Where to begin, Im alittle excited (minds racing). My better half finally relieved my anguish, and gave me a printed receipt for my xmas gift. Her and my 3 yr old have been poking at me since xmas day that I was bad this year that was why Santa hadnt brought me a gift. heh So as soon as Lynx get back from holidays I’ll finally be a hex owner, instead of the lonely lurker I’ve been for the past couple years!! Life long dream she’s finally coming around to supporting. Although I’ve been saving pennys forever it seems to get my Johnny5, I couldnt be happier that soon I’ll be overwhelmed with all that’ll need to be learned to bring life to the CH3r she ordered. I had planned on starting on “5” thinking that it’d be alittle smaller undertaking at once to bring life too, quite alright though very excited about the struggles ahead. So knowing this is going to be a long week+ waiting for it, and thoughts on where I could start before it gets here? I’ve started on the basic tuts for the CH, what else could I be looking through? With this being my very first, consider me with zero knowledge of any of the inner workings of these guys. Programming thoughts?
As far as the machines go, which would you personally prefer? If CNC what in the pricerange of makerbots thingomatic or close, would you push a friend towards?
Sorry for the ramblin’ a bit excited, and had to tell someone! heh
I am sure, you will enjoy your Hexapod CH3R. I just assembled mine, this past week. It worked the first time I powered it on. Here are some tips from a recent builder:
Print out the Assembly Guides
Read the Assembly Guides
Print out the high resolution picture of the CH3R lynxmotion.com/images/hi-res/ch3r01.jpg, It helps when the assembly guide says "Important! You need to build three right legs (following these instructions), and three left legs (by mirroring these instructions)!"
Download and install the software for the Hexapod, install the software, and become familiar with it.
After you build and install the Hexapods 6 legs, label the connectors for the 18 servos; this makes it much easier to correctly plug the connectors into the SSC-32 board.
Thanks for the reply, the suggestions helped out quite a bit with the assembly. Had a little trouble with the basic studio implication, but got through it. Also had a couple wires in the black connectors not quite connected(frayed wire). Happy as can be though we just took our first steps. Thanks again for the response very much appreciated!
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