Moving the Dalek Eye stick...

http://www.stephenhobley.com/blog/daleks/

How to move an NSD eye stick using a Trico wiper motor, a Sabertooth controller, 80lb fishing line, springs and a bit of aluminium...

This is probably very long and boring for none Dalek builders, but it's taken me ages to come up with a scheme that works.

So maybe you can take something away
from it...

Next step is to interface the Arduino serial port to the Sabertooth and install the rotation encoder.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Dalek
• Sabertooth
• Motor
• Control

[tardiskeeper6]

@CaliforniaBlonde000 You could make a computer-generated version. Either 2D (i.e. cartoon) or 3D (Blender, Maya, 3Ds Max).

[CaliforniaBlonde000]

Wow, this is so cool! I'm going to attempt to build my own Dalek, and I'd love fancy motorized parts like yours, but this doesn't make any sense at all to me. XD I have more of an artistic, rather than mathematical, mind.

[Rohan2300]

as a comrade Dalek operator...here's my two cents,

awesome work, I'd never have thought of half the stuff there, useful reference material :) I've been considering the idea of motorising a dalek myself.

on the other hand, roving around with a sign hanging on the dalek saying "Dalek hug Squad" or similar has advantages. ladies love hugging daleks....and I see out of the neck bin....

perhaps I should privately rename my dalek "Dalek Perv"

great work anyway :)

[cowman850]

@christhonglong its cheaper to build your own, rather than buy one mate.

[ytbigjim]

nice work

[christhonglong]

just curious do you know any one selling a nsd dalek cheers chris

[jfarr245]

have you been able to write the code for arduino to interface with the sabertooth yet? I have both an Arduino and Sabertooth controller and am trying to figure out how to control the sabertooth. Any links/help you could send me would be appreciated.