Glue Experiment
Results of my initial glue tests were as follows:Gorilla Glue - Worked well, bonded tight easy to clean-up but I get the feeling that if I pulled with some pliers hard I might be able to separate the...
View ArticleLeg #1 Glue Results
Tonight I am going to re-glue the white pieces of leg #1. I will be using Goop and Gorilla Glue.
View ArticleLeg #1 Current State
Once I removed the clamps I tested the bond and it worked fairly well. I then reinstalled the #12 screws. Since I drilled counter sink holes the screws poked out just a bit on the underside. I then...
View ArticleLeg #2 Assembly Part #1
The boys and I got up this morning and decided to work on the other leg a bit this morning. So we cleaned off all the parts, broke out the JB Weld and clamped the parts together. I used the same dowel...
View ArticleHorseshoes Part #1
Once the kids got sidetracked I decided to assemble the horseshoe leg details. It is hard to see in the picture below but some of the holes in the plastic did not get cut all the way. So I grabbed the...
View ArticlePacking Up... Driving to Indiana
Today the family and I packing the car and driving up to Indiana Dunes to meet some builders. This should be a fun and interesting weekend as this is the first time we have packed the kids in the car...
View ArticleCookout in Indiana
What a great day. The kids had some really wonderful (and patient) girls to play with. We had some great food.I got a chance to talk droid with some experienced builders.Dream about parts. And more...
View ArticleHeading Home After A Fun Cookout
The trip up was good, the kids were great. The weekend was fun... We had a great time.Now it is time to pack-up and head home. I only hope that the boys are as good on the way home as they were on the...
View ArticleGet Up Early To Drive To St. Louis
Leaving tomorrow morning at 5am to drive to St. Louis for Contamination 3D to meet some builders and help man the booth for a bit. This should be a lot of fun and I am looking forward to another Droid...
View ArticleContamination St. Louis
What a fun show. It was really great to meet everyone had dinner with the flash and captain marvel. The droids were great. I got to pick Andy's (R7Dude) brain about my A&A build. Below are some...
View ArticleShow Is Over... Time To Drive Home
4pm time to drive home. Man I am tired so time to grab a red bull and a 5 hour energy. What a great show, I had a great time and learned a lot. Andy maybe able to make it up here to KC to help with a...
View ArticlePainting The Dome Before Cutting.... Ohhhh No.....
I am getting ready to paint my dome tomorrow and I have not cut out any of the panels yet. I know I know this is really not the order you are supposed to do things in however as I am not sure how long...
View ArticleTime To Prime The Dome
today I primed the dome. I used Kilz primer in a spray can. I sprayed 2 thin coats then sanded the primer. Then added an additional coat and wet sanded the primer then a final 4th coat and wet sanded...
View ArticleStarting the Metallic Coat
Time paint the metallic color. I am going for a high shine, highly reflective paint job. I am using Rust-Oleum metallic and metallic finish. The plan was 2 - 3 base coats of standard metallic and 2 - 3...
View ArticleMetallic Coat Finished
OK I gave up.... After I finally got a near mirror finish on the dome I spotted 2 runs and 3 odd "dots" in the paint and it was showing every possible in perfection to such a level that my 3 year old...
View ArticleEL Wire... The Not So Traditional Droid Lighting.
If you are not familiar with EL Wire check this out. I just got my samples in from two suppliers and I really like them. I need to pick a color and then decided if I want the .9mm or the 1.2mm they...
View ArticleThe Painted Dome.... almost done
First let me start by saying I am dumb as I forgot to take picture of the masking job I did that took me almost 3 1/2 hours to complete. I used the yellowFrog Tape and I have to say this stuff is worth...
View ArticleTesting Color Changing Paint
On droid number 2 I wanted to do something a little different so I am testing thecolor changing paint from Rust-Oleum. I grabbed some small aluminum sheets from the local hardware store and gave it a...
View ArticleKansas City R2 Builders Logo!!!
Yes!!! I love it the logo for the Kansas City R2 Builders group is now finished what a great job KC Web Geeks did designing this.
View ArticlePolo Shirt
I decided to create a polo shirt to have before I go to CVI. Here it is: Embroidered Polos by Vistaprint
View ArticleParts... Electronics.... & Organization
Took inventory of all my electronics and parts this weekend. It seems I still have a bit to go on collecting parts for droid #2
View ArticleAnother Shirt
Once my kids saw my R2 KC shirt they wanted one so here is my T-Shirt design Kids' T-Shirts by Vistaprint
View ArticleInternal Electronic's Prototyping "Vision" part 1
This weekend was mostly filled with the smell of solder, piles of wires and polymorph, My goal this weekend (which I fell a little short of) was to have R2-A6's (color changing paint makes him also a...
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