I don't necessarily need robotic welding arms, but also, I don't know that I don't need them.
What are some fun or useful ways these could be put to use?
What could I do with these that's fun?
I don't necessarily need robotic welding arms, but also, I don't know that I don't need them.
What are some fun or useful ways these could be put to use?
oh great. another thread for the 12 year old virgin brigade.
I'm not sure you want to meet the non-virgin 12 years olds.
basically, metal 3d printing is a cool thing
Replace the welder with a drill and place it in a circular track. You could CNC huge blocks of plastic or metal.
does it work tho?
>What are some fun or useful ways these could be put to use?
Build a miniature version of the killer goliath buzz saw from nier automata
>some fun or useful ways these could be put to use?
Fill the hole in our hearts left by the disappearance of six-axis sexbot guy.
How does he just disappear suddenly after all that? I can only assume he got it working right and turbo jerked himself into a coma.
Are there two of them? Then make them weld themselves together to make a giant robot geodude
put them on a wheeled cart with a generator and all the control hardware and shit and program it to wheel itself around like an oldschool amputee
You know how to program fanuc? And you have millwright experience? And probably industrial repair and diagnosis experience?
No I don't know how to do any of that, but I do have cnc experience and have worked in aerospace all my life, making weird mods on aircraft and such.
My biggest issue with these is I'm just now noticing they weigh 3000 lbs each. They are super cool and I have no doubt I could get them operational, I just don't have the means to move 6k worth of stuff.
check out the auction here: https://www.gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/261955
Excellent advice, otherwise.
I was thinking you could take the welder out. It's probably peak quality. And then sell the discrete components on ebay.
If they are 3k lbs, get a trailer. Drive it over there and have them load it up. Bring it back to your place. Park it. Part them out from the trailer, until you are down to parts light enough for you to move them off the trailer.
>get them operational
Have you considered that they run on three-phase power most likely?
yeah, I mentioned that above.
doubt there's anything there worth more than scrap value
maybe the old servo drives to the right buyer
Replace welder with a 3d print head for a pretty good build volume. The welder is probably stiffer than most printers.
You n could hire someone to move it but it's probably as much as the welder
Yeah that's definitely do-able. it would make printing bigass stuff pretty easy. Another thing I don't want to have to mess with is the power requirements on these. if they're only 220vac, id be amazed.
>Buyer must pack/load/remove item from agency
If I had to move this shit without heavy equipment I'd make something I could shove into those lifting holes on the end that gave enough space to lift a corner or an end with a floor jack. From there I'd replace the jacking rig with some heavy duty casters, probably secure them end to end with a ratchet strap so they don't pop out of place, and winch it onto a borrowed tilt-bed trailer. Wa la.
Probably 3-phase.
It looks like they cut a number of the cables on the right one near third axis and the cabinet looks awful on the inside. You may have to spend 500+ on connectors and spare parts before it even powers up. Sure you could do cool stuff with them but if you don’t own a welding company it would be a very expensive hobby at best
Yeah. It would be cool if they were all cleaned up and repainted, and to have these in my office or living room as decoration. I saw some of these once at an expo and they had massive TVs mounted on them, that slowly moved around and followed the crowd. It would be cool to have that, but outside, with fake machine guns instead of TVs.
Add high power lasers and use them as security.
Make a 3d printer using a welding gun.
Replace the welding heads with swords and make them fight each other to the death.