Let’s Build: Codename Colossus Robot, Part 2

7 thoughts on “Let’s Build: Codename Colossus Robot, Part 2”

1. Comes along nicely, I’m just worried about the leg conenctions. Are they really just hold on by one screw each? That seems a bit flimsy for carrying all the weight of the structure. One has to be super careful in handling it in the end.

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2. I love this stuff, big thumbs up. 🙂

   I hate to be a pain. I love these vids, love Tested.com. I also appreciate the videos regarding the production tools and video editing which is why it pains me to say this… but…

   What’s up with the volume levels? I have to max out my volume to “eleven” just to get normal audio levels and it’s still very quiet and low. If I switch to other apps or content I get my ear drums blown out when I forget to set it back to normal. Normally I would “cast” to my TV but this player doesn’t allow me to do that.

   I’ve noticed this audio issue recently on other videos here but was hoping it was just a “one off”. I have to check it again but could it be the premium stuff since it’s a different player?

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3. The volume on all their content is very low. Especially the podcast youtube vids.

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4. Oh Sean, WW2 didn’t have B-52s, you mean B-17/B-29/B-24s with a ball turret. Pedantic mode off.

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5. If you refer to the ones Norm work on at the 17 mark they seem a tiny bit short but the screw isn’t what would break. Likewise the more material you would have to bore out to fit screws you get closer to a point where the plastic gives. Resin generally falls on either side of rock hard or rubbery which voids the tendency in some plastic to be brittle.

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6. Well my argument wasn’t targeted at the screw itself, but at the whole construction. It sure does the job but a slightly different approach would have been far more sturdy and less prone to failure, especially as those legs hold all the weight.

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7. There shouldn’t be much mechanical stress on it as the weight is pushing straight down (which is why we don’t mill on a drill press for example.) and the screw should be able to spin freely.

   If you were to run an axle through the entire leg into the plate you would have to start battling flexing in the rod/screw (I have a a really hard time reading scale on screen but they don’t look to be bigger than M3’s) and you would get into leverage territory with metal against plastic.

   I wouldn’t build a 1:1 fortress tank mech with a single attachment point like that but for a model with pretty hefty legs it looks solid enough. the creaking before the eventual break would start immediately and they seem to be able to press down on it quite hard.

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