Slowly things are beginning to fall into place. The biggest problem I had was lacking the resources and parts needed for what I wanted to accomplish. Things have changed and the project is moving ahead again.
On the servo front. A package arrived today with 15 servos. These will be the servos I will use in the mouth of the headpiece. I had also purchased connectors for these servos. These connectors will allow me to easily connect the servos to the mask so that they can be removed easily when they burn out.
Unfortunately the spacing on the connectors was incorrect. The servo uses a pitch (spacing between the pins) of 1.25mm and the headers (the part they plug into) uses a spacing of 1.5mm. The good news is that I found a supplier on EBay that offers the parts for a much cheaper rate. So I put that order in tonight.
I also picked up a new Dremel (the old one stays in the garage) along with some accessories and a stand to make it easier to use the flexible shaft attachment. The Dremel is for a lot of things but the biggest help will be in forming some of the plastic pieces as well as drilling on the circuit boards. I started playing around with it to work on a final version of the mandibles that will be part of the face mask.
I also received the Nickle Chromium wire that will be used in the smoke unit. Unfortunately I think it is a bit too heavy and requires too much voltage to heat up. I am going to do a bit more research and see if a thinner gauge wire can be heated enough by lower voltage. I may even draw out some of the wire I have to test it.
Finally, I am starting to hit the books again to make sure I have some of my electronic circuit design correct. I picked up a few more books to help me.
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