Homebuilt ROVs Forum

looking great! I think the chopping board is the way to go, its a bit of a pain to cut curves in, but nothing a file and sandpaper cant fix. Im looking forward to seeing what you come up with :) Hi, my brother has a CNC machine which I used to cut the sides and base out for my ROV it was also used ...

Looking good, I've built my camera housing now, have a nosey and give me a shout if you need any information.

I based based mine around electronas design purely as I liked the look of it.

Keep up the good work.

Dave

Looks nice! For hull penetrations, going out the back plate is probably going to be logistically easier. A curved section of identical material would be slightly stronger, but harder to seal against. You can make your own pass throughs, or buy one of the various waterproof connector sets. I'm using...

This is a close up of the flange welded to the tube and ground flat

Nice design. How do you keep the rings into which the bolts screw in, onto the tube? and how did you make the cylinder water pressure proof? Hi, I had the two end flanges welded on, then I had the faces ground flat, the dome end will be sealed with silicon and bolted together perminatley whilst the...

This is the camera housing, anybody used something similar?? I don't know wether to bring the cables in through the back or to add an aluminium tunnel in the top.

Hi Steve.

I have three 500gph bilge pumps converted to run on three blade props.

Two for forward & reverse and these will also be used for turning.

Then the other one for up and down.

I've put all the frame together and I'm waiting on my grub screws to hold the motors in.

Thanks Dave

The sides are from a chopping board, as they are cheap and easy to machine, I have also made the motor mounts from the same material. The two sides are joined using m6 stainless steel threaded bar with stainless nuts and washers. I bought the dome which is 100mm diameter and made from clear Perspex....

Hi all,

This is my first ROV and thought I'd share the build process, I'm new to ROV building but have always been a tinkerer.

I started by producing a CAD drawing on my computer then I order the parts to build the hull.

This is a photo of the sides been cut out