• Front matter
    • Lockdown finally made Sam build things
      • More on that later!
      • Ryan doesn’t know what tools he owns
    • Bugglebots 4K special
      • Vote here! (may require time machine)
      • Watch here!
  • 5 episodes of Battlebots 2020 in <40 minutes
    • P1
      • The robot is very good
      • Accidentally discussing the top 32 selection
        • A hypothetical 0-3 making the top 32?
        • Is 3 wins a lot of wins?
    • Beta
      • The hammer is very good
        • Magnets!
          • E F F I C I E N C Y
          • Firing while moving?
      • What have they actually proven in their 3 fights?
    • Kraken vs HUGE
      • The fight is very good
      • Effective flamethrower-ing
      • Kraken’s forged teeth
    • Tombstone vs Skorpios
      • The countout is very bad
        • Tombstone still seems to have a lot of mobility
        • Tombstone is still being attacked
    • Unaired fights
      • Fights less TV-worthy than Perfect Phoenix vs Extinguisher?
  • Spinnerproof’s robot building exploits
    • Ryan has access to CNC now
      • How and why - work stuff
        • The ‘real’ use of the machine vs the fun use of the machine
      • CNC ant spinner frame
      • Trying to avoid CNC-creep
        • The ease and fun of designing digitally vs designing as you build
        • The satisfaction of taking a hand-built robot to an event
      • The ‘training’ given by just watching CNC-based content online
    • Sam has been developing a weapon setup
      • “A more assertive hammer”
      • PVC - prototyping wonder-material
      • Using cogs, because they are cool
        • Initial brushed setup
        • The brushless setup
          • Thanks Joe <3
        • Brushless motor/gearbox setup
          • Thanks Alex <3
          • 1806 brushless outrunners
          • Adding a gearbox
      • Running multiple brushless motors
      • P R E C I S I O N
      • The power of using the correct screwdriver
        • PoziDriv vs Phillips (Spoiler: Posidriv wins)