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MICKE ASKERNÄS / THE BUILD JOURNAL
One part at a time.
Droids, props & the work that brings them to life.
204 entries · 2011—2026
ASTROMECH / WORK IN PROGRESS
The archive
Every build, every step.
2026
10-17
Ghostbusters Project: My thrower arrived
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2021
03-31
Working on something new....
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2019
06-02
R2 2.0 - First real build day
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05-29
Disaster and a new beginning
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2018
02-24
200 posts! Time to launch the Robocop Project!
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02-21
Ludicrous speed GO!
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02-19
New Year, New projects
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02-18
Ghostbusters Project: Final installation
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2017
06-11
Ghostbusters Project: Finalising the pack
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06-09
Ghostbusters Project: Finalising the Booster
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06-08
Ghostbusters Project: Building a Booster
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06-05
Ghostbusters Project: Assembling the Pack vol. 1
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05-24
Ghostbusters Project: Mounting the pack
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05-22
Ghostbusters Project: Like a glove!
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05-20
Ghostbusters Project: Metalworks
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05-02
Ghostbusters Project: Attaching the N-filter
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04-14
Ghostbusters Project: The first money shot
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04-10
Ghostbusters Project: Shell base painted
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04-09
Ghostbusters Project: Shell updates and updated motherboard
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04-08
Ghostbusters Project: Prepping the shell and acrylic tip
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03-31
Ghostbusters Project: Another charging plate!
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03-27
Ghostbusters Project: Making the charging plate
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03-26
Ghostbusters Project: Cutting up the N-Filter
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03-20
Ghostbusters Project: Prepping the shell
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01-05
Ghostbusters Project: Modifying the Clippard
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2016
12-06
Why 3d printing IS a good tool when making props... if done correctly.
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06-25
My 3 year old has a brain tumour. #goEmma
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05-25
Doing good is sometimes hard
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04-24
A New Build...
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2015
12-29
Coming Soon: Building R2-D2 v2.0
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11-12
Buy a lightsaber and help me in my progress
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10-20
BB-8 progress
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10-07
BB8 Dome nearing completion
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10-07
Friction Welding to alter appearances
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10-07
R2 gets a mini-me!
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10-02
Vicker Viscount Reading Light Mount
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09-14
3D Printer Upgrade: Cable Chains
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09-13
BB-8 Progress
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09-12
3D printing for charity
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09-02
Fixing a cracked ABS print, part 1
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09-01
Still #NOTBUILDINGBB8 ..
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08-31
More mini pieces...
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08-30
Ankle Work
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08-27
Small things...
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08-26
#NOTBUILDINGBB8
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08-26
Parts!
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08-25
A working Computer Interface Arm...
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08-25
My Makergear M2 3D printer upgraded!
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08-25
Fixing a wobbly leg
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08-24
New, Improved Compads!
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08-24
R2 meets Snel Hest
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08-24
Mini update!
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05-19
Disaster, Recocery and moving along...
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05-12
Side speaker mount done!
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05-12
Almost faceplant, repairs and small upgrades...
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04-23
Free roaming in Vällingby City
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04-12
More Data Panel..
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04-05
Data Panel!
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03-31
A short clip...
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03-30
Out doing charity work..
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03-23
Octagon Volume Control part II
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03-23
First Ever R2 Builders Sweden Gathering!
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03-21
Octagon Volume Control
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03-21
New Dome Logics installed
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03-21
Website hacked!
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03-15
Upgrades and fixes..
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02-14
Mini progress
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02-06
Introducing the Mini!
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2014
01-14
Domeworks, part II
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01-14
Fixing a hobbled droid, part II
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01-05
Fixing a hobbled droid
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2013
12-19
Heaviest charity job yet..
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10-17
3D design and Blasters from a galaxy far far away...
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04-10
The next project: Making a Stormtrooper!
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04-09
R2 and dealing with a somber reality
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03-30
Bowling for Barncancerfonden
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03-24
Finally ... new panels!
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03-19
Picture of the day...
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03-18
Upgrades Galore!
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03-11
Things for sale...
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01-22
3D printed ankle cylinders!
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01-09
R2 3D printer parts!
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01-06
R2 electronics upgrade
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2012
11-30
Ready for the event in Stockholm!
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11-25
More pics of R2 from the event..
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11-25
Biker Scout 2.0
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11-23
A bit of an outing. R2 meets a millionaire.
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11-20
R2 sighted in public!
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11-14
Configuring the XBee's
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11-10
The final stretch..
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11-09
Ok, then, just a few pictures..
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11-09
R2-D2 Complete!
