Upgrade Your Egg to Mech!

In Easter you can see eggs of all kinds: painted eggs, decorated eggs, chocolate eggs, candy eggs, boiled eggs, and so on.

So, I wanted to make something different with my eggs, so I created a Mech Egg!

For building it, I used plastic parts from toys and two piano keys. The egg base was made with a deodorant cap.

This instructable has two parts:

1. How to make the Mech body (motionless) to use it as eggcup (WARNING: this is a prototype and uses plastic junk from different sources. Food safety is not guaranteed.)
2. How to install an electric motor to transform it into a VibroMech Egg!

I'm participating in the Egg Contest. If you like my instructable, your vote will be very appreciated!

(Here is a previous instructable using a plastic egg, just in case you need more ideas)

You can find most of the materials from broken toys. Even from a toy gun I got the motor and some cables, and the triggers from four guns where used as pincers for the robot.

So basically, I need the following items:

• Deodorant cap
• 4 plastic triggers from toy guns
• 2 piano keys
• 2 blue covers for electric sockets
• 1 chair from R/C car
• 1 plastic box for earplugs
• 4 iron long pieces
• 1 3V motor
• 1 switch
• 1 AA batteries holder
• bolts, screws and iron washers
• Assorted plastic pieces from toys.
• Super glue

TOOLS:

• Dremel rotary tool
• pliers
• screwdrivers
• hot glue gun
• soldering iron

I found two plastic pieces from a R/C car, and they look very suitable for the arms, so I drilled them and attached the triggers using bolts and screws, to make them look like pliers.

Using a screw, I attached the deodorant cap to the plastic chair. Then I drilled a hole in each side, to attach the arms using screws and bolts.

I attached a socket cover (foot) to an end of each piano key, and I attached the iron pieces to the middle of the keys.

Before drilling the holes, I had to check where was the best place to put the legs. I tested with a boiled egg, to verify the center of gravity of the mech, even considering the installation of batteries and motor. After that, I attached the legs using screws and bolts.

Why everytime I use the kitchen, it has to become a mess?

After eating the egg, it was time for the second upgrade: VibroMech Egg!

The mechanism works with a basic electric circuit: batteries are connected to a motor and a switch in one of the cables activates the mech.

I modified an earplugs plastic box to house the motor, and I drilled some holes to pass through the cables.The motor was fixed inside the box using hot glue. The switch was installed in the clip of the box.

Using screws and some hot glue, I attached the motor backpack and the batteries holder to the back of the mech.

I fixed a plastic knob to the motor plastic attachment, and I inserted a screw in the knob, to add some weight.

I attached the unbalanced weigth to the motor.

I placed a new boiled egg in the cockpit and I painted a "revenge" face on it. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Enjoy your eggs!