Author Topic: Build your own R2-D2 (Read 16516 times)

Stingray · « **Reply #80 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:45:42 pm »

There's a wholesale plumbing place fairly near where I live. I'll probably go by there and check and see if they can get 18 inch PVC. I doubt they stock it, but they can probably order it. I'll probably end up having to buy a 12 foot lenght of the stuff though.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #81 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:49:27 pm »

Quote from: Stingray on June 10, 2005, 12:45:42 pm

I'll probably end up having to buy a 12 foot lenght of the stuff though.

-S

wholesellers usually sell their pipe at 20 ft.

so you may want to call first.........

Stingray · « **Reply #82 on:** June 10, 2005, 12:56:24 pm »

Great, I can build a whole army of astromechs.

I also found a place online that sells 18 wood tubes, but those are around $75. 20 feet of PVC probably wouldn't be any less. I may go back to my origianl plan of building a frame from tubing and skinning it with aluminum sheet. It would be a lot more work, but I could do it for just the cost of the aluminum, I have plenty of scrap tubing available.

I saw a trash can in front of McDonalds today that looked to be about the right size, and it was a cylinder, not tapered. I may explore that option some more.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #83 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:13:41 pm »

Quote from: Jabba on June 09, 2005, 04:21:04 pm

Quote from: missioncontrol on June 09, 2005, 03:27:53 pm
I am really wanting to build one too, but I've got so many other projects I'm working on right now....

Everytime I pass a trashcan or something else that could be used for the body I'm measuring it to see if it will work with the Dome your using..........

...I can see it now, an All Points Bulletin put out on missioncontrol by the local police force.....reason: theft of garbage can.......Opening scene: missioncontrol rolling garbage can down dark alley with cops in fast pursuit....

Stingray · « **Reply #84 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:21:27 pm »

Quote from: missioncontrol on June 10, 2005, 01:13:41 pm

...All Points Bulletin put out on Stingray by Mayor McCheese and the local police force.....reason: theft of garbage can.......Opening scene: Stingray running from McDonalds rolling garbage can down dark alley...

Can I wear a Hamburgler costume?

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #85 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:35:29 pm »

The Diameter is 18 for the body but I can't find the length of it......

Stingray · « **Reply #86 on:** June 10, 2005, 01:38:41 pm »

Neither can I. I still haven't checked the Astromech.net site when I'm at home. I can't access very much on that page from work for whatever reason.

-S

patrickl · « **Reply #87 on:** June 10, 2005, 09:24:41 pm »

Quote from: missioncontrol on June 10, 2005, 01:13:41 pm

an All Points Bulletin put out on Stingray by Mayor McCheese and the local police force.....reason: theft of garbage can.......Opening scene: Stingray running from McDonalds rolling garbage can down dark alley with All the MCDonaldland Characters cops in fast pursuit....

missioncontrol · « **Reply #88 on:** June 21, 2005, 01:54:38 pm »

Any progress to report Stingray ??

Stingray · « **Reply #89 on:** June 21, 2005, 02:01:22 pm »

Well I have the dome in the middle of my living room floor with the various panels drawn on it with a sharpie. I also have two gigantic sheets of styrene. So, not really very much to report yet.

-S

DarkKobold · « **Reply #90 on:** June 21, 2005, 05:09:19 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on June 03, 2005, 11:17:11 am

How cool would it be to build one and put brewing equipment in it?

Stingray · « **Reply #91 on:** June 22, 2005, 09:35:34 am »

Strangely enough, my wife seems to think the idea of building an R2-D2 replica is a really good one. I love that woman.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #92 on:** June 22, 2005, 01:06:32 pm »

Quote from: Stingray on June 22, 2005, 09:35:34 am

Strangely enough, my wife seems to think the idea of building an R2-D2 replica is a really good one. I love that woman.

-S

That's cool....

Does she have a sister with the same interest.........

Stingray · « **Reply #93 on:** June 22, 2005, 01:38:22 pm »

She does have a sister, however said sister is 14. She was born the year my wife & I started dating.

-S

Franco · « **Reply #94 on:** June 23, 2005, 10:05:39 am »

Kinda on topic, BYO H-Wing+R2D2!!

http://www.shawnandcolleen.com/shawn/Pages//hwing/

Stingray · « **Reply #95 on:** June 23, 2005, 10:58:35 am »

Even I'm not nerdy enough to drive around in that.

-S

rampy · « **Reply #96 on:** June 23, 2005, 03:24:18 pm »

You guys read MAKE magazine?

They had a whole thing about this sorta thing in this quarter's mag...

Plus it's got all sorts of cool projects each month, seems like it would be up many a byoac'er / tinker'ers alley...

*shrug*

rampy

rohan · « **Reply #97 on:** June 24, 2005, 09:16:49 pm »

That site is awesome! They had a link to some really neat-o projects like this one:

http://www.specimenproducts.com/instru/pac.html

missioncontrol · « **Reply #98 on:** July 24, 2005, 02:32:19 pm »

My boy must have been reading over my shoulder while I was reading this thread a while back.....

