Glynn’s R2 takes on The Humber - #CALM charity event

Details and more can be found @ Droid Builders UK website!

DBUK2020 raised an amazing £8500 (see droidbuilders.uk/youtube)

but they are not stopping there….

Glynn Turner came up with the idea with his home built replica R2-D2 to drive across Humber Bridge on September the 5th 2020 a massive 2.2km North to South across the bridge in East Yorkshire.

How can you help??? Well, you can donate and share this link droidbuilders.uk/r2humber and help Glynn achieve a very difficult challenge. We hope to live stream the event so keep an eye here for details.

Thank you and good luck Glynn.

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK. Anyone can hit crisis point. CALM run a free and confidential helpline and web chat 7 hours a day, 7 days a week for anyone who needs to talk about life's problems.

#CALMcharity #droidbuildersuk #r2d2 #thelongwalk

Transmitter switch cover update.....3D printed

 What a nightmare trying to match up the thread for the new switch nut on the transmitter. After three attempts, I decided to go with one of my original ideas, which was to fit a switch cover/lock. So after a few iterations, I settled on this version.

I recessed the nut into the lower part of the bracket, making it easy to fit onto the threaded part of the switch. The locking part is pinned with a sel-lok pin through and is not too snug a fit onto the switch arm itself. This just means that the switch can't accidentally be triggered, not that it could be as it requires an amount of actual force to click it. But it looks good rather than just having the nut.

I'll post up on Thingiverse soon. So click follow and/or on Twitter for notification of it going live.

Droid Builders UK - You Tube Channel

 

Check out the Droid Builders UK You Tube Channel: click link here

It has video tutorials on all aspects of droid building, 3D printing, soldering, just to name a few. So if you interested in droids, these are the video's your looking for!

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Tutorial - Remote Control Drive setup - Droid Builders UK

 The video tutorial I made for the Club, is now up online.

Dual Remote Control Drive setup Tutorial for Droid Builders Live,

is a 'how to' video showing how to connect up the speed controller,

transmitter and motors.

click on the link above to watch over on the Clubs You Tube Channel

#youtube #droidbuildersuk #ukr2d2buildersclub #speedcontroller #rctransmitter

CALM Charity update - Glynn's R2D2 long walk

"The Droid Builders UK event, raised an amazing £8500 during our event (see droidbuilders.uk/youtube) on the 1st August with DBUK2020, but we are not stopping there...."

"We are updating our campaign to support Glynn and his home built replica R2-D2 drive across Humber Bridge on September the 5th. As part of the UK R2-D2 Builders group who will be raising funds for '#CALM'. Glynn will be driving his replica of R2-D2 a massive 2.2km North to South across the Humber Bridge in East Yorkshire. Share this link droidbuilder.uk/r2humber and help Glynn achieve a very difficult challenge."

"We hope to live stream the challenge so keep an eye here for details. Thank you Glynn."

#CALMcharity, #R2D2Buildersclub #droidbuildersuk

Funko Pop Astromech 3D - Finished printing update.

 The second half [rear] printed great and didn't require much clean-up. The support did come away for the antenna, but it still printed ok.

half sections together

The above picture shows the two half's together....no, your eyes are not playing tricks on you lol, the centre line is angled. I thought the dome and body were all lined up on there plan's, but only the dome was. This isn't a problem though as the side dome rods help hide the join.....plus once painted etc. And the body join line will be hidden once the legs are attached.

And here is the almost finished model. Not glued, just propped up together.

Funko R5-D4 Astromech [3D printed]

I had to get stl versions created for two fellow builders who's droids were not produced by Funko. These will all go up on my Thingiverse page, once they have been printed and checked as OK.

I have also completed the battery box hoses to a more satisfactory (me) standard lol. I forget that once printed, the details that I agonizes over....don't really needed to be worried about.

Battery box hoses

A morning [5 hours worth] working on another dome not produced by Funko, so a bit or artistic licence has been taken :D. Again the body/dome will be one non-bobble head piece. 

It's blue but not R2....??

R6-LE5 dome

The owner was very pleased and will be printing the full droid version soon.

Funko Pop Astromech 3D - Finally....almost finished

 So in my last Funko POP update, I mentioned a few new ideas to print off the parts and the time involved. I will admit that the printing times are something I don't enjoy lol.....especially when it's just development/testing prints.

The works printer has been tied up since I got back into the office, frustrating, but hay, it is there's lol 😃. I did get to print the updated legs, feet and battery boxes, now with less inner's to print, saving on material and time. These only took about 4 hours to print and because they were separate's, I could print them in their best orientations. These came out great, though I would recommend upping the infill lol 😃 (think I had it on 10%). I've updated my Thingiverse page with these new 'hollow' parts.

