Will Huff's Lost in Space B9 robot build

So you still had all the casts from back when you build the first B9? Nice workshop...I don't think this is your garage, is it?

What a huge project....have fun!!!

Haha yes it’s my overfilled garage/shop! Yes I built those molds 13 years ago and I still make parts for the B9 builders club. So this video was shot two weeks ago. I’ve made 500 sets to date.

Unfortunately i I only have pictures of the process of making the molds, as I didn’t own a video camera at the time. I think this was before video on phones?!

OMG! This is going to be soooo Coool!

All I can say is WOWlove

Thanks for sharing those videos Will, so awesome to see the process!

Thanks guys! Hopefully i Will start my proper YouTube channel at the end of summer jumping between robot projects. Should be fun!

I'm thrilled and honored that my B9 robot has a full set of Will's silicone rubber parts. Legs, Arms and bubble lifter boot. Here's a video I took a couple years ago that does a good job showcasing how amazing these parts are. I can truly say that without these parts my robot would have not looked and moved like the real TV robot from the 60's TV show. In fact I can easily say that these parts crowns my robot and makes it better than the original.

Thanks Will for helping make a childhood dream come true!

Always great stuff!

thanks for the videos

Will   your remake of the video is extraordinary, I enjoyed watching every minute of it.  I am sure you made lots of B9 Builders happy.

Have you guys seen these sites https://www.reynoldsam.com/

http://www.silpak.com/

I believe you will like them

@Nallycat...thanks! I've made approximately 500 sets of these parts ovr 12 years!

@EZang60 yup i know them very well...here is my shop and 100 gallons of silicone..for my part making...

wow - I guess you DO know them lol

That is so cool!!!! I so enjoyed watching the making of the silicon parts. You make it look easy but haha I wouldnt even know where to start

Glad you like it. The great thing about my film background is my training started in the shops where I learned about all the manufacturing process.

As example the mold are made of a very strong epoxy and something called aqua resin. You could throw these things off a building and they would come out unscathed.

I’m able to mass produce anything like robots using similar techniques.

Will What or how did you make the original parts out of, to make the molds .

I was 12 years ahead of my time.  I used a computer to design the parts in Lightwave Modeller, based on the measurements on the hero parts from the original robot. I had the them 3D printed by a third party company (the big leg section was 3D milled by a robot arm ) The parts were sanded smooth and then molded. The reason for the intricate break away mold was so there were no seams on the legs or knees.

That was quite a feat for 12 years ago, was this 3d machine a cnc router and what was it milling for the model was it foam, wood, etc.

For the legs it was a robot arm. It was carved from dense foam. Like in this video.

The other parts were printed on the old powder printers.

Thanks Will that is very interesting.  I wish I had a 4th axis on my CNC machine.

Amazing videos!

Hi mcsdaver, you have great robots, I watched your videos,

where did you go, I have not seen you, please come back and display more of you work

Thanks

EzAng

fxrtst , what kind of printer was that?

What is a old powder printers? EzAng

It’s a early resin printer.

Thanks,

How are things with you?

EzAng

Good and busy making progress.

What is the latest on your progress?

EzAng

Hoping to have the first episode drop on Star Wars day May the 4th. So busy finishing episode 3. Need to be ahead several episodes.