Ankle Work
Since the dawn of time... well.. since R2 was finished originally, that is, he's had a pair of heavy resin bulks under the Ankle Cylinders. The Ankle Cylin
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Parts!
–What do you mean "my parts are showing"? In addition to making the odd compad and some special request, I am also doing some parts for friends. I am not d
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A working Computer Interface Arm...
For a while, I've really wanted to make a working "computer interface arm". I had one made in aluminium a while ago, but this proved to be way too heavy fo
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Fixing a wobbly leg
Hurrying a build will always come back to bite you later! When I originally built my R2, I was in a building frenzy. In a way, it was almost therapeutic fo
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R2 meets Snel Hest
(This is a silly Swedish in-joke, sorry) Earlier this summer, me and R2 (well, only R2, really, I just tagged along) was invited to iis.se , that is respon
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Disaster, Recocery and moving along...
Last week, I took R2 out to a gaming/cosplay convention in Uppsala, Birdie Expo! Birdie is also one of very gracious sponsors of the VERY nice R2 Builders
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Side speaker mount done!
Quick update. I drilled the metal brackets holding the new speakers, coated the inside of the "pockets" where the speakers will reside with black felt.. ..
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Almost faceplant, repairs and small upgrades...
I took R2 out a little while ago, since there was a huge Star Wars fan at work who was leaving the company, and I decided to bring R2 and make his day. On
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Free roaming in Vällingby City
Yesterday, me and R2 had some fun! We were out in Vällingby City in the evening and caused quite a commotion and had a lot of curious kids and adults askin
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More Data Panel..
Will this never end? MORE on this data panel nonsense? Yes! Indeed! First the easy bit: I removed the 3d printed coupling once again, and superglued it in
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Data Panel!
So, A long long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.. I had temporarily mounted one of the inside panels of R2 with duct tape. The circuitboard was assemble
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A short clip...
Just thought you might enjoy this short clip from the weekends troop. Special thanks to Anna Vikmanis for being an awesome Leia.
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