[sudo-discuss] the robot now has a roto-zip wood cutting tool

[Jake]

i do have a chainsaw we could attach to the robot, but it would be a much 
longer tool than the rotozip and thus further from the robot's last 
joints, and so we would need to be a lot more careful to control the 
reaction forces to the blade.  Given the chaotic nature of chainsaws this 
would be very difficult, so we would need to limit the materials we were 
interacting with to soft things.

On Wed, 25 Nov 2015, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:

> Cool! Could a chainsaw be far behind? :-D
> Patrik
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>       last night Leif and I installed a roto-zip rotary cutting tool on the end of the robot arm.
>
>       it looks just like this one:
>       http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/272046207900?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82
>
>       we don't have any tool bits for it though.  It needs a sideways-cutting bit with a 1/8" diameter shaft.  they make them for wood.  it would be possible
>       to cut metals too if you're careful, but a bit for that purpose would be called an "endmill"
>
>       please let me know if you want to use the robot with its wood-cutting tool.  if you want to cut out a shape, for example, you will need an SVG file for
>       starters.
>
>       thank you
>       -jake
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