KraftWerk...
This is a build report.
I dont know how to use cad programs, but I learned to draw at a very young age
This is it, the very first drawing I made for a  new 12 pounder The design had been In my head for a short period of time, but being the quick thinker I am, I agreed with myself and decided to build it.You can see the full concept I had thought up here.
This picture had stains on it but i erased them with photoshop
Another pencil drawing, as you can see it has moved to 4 drive motors per side as opposed to 3. You can also see what I had in mind for the weapon.
I couldnt get the square around it to go away just ignore it
Here Is The final pencil drawing I did of Kraftwerk from the top. The batteries are included as is the new 8 wheel drive.
I thought the frame design looked a little boring  and I wanted to do something to jazz it up So I started redesigning the frame piece that supported the spinning blade. Here is its progression:
this looks like george washington crossing the delaware to me
I wanted some sort of spike things to make it look cool, but this first design I drew was to blocky and seemed stiff.
you are probably sick of looking at pencil drawings, dont worry though, computer drawings are coming up, I promise
To make it flow better and be less blocky, I added curves. I really liked how it looked and decided this was the one to use. I came up with dimensions that would fit my frame and gave them to the CAD wizard Kevin Meissner, here is what he came up with:
I told you I couldnt cad, I had to get someone else to do this for me, but you allready know that cuz i wrote it down over there--->I mean up there
Pretty good huh? I sent it off to DC water jet and they cut a pair of them for me and here is what they look like:
these were kinda exspensive
Nice. With those and the Aluminum and Titanium I have I was ready to make the frame. You can see a list of the materials I used for certain parts of the fame here.
you will see pictures that look like this alot on my website
I laid out all the pieces that I cut and put in their frame shape and here is what it looks like, I still need to cut two of the pieces at an angle for the front wedge, but it still looks pretty cool. Onto to the bolting...
the other side of carbon fiber is ugly, kinda like a pancake that you dont pay attention to
pretty, like my girlfriend, only i wouldnt want to kiss carbon fiber it will give you lip cancer on your lips
The first build session shows that I Bolted the two long aluminum pieces (that still haven't had the angle in them cut) to the back plate, I also bolted the carbon fiber baseplate to the aluminum
that metal bar is a ruler that is over 12" long
Second build session: I attached one of the wheel guards but without the horizantal support I also attached the weapon supports to the backplate.To finish the frame I still need to:
this is another picture of that thing
In this pic you can see I added the second wheel guard, what you cant see is thta I bolted the cool weapon supports to the baseplate. Now to...
-cut and mount top armor
-add horizantal supports to the wheel gurads
-attach wedge
-do the inards
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