Cool ROBOT: With magical LED powers

Welcome

This is my Instructable of how to build a Cool Robot with magical LED powers.

This design is entirely mine I did not base it off of anyone elses plans. I just started making it in Google Sketchup and it evolved into what it is.

I initially called this robot  a WOABOT. What the heck is a WOABOT you ask?

WOABOT stand for

Wood = WO
and = A
Robot = BOT

WOABOT

What does my Cool Robot with magical LED powers do?
I'm so glad you asked! 
Ok well first it's magical because it looks so cool in the dark.

Cool Robot/WOABOT doesn't move around the room, at least not this version yet. He does look extremely cool! It is a multifunctional base for other projects. It's uses are quite diverse, for instance; The original idea was to have the LED's wired to my PC sound system and they were supposed to flash to variations in voltage of music or sounds. Currently I have them wired to stay solidly lit off a 12 volt transformer.

Here are a few other ideas I came up with which Cool Robot/WOABOT could be used.
It can be used as:

• a money bank,
• a storage area to hide valuables,
• or contain an external CD-ROM case (see the instrcutables robot belly),
• you may also use it as a PC camera mount by installing webcam components.
• another thing you could do, and is one of my favorite ideas, is to install some speakers on the body to make an external PC speaker system box,
• or you could just do whatever you wanted to with it.

 It is very simple to build and I would love to see someone else make it out out cardboard or Styrofoam. Adobe would be cool too, but would just dirty the place up, you could call it ADOBOT, but people would get it confused with the transformers.

You will find that a lot of the parts on WOABOT are interchangeable, such as the feet, arms, legs, shoulder sockets and neck. However they are not all assembled in the same order. Make sure you read the text and view the pictures on assembly methods. 


Now lets get started go ahead to the next step,

Step 1 Safety

Safety info:

There are a lot of safety aspects you need to be aware of if you build this like I did.

1. Electrical Hazards- Don't fry yourself, duhh.....
2. Pneumatic Hazards - Don't shoot yourself with a nail gun or stick the air hose to your ears.
3. Sharps Hazard - I used different saw tools with lots of sharp teeth.
4. Flying Debris Hazard - Use eye protection.  Can you guess why?
5. Hearing Damage Hazard - Use ear protection when operating loud machinery, or the wife's around.
6. Idiot protection - Keep others out of your work area while using all of your cool tools.
7. Any Other Hazards - If I haven't named it before it goes here.

Oh, I also wear work gloves a lot, I hate splinters.

Lets move on to the next step, make sure you don't trip over anything (because you are stepping you know)