mrbaddeley

Legs, 36 degrees and hubs..

R2D2 constantly challenges the design skills, trying to puzzle out various problems and trying to fit everything into such a small place. This weekend has been about 6 hours of designing the legs, get...

And the legs begin...

So we're now have the version 2 of the Body complete (still needs more modules but I'll get onto that.. So we start with a new design for the legs based on CSR specs. Just looking at two lengths as th...

Rear panel greebles

So here the fixings for the rear panel coin returns and power coupler printed. Nice fit and solid but removable if you need to replace for whatever reason.

Rear Greebles Posted!

Hi all, The Rear Panel Greebles have been added to the Rear Panel. They come with a bracket to hold them into the rear panel. Just printing to test them but I'm sure they'll be spot on :-).. This conc...

The pain of a prototype

I knew it was coming, I printed the base using a previous (unpublished) version. The first design didn't cater for the rear panel, so I had to dremel it back and print a couple of parts to convert to ...

Back panel fixing

So, first fit (and the panel isn't finished yet) of the back panel. The centre (missing) panel is held in with magnets, when removed it gives access to a hatch with the locking mechanism in. So simply...

A little bit about orientation...

3D isn't too bad, designing for 3D printing needs much more grey matter effort... So in 3D printing land we have the six pain in the a**'s

1) We have gravity! Therefore it's either support...

Back panel design...

Just putting the finishing touches to the back panel. I've built in a hidden fixing mechanism which I'm hoping will work well. Just printing the first few parts out then I'll shared the files once I'v...

Skirt fixings

Here's the skirt finished. The plates are to hold M6 captive nuts in place in the main skirt, which bolts to the underside of the frame. Every part has engineered fixings.

Ready for more ABS

Today I've been doing a bit of Printer prep! I got a new Prusa i3 mk2 and need an enclosure to get reliable ABS prints. A superb IKEA lack table hack is available on Thingiverse so built the first par...

View from the top.

The upper ring fitted

Main body complete!

Just tested the final ring and it fits! At last after a couple of tweaks and reprints. I've also test bolted the parts together (I'll put a list of screw / bolts I've used hopefully in the instruction...

Upper ring

Just adjusted the upper ring on the frame. Slightly reduced the scale and tweaked the edges. Fit's like a glove now! All files updated on the share.

Skirt & Top body ring added...

I've updated the instructions for Body version 2 and added a couple of extra parts, the full skirt is there along with the upper ring which holds the top of the body together. I've finally got hold of...

3D printing...

I'm getting my act (and files) together. Up to this point I've been designing for myself, sharing the stuff as I go and building stuff. My shared OneDrive folder will be the main repository for all my...

R2D2 version 2 body files and more....

Ok folks, I won't be sharing the full R2D2 design completely  on Thingiverse. It's a real grey area for these files now and Astromech.net will be my main area for Astromech related designs. ...