Some good progress

Doesnt sound like much but I did do some good progress this weekend. My battery boxes were all cut up to fit around my last drive...so now that the drive is redone and fits inside the foot better I can actually have battery boxes that look right...so I cut out and patched the pieces that were cut out using sintra in the boxes themselves...

I also patched and filled a few spots in the feet...and used a heat gun to bend the sintra to fit. Now when the battery box is on all will look good....no obvious cutouts and drive housing sticking through.

I also got the second foot drive all mounted and glued into the second foot shell. That took some dremelling to fit the motor inside the shell...and then some filling at seams..and where I cut through to the surface when I dremelled.

I also fixed up the crack in foot #1 that was created when I bolted it to the ankle...just needs some touchup paint now. I also properly connected the wires in the foot and tucked them out of the way.

All tedious stuff that didnt amount to much..but I made some good progress. Should have foot # 2 mounted in a couple of days..after its sanded and repainted (after seams dry).

Then I have to add a bit of height to the center foot so the shell isn't dragging on the carpet...I should be able to just use some washers..

We're getting there....soon I will be back to where I thought I was 5 weeks ago. :)

One foot back on!!

I had to rebuild the left foot these past few weeks..too many squeals and was runnign too low. I remade the foot drive brackets...tried to fit them intot he existing shell..broke that in the process..reglued...rebondoed...repainted....YUCK!

I finally got the foot back on. It is much better..much more clearance inside, 2 wheels for better traction and higher off carpet so no more dragging. Now time to start rebuilding foot #2...YUCK!!!

Here is the rebuilt foot with new drive bracket inside..


Here is the old right foot with the new bracket beside it....I hope this one's rebuild goes better!!



Here is my new bracket. If you look in the top channel you can see a stopper plate. That will seat up against the ankle so the foot stays flat and does bottom out (eliminating the need for a caster in the rear foot to hold the foot flat).

Logics replaced

I got new logics! They are Leons board and Cam from astromechfactory soldered the LEDS for me!!! Sorry for the poor quality in the video...this was the best I could do.

My PSI light flashes too fast...not sure why. I have the little thing on the board turned all the way to slow it down...I think it may have to do with how the front & back are in parallel off the same 9v battery?

Anyways the logics are AWESOME! SOO BRIGHT!!!!!

Frustrated R2 Builder

I am soooo frustrated now!!

A few weeks ago I tried attaching batteries directly to my foot motors to see if they would work..and they did not. Nothing but problems..wheel slipping, things rubbing, and squealing etc etc. I bbit the bullet and redesigned a better foot motor mount that was supposed to fit inside my foot shell. After struggling with problem after problem I finally had one drive mounted and seemingly working..then I tried to push it into my shell....and it broke apart.

I now have to rebuild the shell a 3rd or 4th time..soooo sick of this! If a miracle happens and it actually ends up working (after I reglue, bondo, repaint, etc) then I have to go through all this again for the second foot.

I don't have time for setbacks like this!!! NOT having fun!

Jason