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BlockBot by msruggles Jun 13, 2011
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Another transformer. I was going to wait till I had finished detailing everything, but I figured the sooner it's released the sooner someone can start having fun with it. Files in SW2011. Seeing how it's taken me several months to get this far don't hold your breath on me finishing any time soon.

Edit 1: Stripped out all detailing so the files are a blank "canvas" and added STL and STEP.

Edit 2: thingiverse.com/tbuser has designed some snap together pins. Now I just need to apply them to the model. Check out his design thingiverse.com/thing:10288.

Edit 3: Superseded by V3.

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this is cool

This version of the Blockbot was never printable. There are a few Blockbot V2 out there but Blockbot V3.1 is the most stable (printable) version. There are a number of people who have printed it and posted pictures.

I think that you should show us it printed

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Solidworks, Transformer, Transformer Toy, transformers

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GNU - GPL
BlockBot by msruggles is licensed under the GNU - GPL license.

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Instructions

Most of the joints are only roughed in. I want to make this thing snap together without extra hardware. Also, all of the parts have zero clearance so they won't work together in reality without some modding. Some of the parts will need support material in their current form.

Notes:
All but the head joint are pegs/pins. The model shows them at their max ID/OD so if you want to take a swing at modeling a snap joint cut away from the pegs and add to the holes. If someone wants to start experimenting with snap joint design and tolerance for this I would appreciate it as I don't have a printer at the moment. Getting the tolerance right so the joints move but can be posed might be difficult.
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BlockBot by msruggles is licensed under the GNU - GPL license.
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BlockBot_SW2011.zip
Last updated: 11-06-14
Downloads: 399
Size: 1mb
399 1mb
BlockBot_STL.zip
Last updated: 11-06-14
Downloads: 398
Size: 189kb
398 189kb
BlockBot_ASM.STEP
Last updated: 11-06-14
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Zackalegomaniac on Apr 4, 2014 said:

this is cool

Loganator12345 on Mar 6, 2014 said:

I think that you should show us it printed

msruggles on Mar 6, 2014 said:

This version of the Blockbot was never printable. There are a few Blockbot V2 out there but Blockbot V3.1 is the most stable (printable) version. There are a number of people who have printed it and posted pictures.

MakerBlock on Jun 14, 2011 said:

It would be pretty cool if it could be disguised as a Rubik's Cube. :) Could you export the parts as STL's?

msruggles on Jun 14, 2011 said:

Let me know if there are any problems with the STLs. SW can be fussy when exporting. For example look at the STL assemblies.

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