Out doing charity work..
Before this weekend, I had to abandon the upgrades and mount everything that was not yet all finished back into R2. It was time to go for an outing! We (as
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Octagon Volume Control part II
To continue from the last post , where I built the octagon volume control, It has now been installed in the droid. I replaced the hollow mesh aluminium pla
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First Ever R2 Builders Sweden Gathering!
This weekend marked the first ever R2 Builders Sweden gathering! We met up at Nixon's place, some had to travel further than others (think 600 kilometers,
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Octagon Volume Control
Continuing on a previous post , I managed to do some more work into this. Basically, the process of cutting off the knob on the octagon port from the insid
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New Dome Logics installed
As the avid reader might have noticed, a while ago, I decided to upgrade my logic displays in the droid from just standard LED's to using fiber optics, som
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Website hacked!
Just a quick note: my R2 blog has been down for a day due to hackers. I have no idea what type of lowlife people would hack a hobby site with no financial
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Upgrades and fixes..
A little while ago, I listed a number of things that was on my "to-do" list on R2 for this year. After starting to get some order in my workshop (if only b
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Domeworks, part II
On the 9th of April, I posted a lot about how I was fixing up my dome for the first time. I have, now and then put up posts of more work, but nothing has b
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Fixing a hobbled droid, part II
So, once the shafts were drilled, it was time to play the waiting game. I wanted the wheel hubs to sit firmly and not spin, but also retain the option of s
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Fixing a hobbled droid
The past year, I've taken R2 out on various outings and had lots of fun. However, I've made the biggest mistake of them all. "If it ain't broken, don't fix
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Heaviest charity job yet..
So, Christmas is upon us and it should all do us good to take some time and think about the people who are not as fortunate as the rest of us. Last week, m
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R2 and dealing with a somber reality
This weekend, me and R2 was in Gothenburg for the annual Sci-Fi exhibition. We did arrive one day early in order to visit Drottning Silvias Children's Hosp
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