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DIY prototypes (robots or art design), with pieces homemade (recycling guide)
Part One
by alesteir on May 17, 2009

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intro: DIY prototypes (robots or art design), with pieces homemade (recycling guide) Part One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

step 1: Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

step 2: The pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

step 3: Other components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

step 4: The outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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intro: DIY prototypes (robots or art design), with pieces homemade (recycling guide) Part One
This Instructable does not explain how to build some robots or art designs, does not explain how to design them, however it is a guide on how to find materials suitable
for construction (mechanichal) of prototype robots (the vast majority of these articles of daily use, almost always end up in the trashl), this Instructable also serve for the
construction of numerous ways (not just robots) that will give life to your ideas for robots and other projects than involve the construction of prototypes, and the better: all
is free, and easily to find in every home. I hope you find useful and you waiting for the second part

The pics of this step of instrutable (Intro) show the tools and elements neccesary for Assembling-disassembling our prototypes or designs

Handsaw
Minibench Vise
Pliers
Silicone Gun
Pencil Sharpener
Compass Divider
Glue
Instant Glue
Pen
Eraser Gum
Soldering Iron
Motor Tool
Kitchen scissors
Cutters
Leather Gloves
Glasses or transparent screen

PD. My English is really bad!

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1. AllienBot Protoype
2. AllienBot Prototype, robot proyect, made with pieces homemade, screws , and
bits of silicone.. and the best : all is free
3. Pieces of Homemade meccano style

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1. Arduino Diecimila, special for control
2. Minibot made of Cd cases and Betamax Tape
3. Bipolar Motors
4. Protoboard
5. Piece made of plastic of a diskette
6. Wheel made of Betamax tape
7. Screw
8. pic 16f84a

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1. Glue
2. Compass Divider
3. Silicone gun
4. Eraser Gum
5. Pen
6. Glue of cyanoacrylate
7. Ruler
8. Pencil Sharpener

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1. Soldering iron 1. Mini Bench Vise
2. Motor Tool 2. Pliers
3. Pliers 3. HandSaw
4. Kitchen scissors
5. Cutter
6. Cutter

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1. Leather Gloves
2. Transparent screen of plexiglas
3. Pliers for supporting the screen protector for the eyes and skin

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1. Sandpaper
2. wood clamp
3. needle file set
4. Skrew drivers

step 1: Materials
Everything you need for this instructable are in every home, the list is rather long, since each material is different, and can be used for a specific use. I must emphasize
that actually, I live in a far province of poor country, and it's very difficult to find some materials,which led me to research with different thigs of daily use, which are
composed of different materials, some elastic (such as plastic), some very fragile (such as a achrillic),and others very rigid (alluminium and others metals), is important to
learn to determine what is the right to use in our projects, either by weight or another physical attribute.

Materials:
Bottles of PET or plastics
Cds with cases
Cassetes with cases
Dvds with cases
VHS or Betamax Tapes
Longplay disks
Styrofoam film
Aluminium profiles
Pieces of silicone bar
Screws
Rubber band
Straples
Steel wired
Wires
Wood stick

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1. Cassete case (music tape), this is my favorite plastic for anything, i like the
transparency and his rigidity for little pieces, it´s fragile but if we work with care, is
a amazing material,. Trick: with a piece of cloth moistened with solvent, the
Image Notes acrylic can get an opalescent appearance.
1. bottles, the PET is a very good material 2. Case for color pencils, sometimes it´s free for buying
2. white bottle 3. Case of casette of a v8 videotabe
4. Cup of achrylic

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1. Steel wire
2. Clip
3. straples
4. Bar of silicone for gluegun
5. Rubber band
6. Acrylic spoon
7. Diskette 3 1/2"

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1. Piece of wood for kitchen, mixing with bits of silicone (like nuts) is very useful
2. Wire
3. internal Wire of coaxial wire, this wire is excelent for holding and unholding
many times

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1. Dvd Case

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1. Screws and Nuts of diferent recycled parts

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1. Kitchen scissors, are special for cutting plastic materials.
2. Aluminium film
3. Diskette 3 1/2" disasembled

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1. Pieces of plastic from dvd case, a very elastic material

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1. LongPlay Disk, I love this Material for the colour and flexibility
2. styrofoam film. Pie
3. aluminium profiles of old frames and windows

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1. VHS tape Dissasembled, this plastic is hard, we can get any pieces of plastic
of these black boxes
2. This is special for wheels, i like it !
3. separators
4. screws
5. acrylic window

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1. Dvd disk, it´s hard and fragil, but if you have care with it, may be used for
diferents proyects. It have two layers of plastic material. The cd disks have only
one.

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1. Casette dissasembled, this part may be used for various things. 1. This is a piece of alluminium of a diskette 3 1/2", holding with the fingers.
2. I used these little pieces to make pulleys or wheels. 2. This is a wheel of a casette player
3. Two wheels more 3. This hole was made with a neddle
4. Screwdriver 4. Piece of silicone bar
5. screws 5. Screw
6. spring of a pen

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1. A piece of the plastic of a diskette, is a very resistant and flexible material,
and easy to cut it.
2. Piece of case of a cassette
3. Screw point
4. ring of a piece of silicona bar (for gluegun)
5. Screws and nuts
6. Piece of a case of cd

step 2: The pieces

This step show the pictures of diferent proccess for making the pieces, (meccano style), such as an introduction to the second part. The very difficult of making this
instructable is my bad english, however I try!

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1. Grid Drawed on the paper, it is to marks the area to cut 1. I separate this part
2. from this sheet I make the most of parts

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1. Rear wheels
2. Piece of meccano style

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1. Piece for rear wheels and joints

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1. Pieces after cutting

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1. Pieces made of Longplay Disks, they are very flexible and resistance, I like this
material
2. Wheel made of diferent pieces and screws
3. Pieces with holes

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1. modular constructions
2. screws and nuts

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1. orange pieces
2. opalescent pieces
3. Grey pieces

step 3: Other components

The most proyects need motors, gears, controllers, wires, wheels and others components. These links explain how to find them:

Recycle old PCB components

How To Get FREE Electronic parts

Free Electronic Samples

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1. Bipolar Stepper Motor
2. Stepper motor
3. more motors

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1. Old cd drive, We can find motors, gears, and microcontrolers

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1. Wires and conectors of photocopiers

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1. Gears of photocopiers

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1. Wheels 2. Arduino Board
2. Little wheels of casette player 3. Electronic components, chips, transistors, leds and more
4. Lcd display from cd player
5. Rs232 conector DC9

step 4: The outcomes

Pictures of the any outcomes!

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1. No parts has been polished

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1. millimetric graph paper

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1. Crystal ball of whiskhy bottle
2. gum support of cd drive
3. Screw point
4. Silicon
5. This part and all the piece acts as a suspension
6. atmega168 microcontroller
7. cyanoacrylate glue

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