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What’s This about Heat Treatments? 110
Where to Get Metal for Robots 110
Recap of Metals for Robotics 110
Metal from Your Home Improvement Store 111
Metal from Craft and Hobby Stores 113
The Metalsmith’s Art 114
Chapter 12—Build a Motorized Metal Platform 122
Making the Base 122
Using the TinBot 127
Chapter 13—Assembly Techniques 129
Screws, Nuts, and Other Fasteners 129
Brackets 135
Selecting and Using Adhesives 136
Chapter 14—Rapid Prototyping Methods 144
Selecting Lightweight Robot Materials 144
Cutting and Drilling Substrate Sheets 146
Rapid Construction with Semipermanent Fasteners 147
Chapter 15—Drafting Bots with Computer- Aided Design 152
Making Drilling and Cutting Layouts 152
File Formats for Vector Graphics 158
Using Laser- Cutting Services 158
Producing “Quick- Turn” Metal and Plastic Prototypes 159
Chapter 16—Constructing High- Tech Robots from Toys 160
Erector Sets 160
Fischertechnik 161
K’NEX 162
Other Construction Sets to Try 162
Construction with Snap- Together Components 163
Specialty Toys for Robot Hacking 165
Making Robots from Converted Toy Vehicles 166
Chapter 17—Building Bots from Found Parts 170
A Dozen Ideas to Get You Started 170
Experimenting with “No- Cut” Metal Platform Designs 171
Using Wood and Plastic Samples 175
Keep Your Eyes Peeled and Your Tape Measure Out 176
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