R5 Skins

And this is how it looks after cutting.
I only cut the areas where I will have something mounted or a opening for something to open.
When your working the skins you need to decide what will open on your droid.
I will only have one large door opening and the charge port opening.



Since the 3mm (1/8) Styrene has not arrived yet, We decided to work on the skins.
We all took turns using the cutting table and I've got 1 inner skin almost finished.
I went ahead and cut the sides, bottom and top down to the print.
But this is how it looks with the blueprint spray tacked to the styrene.

Once the frame material arrives, I'll have tons of pics to post.

Ryobi Trimmer

This is the Trimmer I bought at Home Depot for around $80.00.
It's small and compact, So it should be easy to use.
The bottom of the Trimmer has 4 small screws that the large plate mount, But I
plan to use these holes for mounting the Trimmer upside down on a wood surface
to cut the frame circles. You can see the large plate has the same mounting holes.
I won't use the large plate except to get the measurements for mounting.

Once I get the Trimmer setup, I can start cutting my frame.
Everything I'm doing to build this droid is the Dave E. design and
he made a Trimmer setup just like this setup.

Finally Posting

Ok Guy's,
I'm finally getting ready to actually start the build of my R5.
We're ordering the styrene this week and I will start posting the progress.
There will be tons of pictures, I'm trying to make this build as a pictorial
for other builders to follow.
As soon as the plastic arrives, I will get started.

Center Foot Update 2

Here's where we stopped today.
I'm going to continue this on my wife's blog.
www.r3t7.blogspot.com

Center Foot Update

Here's how the foot looks now.
It's rough, But it will look better soon.

Center Foot

I know I said I was not going to post any new items until I
get the build on track, But my wife needed a Center Foot.
So here's the drawing on 1/4 inch (.250) Polystyrene.
This will be different than Dave's design, But I wanted
something really strong.
More to come.

Closing the Skirt

Front/Back is now closed.
All we need now is to cut the Ribs for the skirt
and do the final putty work and paint.
Now again, This Skirt is for my wife's droid and
I will be building another for R5.
This will be the only project that was done early
in the build. The next post will be on schedule.