Next feet set

I will build another set of feet in the next days...so stay tuned...

Better check my parts that i have on stock .. 

Ready for Franky

 The parts for frank's R2 are finished:

Two different versions

there are two different versions of ali skirts used for the film r2´s.

a rounded version and a square version.

to get both versions i let made them from my lasercutter shop.

because skirt number one is almost finished... 

 

 

i can soon begin on skirt number two...

Finetuning

the last work on the outer ali feet for my buddy frank...

adding small amounts of bondo here and there to get a smooth surface.

same on the super lightweight battery boxes.

then some light grey primering and i am done. 

next on the agenda; a next set of lightweight ali outer feet...

Welding and grinding

The skirts parts are welded together now. and the stripes for the front and rear are cut in length... here taped to the surface...

Preparing...

The last parts arrived and i could start the build of the Ali skirts...

 

Bending the front and rear sheets...

Ali skirt parts

The last parts are finally here to realize an Ali skirt for my droids...

Teeces kit

for the imperial droid we needed another light kit for the dome.

pic will follow

funny thing, that on the french forum a builder offered a set for a good price. i couldn´t resist and bought it immediately. 

so the imperial droid we build will probably get an ali dome...or not??!!

Another Ali Dome Set

 it is here finally!

i got a complete ali dome with all panels, plus a periscope kit and some other 3d printed parts for the teeces from manuel from spain!

pic will follow.

the astromech father and son build can continue...

Ali outer feet set

i build a set of ali feet for a buddy of mine. 

pic will follow

he gave me in exchange a fiberglass body, two domes and some spare parts in resin and ali. 

two acrylic 500 mm domes to build another bb-unit were in this lot too. this can be a bb-9e. the mean black imperial version of bb-8.

so this unit would be great together with the imperial droid i will build with my son.

Ali stripes

for the skirt i ordered 36 small stripes in the right dimensions.

so i can finish all three ali skirts. two with the wrong roundings, one with the right square opening.

pics to that later...

Super Lightweight battery boxes

Today i welded a pair of super lightweight battery boxes...

And look at the weight...

Domes

The Ali Dome is coming from spain. Today i got a message from Manuel, that he brought the package to the Post Office.

And the acrylic perspex Dome is on his way to me from England.

When i have them here, you will get a pic of them asap!

 

 

Center foot Cutout

the skirt dimensions are far from being ok. so the outlet area for the center foot is too small.

it doesn´t fit through the hole.

so i took one of my waterjetcut ali parts i made for a set of two skirts and changed the dimensions with a blue marker.

then again the airsaw was needed to make some place...

here before the work...

And here after...

Now the foot has enough place:

Clone wars utility arms ??

i made some years ago a set of utility arms in the clone wars version, so the form is completely different...

this could be a cool look of the droid.

Octagon port cutout

on the fiberglass r2 body that i got, is nothing the way it has to be.

normally there is an octagonal hole in the body, where the octagon port has to be.

well, normally...

have a look here...

okay, so again i have to use the airsaw, to get rid of the stuff disturbing me!

Dome cracks

Some more or less severe Cracks or broken off Fiberglass Chips have to be repaired on one of the dome...

What is a circle??

Certainly not the shape of the Fiberglass body i got from Frank.

So it wasn't his fault,  he just got it from another builder long time ago.

I laid an Ali Dome Ring on top of it, seeing that it was far from being round. Here a pic with the Fiberglass dome:

Two Cuts beside the shoulder openings down some Inches with an air saw and an air disc grinder later, i could solve this problem...

 

With a strap belt all was towed together. 

Now some Special glue and some Fiberglass from the inside, plus some putty from the outside, some sanding here and there and this problem is history too!

A visit from the north

Frank came along and brought me a bunch of parts...

Two clear acrylic Domes, two Fiberglass Domes, a Fiberglass R2 Body, some Resin parts and some remaining Ali parts from a frame, as well a lazy Susan Ring bearings.

Ali skirt parts

My lasercutter and waterjetcutter made me two Sets of Ali parts for the skirt.

Pic will follow...

But the waterjetcut Part had a small designing error.

There was a curved Line instead of a straight one.

Pic will follow.

I won't throw the Sheets away, so i use it on my droids.

I don't care about this, because it is almost invisible.

But a new Sheet is ordered.

Here you can see the Sheets already rounded with my new machine:

 

Fixing points

 To get the Drives fixed to the feet (or vice versa), my Channels have three holes for screws.

A big hello !!

hello to all curious persons visiting my r2 related blog! 

i hope that i can give you enough informations about my r2 parts. 

in case you have any questions concerning details on them, don´t hesitate and feel free to ask me.

you can visit my r2 parts side on  

 

www.prostreetnotch.jimdo.com 

Todays visit...

...at my preferred metalshop and lasercutter, as well waterjetcutter, was no success. 

the parts for my ali skirt weren´t ready yet.

i hope to get the parts for it this week, so i can build it maybe the next week.

so stay tuned for more news!