After he watched Episode 3 he told me that once I get done building the blue R2 then I could build a red and gold one too......

ChadTower · « **Reply #99 on:** July 25, 2005, 09:05:47 am »

Quote from: DarkKobold on June 21, 2005, 05:09:19 pm

Never get laid again. Except you are married, so you will.

You aren't married, are you?

Havok · « **Reply #100 on:** July 25, 2005, 12:31:59 pm »

Cool - I picked up one of these babies for $25 two years ago in KB Toys, I wished I had picked up the other one, they sell for 5 times that now:

http://www.hasbro.com/r2droidfactory/pl/page.instructions/dn/default.cfm

I am toying with the idea of gutting it (gently, so it can put back) and putting a mini itx mobo in the thing...

DarkKobold · « **Reply #101 on:** July 25, 2005, 01:10:44 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on July 25, 2005, 09:05:47 am

Quote from: DarkKobold on June 21, 2005, 05:09:19 pm
Never get laid again. Except you are married, so you will.

You aren't married, are you?

Clearly not. Are you insinuating that marriage is also a path to not getting laid?

ChadTower · « **Reply #102 on:** July 25, 2005, 01:14:42 pm »

No insinuation, I am stating demonstrable fact. Marriage is a darker road to zero sex than being single.

Havok · « **Reply #103 on:** July 25, 2005, 01:26:18 pm »

Agreed...

missioncontrol · « **Reply #104 on:** July 25, 2005, 02:41:39 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on July 25, 2005, 01:14:42 pm

No insinuation, I am stating demonstrable fact.

DarkKobold · « **Reply #105 on:** July 25, 2005, 03:04:21 pm »

Don't you all find that to be a ridiculously depressing fact? Is it that she is actively avoiding it, or it just doesn't intrigue you anymore? Is it anger between partners?

I am sure all marriages aren't sexless marriages.

ChadTower · « **Reply #106 on:** July 25, 2005, 03:07:53 pm »

Quote from: DarkKobold on July 25, 2005, 03:04:21 pm

I am sure all marriages aren't sexless marriages.

You're probably right. Some people lie about it, the same as they did when they were single.

dmsuchy · « **Reply #107 on:** July 26, 2005, 12:12:43 pm »

Stingray you gotta do this, anyone that builds a catapolt could get this project rollin!

Stingray · « **Reply #108 on:** July 26, 2005, 12:24:50 pm »

I've done a little bit of scribbling on the dome and some test glueing to see if my plan will work in practice. Haven't done much else. It's summer, and I find it to be very difficult to stay focused on an indoor project when I could be fishing or doing something else outdoors.

-S

dmsuchy · « **Reply #109 on:** July 26, 2005, 04:29:50 pm »

Man, now I have been thinking about R2 all day. I looked on ebay and they have these Pepsi coolers with his dome clear and the blue plates painted on and it still looked kinda cool. I'm thinking of using the bird feeder thing painting it, attaching his "eye" and other details yet keeping the dome clear so you can look inside and see a 15" LCD screen for juke box functions. I'll have to scetch around first to get a better idea, but what a cool idea this thread is!

IAmDan · « **Reply #110 on:** July 27, 2005, 11:52:18 am »

I don't know if any of you have seen this but one my of my roommates is trying to build us one.

http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures/248420/

dmsuchy · « **Reply #111 on:** July 27, 2005, 12:49:25 pm »

Thats the pepsi cooler I was talking about. Nice web site though, man I don't remember college parties being that crazy! But I also don't remember most of college these days anyhow.

dmsuchy · « **Reply #112 on:** July 28, 2005, 03:40:18 pm »

Stingray, any new info on your project?

Stingray · « **Reply #113 on:** July 28, 2005, 03:41:50 pm »

Not really.

-S

Quote from: Stingray on July 26, 2005, 12:24:50 pm

I've done a little bit of scribbling on the dome and some test glueing to see if my plan will work in practice. Haven't done much else. It's summer, and I find it to be very difficult to stay focused on an indoor project when I could be fishing or doing something else outdoors.

-S

dmsuchy · « **Reply #114 on:** August 15, 2005, 04:11:20 pm »

Still nada?

missioncontrol · « **Reply #115 on:** August 16, 2005, 11:44:38 am »

you ever find the height of the body yet??

Stingray · « **Reply #116 on:** August 16, 2005, 11:45:51 am »

I've actually completley lost interest, but I'm sure I'll pick it up again before long... after it gets to ge too cold to fish.

-S

Stingray · « **Reply #117 on:** November 14, 2005, 12:49:54 pm »

And you guys thought I'd never build an R2-D2.

Slightly smaller than 1:1 scale.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #118 on:** November 14, 2005, 01:02:25 pm »

That thing looks like you found it while poking around your septic tank.

Stingray · « **Reply #119 on:** November 14, 2005, 01:23:14 pm »

I never claimed that I didn't.

-S


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Author Topic: Build your own R2-D2 (Read 16516 times)

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