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K-9's upgrades

A project log for The Doctor's Companion, K-9

A semi-replica of K-9 from Doctor Who.

kenneth-zabornyKenneth Zaborny 08/10/2015 at 17:590 Comments

The old drive base worked well but being made from the steel of a discarded bed frame made it very heavy. I decided to build a new frame from aluminum. This shed a lot of weight and improved K-9's handling by removing a heavy battery from directly over the front casters.

I had an incident at a convention where the poor access to the batteries nearly caused a fire. I knew I wanted easier access to the batteries so I designed the electronics tray to lift up.

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