September 04, 2020

Glynn & R2-D2 walk across the Humber Bridge for CALM charity

Glynn & his R2D2 raising money for CALM charity

 Tomorrow Glynn & his R2-D2 will be walking the length of the Humber Bridge.

Checkout the live feed on the Droid Builders UK YouTube channel from 11am UK time.

And please donate to this worthy cause here. Lee & Sam will also be there too.

September 03, 2020

R5’s centre leg - ankle detail update

 When I originally fitted the ankle detail, I hadn’t permanently fix it to the leg. I just used hot glue. It lasted surprisingly well. But as the retaining strap is used in this area for transportation of R5, it eventually got knocked off.

So it was time to fix in place properly. I made a cardboard template to mark suitable hole locations with.

Cardboard template

I had to redo the hole position as I forgot the drill wouldn’t be able to reach the upper hole location, so moved it down a bit.

Of course this was after I’d already drilled the ankle detail lol.

Ankle detail with location dowels

So the upper hole was plugged. It didn’t have to but it did for me.

I didn’t need to glue in as the holes/dowels were a tight fit.

Ankle detail in place

Ankle detail

Next up: finishing installation of the electricals.

3D printed RC receiver holder

 Started this little project a while back, as with the new electrical layout, I wanted a holder for my Volantex Exmitter RC Transmitter’s receiver unit that’s installed in R5.

The original idea had a bottom/base.... which it didn’t actually need, so was removed & an open slot added for a securing screw. I designed in matching angels and edge lips so the receiver can't 'pop' out the top.

Test fitting the holder.

After a few attempts, I was finally happy with the design.

Progress of fine tuning the fit of the holder

This holder can now be found on my Thingiverse page.