Slowly but Surely

“And, stop calling me Shirley.” Leslie Nielsen, Airplane 1980.

Ok then. It has been a few days since Willy posted anything and we all are wondering as to WTF is going on down in depths of Wailer Work's Skunk Town. Upon a well-coordinated visit between Homeland and Shirley, Wailer Works AA, we found a dizzying array and assortment of mismatched Rover parts. Surely, the concept of rapid prototype, rinse and repeat has not escaped this outfit. I mean how many times does it take to get one simple right angle suspension arm done correctly. Might have to cut back on the medicinal weed deliveries for a while.

As it turns out, rapid prototyping is a huge advantage of using 3d printing for initial development. Particularly for those rocket scientist who can’t use a friggin micrometer. Measure twice, print once, measure again, convert into inches per millimeter, take the dimensions into Excel and repeat until the stupid part actually fits. Then move onto Part B ver. 5-7.  





Space Junk

And, then just when we had surely lost faith in Shirley we come to The Table. The Skunk Works is actually making headway even though we think it is becoming as much Head Shop as Work Shop. That said, lookie here Grasshopper.

A working suspension and a left hand body side with appropriate instrumentation adapters, gasometer grommets, access doors and a place for Matt Damon’s poop.




Bob's Exoskeleton

What’s next? Got to get that body in better shape. In fact, now that I think about it, Old Bob Rover/Rover Bob's body is not the only one around here needing a little conditioning.