02-22-2010 New shuttle palette design... this design is a proof of concept shoehorned into vangobot 2 in preparation for the work on VB3 and VB4. 02-25-2010; brush tank ‚ dirty water causing muddying of paint. Experiments with separating paint from a cleaning solution using filters and with electro chemical processes Syringe of same water after flocculation of ...
01-07-2010 Painting a Dog Named Woofers With New Paint Mixer Once the new paint mixer was installed a shake down of the system was in order. We began a series of tests for the machine and our painting processes. 01-11-2010 Vangobot 3 plans sent out for fabrication bid 01-15-2010 Monday finish bom to a point I cam get some bids on ...
07-14-2009 Canvas hold-downs build and installed on painting table. 07-16-2009 The following discussions concerning the performance of the palette system, a prototype is built but soon abandoned; ultimately,problems concerning performance and cleanliness lead to entirely new systems for vangobot 3. 07-24-2009 A new belt design for the looping palette 07-24-2009 ...installed a ridge on the V axis to allow ...
Additional auger modifications we initially planned on using alight bodied gel medium to clean the auger between color mixes. It didn't work so we needed a system to deliver water to clean it. And as a result we needed a way to deal with waste water. Photo shows the shower block and ...
Conveyor- I was on track until noon then it was a battle the rest of the day. Conveyor turned under power and when I poured water on it it stayed In the trough. I take that as a score. I hoped to be wiring tomorrow am... might be later in the day. 04-18-2009Photo shows palette, ...
Palette conveyor assembly .. a belt is attached on top of this device. The belt is seen in the background of the photo. Mixed paint from the color engine lands on the palette. The palette moved forward to a clean zone when a new color is needed. Sponges and a water ...
Bolt on carriage for engine conveyor.Got the glides for engine finished the engine can also unbolt for cleaning maintenance etc. Ordered power supplys should be here Thursday they shipped this afternoon. 04-14-2009 Showing the color engine on rails... the engine moved over the palette when needed using a pneumatic cylinder.
Vangobot 2 construction of armature to move brush to palette using lead screw and motor, later abandoned
Vangobot Jr's first paint palette featuring condiment cups from Arbys.