Guest neatstuff Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Hey John, at least you did get it back, that in it's self is a small miracle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkrobotik Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Never clean the face visor of a Mechanised Robot using furniture polish and a heavy hand. Mine had a near perfect visor but was dirty and cloudy so I set about it with the above tools.I don't know if it was the polish or the heat from over rubbing but stress must have somehow been relieved in the plastic and it ended up with hundreds of tiny stress cracks all over it.I could have cried, in fact, I did. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike van Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Never try to age your robots with NICOTEEN, it makes them look CHEEP. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Palmer Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Never place toy where it will be safe for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 I remember cleaning clear styreme windshields of model cars when I was a youngling with Varsol. I once 'washed' my JO-HAN Hearse kit with it to shine it up. My brother exclaimed, "What did you do....you'll melt it"!Sure enough, the windshields clouded and became multi-stress-cracked and my hearse clouded and twisted. I think I sort of cried too! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dratomic Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Never ignore the stories of flattened wheels. Never ignore the advice about rotating a toy's wheels. When a friend makes acrylic "soles" to place under robots' feet, thus lifting their wheels off of the surface on which they stand, remember that he's doing so for a very good reason.Especially when the temperature rises, every day, above 90 degrees. *sigh*Did you know robots can stick to their shelves? Me neither. That was this afternoon's fun little lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotnut Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Dr. Atomic, the wheels sticking is usually caused by a chemicalreaction with the surface. Never put rubber on a faux woodvinyl surface. Vinyl and plastic paints contain "thalates" whichwill soften and stick to synthetic rubber or hard plastic... :unsure: An English friend of mine once told me that a "Sticky Wicket" is not a good thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 If your display shelves are not glass, then buy some thin cheep single pane glass to place on your selves, then set your robots on the glass. If you want to be fancy buy a cheep mirror and glas cutter and cut it down to fit on top your shelves, its still glass and adds alot of light to the display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dratomic Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 My displays are glass. The situation with the wheels is a direct result of the heat. That's the only excuse I can think of. Heat, and immobility, I guess. They -- the wheels -- were somewhat softer to the touch when I examined them.My fear is that, as Henk once explained re: wires, heating the rubber and then letting it cool will decrease the wheel's elasticity. Not a tragic situation, compared to wires, but not a great one either.Oh well. So it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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