Ooh! I’ve got a “classic”, soon to be “collector’s edition” arm and hexapod! 8)
The new design is approximately 8-10 ounces lighter.
I appreciate the feedback. I also am not terribly excited about the look of the single pane leg part. It’s a 0.09" thick part which should be stronger than the same part made from 0.18" polycarbonate. (I have found that aluminum is stronger than an equivalent polycarbonate part that is double the thickness.) I’m not done experimenting with this yet. The goal is to make it all aluminum / injection molded, and look better too. The SES does need a good 2DOF mechanical advantage leg as well.
I Still think the Lynxmotion logo needs to chnage colors; from Yellow outline to aluminum! 8)
Show me… 
Uh oh… the glove is down… 
You’re in beeeeg twubble now. 
He knows you can do cool graphics…
8-Dale
Ummmmmmm… Gulp!
You’re ON! 
I have noticed this as well when I tried getting stuff in blue or yellow. So, I guess the basic robot color is going to be black except where I can inject a bit of color into it. Black does look a bit more dangerous…
8-Dale
While not necessarily revolutionary I have been experimenting with the tibia on this prototype 2DOF hexapod. There is a spring that allows the tip if the tibia to float while the hex is walking. The middle leg takes the brunt of the floating when the hex is walking forward, but the fore and aft tibias do more floating when the hex is turning in place.
The tibia needs to be made from aluminum, and I need to decide if the femur will be two plates or just the one. Trying to keep the costs down.
The chassis is now aluminum…
Here is an image of the bot.
Here is a closeup of the leg.
Here is the chassis with the optional side panels.
WOW Jim, I love the one with the Optional Side panels. When would these be available?
Love it Jim.
I used to have the original hexapod 1, quadrapod, and hexapod 2 PE… but those got stolen a few years back along with a bunch of my stuff! Coulda been collector editions! I’ll miss the yellow plastic look, but overall I think the aluminum designs are much more practical.
I’m sorry, it looks to good. you’re gona hafta re-do it.
Are those Lynx made spring shocks?
I’ll bet they are! If you look closely, You can see the lexan.
The shocks are made from laser cut lexan. I may have them injection molded. I dunno yet. It’s getting closer…
Put the CH3-R legs on this for a new 3DOF inline hexapod. 
It would be (and look) wickedly cool!
8-Dale
Nah. Leave it the way it is. It looks cool already.
I think Jim saw my Johnny 5 mods and got “Shock Envy”
I think you made Jim “a little bit shock-n-roll”
That shock on the J5 was a real shocker to see, I was quite shocked!
Hey wait a second…
Aside from my J5, I also had a suspiciously similar idea in Highschool! Proof is even posted on my project pages:
lynxmotion.com/images/html/proj029.htm
lynxmotion.com/images/html/proj037.htm
I demand royalties Jim!! rofl