Hexapod repair parts needed. 3D print DXF/STL Etc. Possible for a leg?

Hi all, I recently won an incomplete puzzle of a Lynxmotion Phoenix on eBay, It has a genuine Lynxmotion SSC32 and I have ordered the Botboard2 and the PlayStation v4 controller kit from RobotShop, the bot is missing an entire limb, just the femur and foot and as the parts are £30 plus shipping I was wondering if anyone has an STL file for those so I can laser cut in Ply or Acrylic or 3d print them? Additionally I’m a bit puzzled as reading through the forums the posts seem to suggest the bot should be run from 1 6v battery however the online instructions show a 9v battery for the brain and a 6v with optional swich for the servo power. I’m currently awaiting a couple of servos from good old Aliexpress but figured I could fabricate the missing leg while awaiting the postman?

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@CagedBat Welcome to the RobotShop Community. To confirm, that would unfortunately be a knockoff / copy of the Lynxmotion Phoenix hexapod robot which uses different servos, different brackets etc. Fortunately for you, it seems like only the servo horn broke. If you can find the brand of that servo motor, you cna reach out to that manufacturer and see if they can send you that servo horn. The part is likely less than $1, and shipping will be the expensive part. Unfortunately without knowing if that horn is universal, we don’t know if any of the ones we offer will be compatible with the output spline of that servo motor. There are a few “loose” standards in the industry and most are moving towards a 25 tooth spline, but it’s not a requirement and not often done by most Chinese suppliers.

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A bit of research from a colleague reveals it might be a “Micromagic systems MSR-H01 Hexapod” (or similar since the body looks different).
Check to see if the servos used are from Hitec. If so, we might have the servo horn you need.

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Sorry if I wasn’t clear I need a couple of the “structural” parts, for one “limb” one entire leg is missing from my Ebay rescue. I’ve ordered Servos that match the others and the Botboard2 and the PS controller Etc from Robotshop, It’s just a case of fabricating the leg parts for one leg, I’ve ordered the metal servo “horns” already. the bit missing is kinda this for 1 leg minus servos…I figured there should be a laser SVG, DXF or STL for those two parts as the original designer had sent the CAD to Lynxmotion.

Got a bit of a result, took one original leg, put it on my Epson printer and scanned it, imported the picture into Lightburn and converted it, little bit of “post production” required on holes but worked quite well on 3mm Matt Acrylic (cut with our Snapmaker A350 with 10W laser.

Now awaiting the El-cheapo servos from Aliexpress (which may turn out to be a bad idea). and then need to work out whats needed to integrate the SSC32, Botboard2 and the Playstation controller (all from Lynxmotion/Robotshop).

Yeh thanks for that. It’s definitely that chassis with a mix of various servos and a genuine Lynxmotion SSC32. I’m going to build up following the Lynxmotion Phoenix build guide and software.

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Franken hexapod! Great timing around halloween :grin:

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If you’re comfortable with 3D modelling, you could try designing the missing femur and foot based on the dimensions of the existing limbs.

Thats sort of what I’ve ended up doing, I scanned an original leg and transfered the image into Lightburn and “printed” it back out in 3mm Acrylic using our Snapmaker A350 Laser. :slight_smile:

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