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Battery hoses and screws.

After some testing I’ve printed flexible braided battery hoses and fittings. Basically you have s flexible hose, a plastic inner (all printed) which keeps the shape. At the battery and foot end I’...

Centre Leg Frame instructions

Just catching up on some instructions. This is a quick one for attaching the centre leg. Fairly busy weekend, I've been experimenting with printed Battery Braided hoses, actually happy with the result...

Link for the Fusion 360 designs

Here's the link, not changed but added more stuff :-)

http://a360.co/2xI3tNx - Password mrbaddeley

New Fusion share update

Hi all, I've added the latest (and final) Battery Box designs and Foot Shells to the Fusion share, (Dedicated Patreons, $5+) you'll see a post with the link shortly, or the old link should be updated ...

R6 dome first test print

And the link to the R5 dome designs

http://a360.co/2xHhK8o is the link.. password is mrbaddeley as always :-)

Links to the R6 dome design and the foot drives

Thank you Dedicated supporters, here the links to the original R6 Dome Designs and the Foot Drives designs. Password is mrbaddeley 

Any derivatives I'd appreciate if you'd reference the source,...

Couple more Fusion designs..

Got the hang of this, I've added a couple of Fusion 360 designs to be shared with the Dedicated Supporters level (and above). The R6 Dome and the drive system. Obviously all files are shared freely an...

Interface Arm finished (with instructions)

The Interface arm has now moved from the wip folder to the main early bird Patreon folder, the instructions have also been published so we're ready to Rock'n'Roll. Have fun, happy printing and thanks ...

New Dome! R6 Ready for printing!

Sooo.. Here's a little gift for you all. A unique R6 dome which fits the standard build (and will fit a more traditionally built Astromech (nearly typed R2 there!) It's all cut and ready to go in the ...

Basic Dome ready for test printing

I've done the first cut on the R6 dome. The lower and upper ring is simply the same part printed 6 times and fits together with a dovetail (again slight sanding may be needed depending on the toleranc...

Battery Boxes finished (at last) and interface arm.

Test printed the fourth revision of the battery boxes. I’ve had to cut them to minimize warping. The curved areas combined with flats is a challenge but these seem to print fine. The only tweak I ma...

R6 Dome update

Hey, here's the nearly finished design for the R6 Dome. I need to split / cut this for printing and add a couple of greebles, but wanted to share the progress and design. As always this will be in the...

Dedicated Supporters - New Stuff

I'm trialling sharing the Fusion360 designs to add more stuff for our "Dedicated Supporters" (and above). These are links to the original Fusion 360 designs. Initially I've put the Body and two cuts o...

Trialing Design Share... let me know what you think?

I've added some more stuff for the Dedicated Supporters. I've put a few original Fusion 360 designs to be shared as a trial. Initially it's the body (quite a big design) and two cuts of R2 domes. I wi...

A slight diversion....

Though I may throw a couple of domes into the hat for my lovely Patreons....

Next on the agenda..

We’ve pretty much got a basic droid now. (Actually far from basic when you have moving holoprojectors, gripper arms, interface arms and utility arms. This means R2 has at least four arms! Never real...

Ninja too flex....

Just a quick note on the flexible parts for version 2 mechanisms. I will update the instructions but I used Ninjaflex Cheetah for all flexible parts NOT just Ninjaflex. Cheetah is much more rigid and ...

Battery Boxes - Update

OK, the first version worked, but the height will cause splitting / delamination so I've split the boxes into 4 prints which stack / glue to minimise warping and splitting. Also the front Battery Cabl...

Battery Boxes in the Patreon Share!

Ok, I've just uploaded the Battery Boxes in the Patreon Share, they're in the wip folder. I have not printed or tested them, so that's my next step but for early testers please feel free :-) Mike,

Battery boxes !!

We’re very close to the release of ver2 battery boxes. This pretty much completes the whole unit from a outside point of view. Loads of work on electronic mounts and other modules. Happy printing :-...

Video of the arms...

Interface Arm, utility arms and gripper arm fitted and programmed. (Sketch in Patreon share). https://youtu.be/83VweuP4ufM

Interface Arm

Finally finished the interface Arm, high tolerances but think it works! Publish this weekend at sometime (files are in the wip folder if you want a play). Recommend .1 layer height, high resolution is...

Interface Arm nearly ready

Next arm is nearly ready for the early bird Patreons! Just printing the mechanism at the moment....

Interface Arm

So the next release is the interface Arm. Just finished the design but need to modify the animation mechanism. Basically it will go in and out whilst rotating. The first design doesn't run smoothly so...

Stay safe

Thoughts are with all our American friends and anyone caught up in Irma from the UK! Stay safe and wishing you well.

Remixes for R2

Hi all! Want to share what looks like some great work by the wider Thingiverse community if you haven't seen it. Rorlin has released a couple of models for our dome (whilst a remix, they are not my wo...

Utility arm mechanism test.

Quick video showing both doors, gripper arm and newly programmed utility arms. Files in early bird Patreon share, need to add instructions. 2017-09-06 07:22:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Final post of the evening.

We have the gripper arm and both utility arm servos installed and running from the Adafruit 16 channel controller. Instructions will be shared this week in the Patreon early bird share! Enjoy.
2017-09-03 20:54:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Testing the 360 share (and a Patreon gift!)

OK, let's test the 360 share capabilities. Apparently you can share the design, make it downloadable and protect it with a password... So I've done all three for the dome design. The link is 2017-09-03 20:27:18 +0000 UTC View Post