Skirt complete and first steps..
So, I gook the R2 unit outside and sanded it off good, before going wild with a 2-component bond (Plastic Padding). This was supposed to harden within 10 m
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R2 is now wearing a skirt and has a detachable center foot mount!
Felt a little better today. The cold is definitely on its way back, and I've taken things easy again. However, there are a few things that I've done on the
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Fixing the rockler bearing and more body work..
Will this never end..? Today, I have suffered from a gigantic cold, but managed to crawl out of bed around lunchtime and did some work on the droid! First
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More skin work and coin return!
Hello =) I'm glad that YOU decided to read my blog again today =) So, today has been one of those days where I made good progress, but mostly on small thin
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Skirt, dome, feet and skin work!
So.. Looking under the skirt... A lot of time over the weekend has been spent with just going over fine details. Sanding, tweaking, that sort of thing. I d
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Wheels on for the first time!
Since I had friends over tonight, I've only had time to work on fine details, and constructing my arm boxes. During the evening I had to show off my R2 in
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Main ankles and shoulder hubs... and blood offering (again) ..
Hello! So, I decided to finish off my main ankles and played around with attaching them to me legs. The ankles came out great, and I drilled and tapped for
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Inner skins glued in place, center ankles just about finished!
So, apart from making the slip ring explanation, I did glue the inner skins in place. It was a bit scary, as any mistake here can be hard to undo later on.
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Slip Ring explanation
I received a question about how my slip ring solution was, and I thought I'd explain it in unnecessary detail here: These are the pieces I cut out and the
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Biggest post so far...?
Wow! A lot of things to report after today! First off, I finished gluing the frame together as promised! When the glue was setting, I did do additional wor
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Routing and bodywork!
So, the weekend started with me getting in the car early saturday morning to drive the two hours down to Sigge. We had planned to get as much routing done
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More work on main ankles...
So, I spent the evening with fixing my ankles! I started construction before my vacation, but now it was about time to continue work on these. Basically, m
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