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11-08
I'm so close to the finish, I can smell it!
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11-08
I got this feeling.. somebody's watching me.
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11-07
Almost there... (stay on target)
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11-05
Weathering the body
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11-05
Last minute construction work
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11-04
Brand new droid no more...
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11-04
Biker Scout Ready!
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11-01
Almost there...
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11-01
Updated paint list
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11-01
Another quickie..
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10-31
Just a quick update...
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10-28
Fixing up the power couplers
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10-25
Proper Paint Performance
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10-24
Proper drinking attire for an R2 builder
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10-22
To repaint or not to repaint. That is the question
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10-21
More Biker Scout
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10-19
More Biker Scouting
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10-16
Biker Scout progress..
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10-14
A little bit of paint...
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10-14
Teaser...
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10-11
First painting done and new acquisitions!
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10-11
Mounting the Ankle... stuff
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10-11
Building an ankle wedge
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10-08
Second side vent
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10-07
Side vents: do they work as well?
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10-07
Building a pocket vent - the comic book version!
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10-06
Finished my first Pocket Vent
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10-06
One year.... wow!
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10-05
Opening the vent
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10-03
So it has finally come to this...
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10-02
He's making a list and checking it twice..
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10-01
Becoming a bikerscout?
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09-30
Eradicating Irregularities
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09-29
the small things
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09-25
Re:Wired
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09-23
Many more small fixes...
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09-22
Looking up R2's skirt...
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09-20
Small fixes
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09-17
Evening Post
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09-17
Things that go Bump in the night..
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09-17
Monday morning lobotomy
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09-16
My R2 is now signed by Kenny Baker!
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09-16
Hollywood Memories...
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09-14
Proper R2 Building Attire...
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09-14
The list of things to come...
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09-04
Fixing my shoulder hubs..
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08-25
Fixing the Horseshoes!
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08-25
Small changes...
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06-23
How much does an Astromech Droid weigh?
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06-21
More tiny detail work....
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06-19
Test driving in the street
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06-16
Dome sort of completed and some other stuff...
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06-15
Priming the dome...
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06-13
Center vent speaker holder
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06-12
Paintjob started
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06-10
Long time but no building...
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04-12
Split Personality
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04-09
Domeworks
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04-04
R2's first steps in public...
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03-29
More Coin Returns and Cutting Technology
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03-26
Modified Electronics and New Coin Returns
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03-21
Logic in the rear..
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03-20
Cutting Logic
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03-19
Foot Shell done, and droid mounted!
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03-18
Second foot shell..
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03-15
R2-Fake2
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03-14
Boxing Day!
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03-12
Battery POWER!
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03-08
Electronic Bloodshed!
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03-07
Slicing up the head!
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03-07
New arrivals!
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03-06
Dome Wrestling and sanding and bonding and priming...
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03-02
Scratch building ankle cylinders!
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03-01
More horseshoes and dome measuring.. and some booster covers!
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02-28
Horseshoes!
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02-26
Not much done over the weekend..
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02-24
Skirt complete and first steps..
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02-22
R2 is now wearing a skirt and has a detachable center foot mount!
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02-21
Fixing the rockler bearing and more body work..
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02-20
More skin work and coin return!
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02-19
Skirt, dome, feet and skin work!
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02-18
Wheels on for the first time!
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02-16
Main ankles and shoulder hubs... and blood offering (again) ..
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02-15
Inner skins glued in place, center ankles just about finished!
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02-15
Slip Ring explanation
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02-13
Biggest post so far...?
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02-11
Routing and bodywork!
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02-10
More work on main ankles...
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02-08
Back into Building!
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01-18
D-Day (Dome-dagen in Swedish...) (and ankles...)
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01-17
Center ankle - COMPLETE
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01-16
Fine detail day..
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01-15
Oh, yeah... Almost forgot:
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01-15
6 hours of building today..
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01-14
I see a half moon rising...
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01-14
Main foot almost done...
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01-10
Center foot done!
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01-09
New parts, feet getting done and some more stuff done..
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01-05
Legs galore!
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01-05
Nail polish remover, center foot and more sanding!
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01-02
So another day of building...
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01-01
Some new years building progress...
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2011
12-30
More building done ..
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12-27
Today's job.. cutting plastic and semi circles..
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12-26
Skins completed, plus my fridge has been restrained...
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12-25
Started work on the skins!
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12-25
A cheap, working solution for lights in the Holoprojectors...
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12-22
Gripper arm blueprint.. ?
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12-22
Some pics of the parts assembled so far..
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10-27
The collection of parts has started!
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10-10
The saga begins...
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10-06
So now it's finally time...
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