to play with the physical parts first to get the idea of what I actually want. So I just put holes in the places where the segments join, and that's it. Now I need to somehow attach servos to that. A little bit of dremeling, and I have a much better idea of what I need now:

For one, I need thinner acrylic. This is 3mm, because that's what I had on hand. I think 2mm would be perfect here instead. Second, I need actual servo-shaped holes for the servos. That should be easy to fix. FInally, the hind leg's femur is too short to fir a servo there -- I will need to make that longer.