Next up was the body/dome print. This print will be for the NON-bobble head version I've been working on, as this will also be an option. I wasn't happy with the length of time it would take for a test print and if it didn't print ok or fail, it was a lot of filament to waste. So I half sectioned the model and printed the front half first. This saved on time/filament as hardly any support material would be needed.

It printed better than I hoped! Some parts on it didn't print 100%, scale was too small for the detail to be printed and these I have slightly modified for next time. The print time for this was over 8 hours, so left it to print overnight.

And here's the first half printed off. You can see the details missing around the centre vents and the utility arms, more to do with the settings I believe.

I set the printer to print the rear half over night....

It printed great, though the support did come loose for the antenna, but it still printed, so it actually looks like the original bent version lol.

........More updates to come including another dome...!

Sounds for droid 2020 - 1.6 transmitter switch test

 Forgot to post this.....

A few weeks ago I was asked to do a tutorial video for the Droid Builders UK Live 2020 event, check out the website here & the You Tube channel here. It didn't get aired due to time, but whilst I was working on all the electrical's, I swapped over the transmitter switch I had originally fitted, with a momentary version.

The original 'switch' was a dial which wasn't needed so after watching some YouTube videos on how too, I swapped it for a switch.

Here are my Blog links to prev. work done.

• Switch Part 1
• Switch Part 2

I wanted to have a momentary switch, rather than a normal 3 position one.

As I had already done the hard work in Parts 1 & 2, this was just a simple un-solder and re-solder the new switch.....except that what I didn't realise at the time was that the thread is an M6.....not an M5. So I'll have to make a new switch nut.

Funko Pop Astromech 3D - build update

Been working on a fully assembled printable version as well as one without the 'bobble head' effect, similar to some of the other Funko Astromech's produced.

I've also been reducing the amount of fill, see image above, by making some of the components, hollow. To print a full R5 would take around 16 hours, assembled, though printing the parts as individual's takes about 18 hours.....

......more progress updates soon.

R5 Button Badges

Button badges.....with an old skool type safety pin

Dia 25mm

Had a few made, well.....just because.... may add them

as an option on my Etsy page.

DBUK 2020 - Charity #CALM - **total so far £7700!**

Just another plug for anyone wanting to donate to this great cause.

So far amount raised is £7700!!

Click on the above image or here for the link

Thank you for your support

Interested in droid building?? Then check out the following links:

Droid Builders UK

UK R2D2 Builders Club [UK devision]

Workbench lockdown 2020 - new paint & finished seat

I found a small leftover tin of  black Hammerite paint.

After cleaning off dirt and chipped paint, I started with painting the vice.....and then the visible parts of the metal bench framework. There’s still some parts I need to paint, but so far it’s looking good.

The seat needed modifying, the arm was just a few inches to short, so when sat on the seat my long legs would hit the bench. I found a extra piece of the steel angle and some flat plate. Had to buy a carbide tip drill bit to drill the holes through, then clamped the pieces together.

Next up I used some 18mm thick leftover wood stapled on some thick foam that I had for the dome bag projects. To cover it I used some of the material also used for the bags.
It’s not bad and is actually comfortable to sit on.

The extensions isn't great, but it's holding my weight lol, I'll probably look at upgrading in the future now I know the concept works.

Since this picture was taken, I've removed the yellow bearing, and replaced with a spacer/washer.

Created a new picture frame - R1, SOLO, TROS.

Been meaning to do this for ages but couldn’t find a picture frame the size I wanted. An A3 size wasn't long enough. Eventually decided to just buy one larger and cut it down to size.

laying out the mini poster prints & patch's to determine size

Measured up the pictures, A5 size, plus space for the stickers below them. Took the frame apart and measured it up for cutting. Never done anything like this before so was a bit hesitant about cutting the frame. But I managed it and it turned out ok.

I didn't have a Rogue One patch, as one was on the hoodie I had. I did tho have the sticker version. So swapped the other two patch's for their sticker equivalent.

 

And after pealing off the sticker protective paper.....

Three awesome films I've been fortunate enough

to of worked on and been able to take part in.

DBUK 2020 Live - round-up

Both Lee & Sam, co-hosted Droid Builders UK 2020 Live, on Saturday 1st August.

The event was in replacement for the clubs now annual summer get together.

Check the videos out on their YouTube channels, the tutorials will be posted up soon as well as the interviews.

The event was supported by ......

3D Filaprint

Sideshow

M2

Roboteq

Who donated some amazing prizes up for auction on the club’s eBay page.

All the money raised goes to CALM.

Raffle results can be found via this link.

These helped raise a fantastic grand total of......

Saturday 1st August 2020

The event was to raise money and awareness of the charity CALM.

Here is the link to the Justgiving website in support of CALM which gave you a chance to win Droid Builders prizes.

 

If you want more information about #CALM

please Google them or alternatively click the link or picture below.

CALM

Thank you for your support!