[WIP] Mechanical Hexapod

[VKTechnic]

EDIT: This is a WIP thread.

With the Mustang project on hold, I've spent some time looking at Kevin Clague's Brickshelf folder and was inspired to build a hexapod. Like his models, I hope to make this fully mechanical i.e. powered only by one central motor. Here is the first step, a (simple) timer based on two driving rings.

This timer still needs some work, as the driving rings offer quite a bit of slack (this offsets the timer sometimes). Next version will not have driving rings.

Edited March 17, 2014 by Victor Kojenov (TFOL)

[unimog123]

Cool, not sure what it is, but i think it's a 6 legged walker. Am I right?

It would be nice to see some complex walkers around here, can't wait to see how it comes along!

[Doc_Brown]

This looks really exciting! Certainly looking forward to seeing some sort of creature.

Off topic: Is it possible to make a mechanical random generator, the opposite to a timer I guess.

[Captainowie]

Re: mechanical randomness

Depends on what you want to do with it. You can get a binomial distribution mechanically with a Bean Machine.

For another point of view, the machines that draw lotteries select the numbered balls at random.