Astromech Droid

I printed out some brackets to attach the dome to the riser.

I am using velcro between the dome and riser plate so that I will be able to separate the two if need be.

I also drilled holes and cut out the mounting plate for the dome motor.

For the motor I will be using a servo powered gearbox from servo city.

I got some more work done on my astromech this week!

I ordered some 0.5 inch delrin square stock and will be using it as the speaker and skin mounts on the frame. For the skins I got some high grade velcro and will be using it to mount the main portion of the skins to the frame. At the skin seams however I will need to screw the skins to the frame to ensure the seams dont move around.

I was also able to sand and paint the booster covers black. I need to finish up one of the legs and I will be able to then paint and finish up all the leg details

Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to go to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, Ca for their engineer's week. A few of the R2-Builders were there with their droids. The group did a presentation about the club and answered questions about how they are made. I cannot wait to get me V4 wired up and start impressing people with the functionality of ez-robot

Really good work so far. Is that a Media Creations frame? It looks like one. I have one too. I have it put together but have been too chicken to permanently glue it.

@Zap Brannigan yes the frame and main legs are both media creations
His quality of cnc parts are amazing! I was afraid at first too but as long as everything is straight and flush with the outer rings the frame glues together perfectly.

in my experience so far with the styrene frame: I am not gluing the skins to the frame so my frame has quite a bit of flex to it. To reduce flex I am screwing in the delrin square stock to both mount the skins and stiffen the frame up. If you're gluing the skins to the frame though you will not have any problem with flex lol

@Robot56 I bought the frame and the skirt. The frame is high quality, but the assembly instructions are sketchy so it makes me nervous. The "glue" actually welds the parts together so once it's done, it's done. No second chances.

true the instructions arent the best... the legs were even worse than the frame.

I used weldon 4 ( thinner than water and an applicator bottle) to "tack weld" the frame together initially. you can usually break the weld if you really need to fix or change something. Once I was happy with the fit and finish I then used weldon 16 (ticker like syrup and comes in its own application tube) to finish and really weld all the joints together. weldon 16 also dries a lot slower so you have the ability to move things around before it sets up

Great work ! I am the lazy guy from instagram ( the one who is slow to post updates on my build process ) you commented on my R2 build @robot56

@jayutmb haha hey small world!

I'm super jealous of your build so far. After seeing yours with ez-b I really want to get some wiring into my droid and at least get the dome lit up and spinning on it's own

How did you control the dome movement? Is there any position feedback or is it just a continuos motor like what most of the builders use?