Building R2D2
12/31/21 - Orders list has been updated for 2022.
10/09/21 - Work proceeds slowly. Having to deal with real life can be a pain :-( The Covid pandemic isn't helping any!)
I've had several builders ask about Booster Covers so I'm taking a diversion to re-work a design I had done previously and document it.
06/03/21 - Work has begun on a design for a R6 Dome. You can see the preliminary design here.
There is very little documentation on the R6 Dome so I'm looking for
input from the R2 Community on some of the choices made for the 3D
printed parts that go into filling out the skins.
02/03/21 - Work continues on the 3D Printed Parts
pages both to add new parts to the inventory and illustrate what the
finished parts look like. For parts that were designed to be attached
using screws we've started using hot melt threaded brass inserts
instead of attempting to tap threads into the part holes. There are a
lot of parts to paint on an R2 so we will also be adding a design for
an inexpensive spray booth. I can only use my garage during the spring
& fall, It's too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. I
needed the booth to be able to spray indoors all year round!
01/17/21 - I have only recently been advised that there was
a revision to the rear door skins. see the following thread on the R2BC
website: https://astromech.net/forums/showthread.php?39424-CS-R-Rear-Skin-Correction-For-Accuracy I have revised my CS:R Rear skins and are now shipping corrected skins. I'm also redesigning the CS:R rear door frame so that
the rib is again centered on the panel line.
10/16/20 - My CNC shop has had to
pass on increases in the costs of Styrene sheets. They have not done it
for over 3 years. Price
list has been updated. In some cases there has been no price increase
as I've been able to absorbed the extra cost for some of the parts
packages. See my web
page at: www.r2d2-cnc.media-conversions
09/02/20 -
Updated Shoulder Horseshoe to V2.2 - added/clarified assembly
instructions - this is the first of several overdue updates to the
website. Similar work is also in progress on the R23D - 3D printed
Parts website.
04/04/20 -
After 3 months of prototyping parts and revising the design, I'm
releasing the Outer Foot Drive & Shell design using .188 thick
styrene. The basic design has not significantly changed. Tab and slot
clearances have been adjusted to make the assembly easier and the parts
assembly sequence has been adjusted to take those changes into account.
I've left the original set of instructions up on the website and
recommend that you review those instructions BEFORE you look at the new
.188 version instructions. As always, if you have ANY questions at all
please ASK! It's a lot easier to clear up confusion before you glue
parts together than it is to try to pry those parts apart after you
find out your guess was wrong.
- I've added some drawings to the
Box Beam Legs Assembly instructions. My design for the legs was done
when .250 styrene sheet was available. When it became unavailable, the
design was converted to use 2 layers of .125 styrene, the drawings
however were not updated. The new drawings are designed to clarify what
thickness, and how many pieces, are being used during the assembly.
11/17/19 - I have converted the
NextGen Frame over to using what I'm calling a Tab Core. No PVC pipe,
No Sliders. Makes it easier to manufacture and assemble. Description here. Since I'm making changes I'm going to solicit suggestions for other changes to the NextGen Frame. One suggestion, made a while ago, is to provide 2 of the dome
drive spur gear. Doubling up it's thickness makes aligning the drive
gear with the mating ring gear easier. Have a suggestion of your own? Send me email:
fpirz (at) media (dash) conversions (dot) net.
For Order Status see the 2022 Orders List.
For
the packaging and pricing for CNC cut parts packages see my web
page at: www.r2d2-cnc.media-conversions
For
the pricing for 3D printed parts see my web page at: www.r2-3d.media-conversions.net
R2D2 is copyright by LucasFilms Ltd.
All other material on
these pages is copyright Media-Conversions LLC. You may use my designs to create parts for your personal R2 Build.
You may not make parts from my designs to sell to others, or assemble a droid from my parts to sell to someone else.
Frank
Pirz
Media Conversions LLC
Welcome
to the Media
Conversions R2D2 Construction web pages.
Background - A
little bit about me and why I want to build a full sized replica of
R2D2.
R2D2
Construction
There's lots more to building a Droid than meets
the eye. Particularly if its going to be mobile.
Document Packages
For the longest time I've been embedding my Document
Packages (.zip files containing drawings in both .pdf and (autocad)
.dwg format) in with the web pages that describe the parts.
Unfortunately I have not been completely consistent in the way I
formatted the links to those packages. To fix that problem I've brought
all of the packages, and their links, together here.
Parts Packages
I
have been approved by the R2BC Builder's Council to offer CNC cut parts
packages based on the designs I have posted here.
Additional information on the parts packages is on a
separate set of web pages. See: r2d2-cnc.media-conversions
DroidCon II
Media Conversions attended
DroidConII and Presented two talks. See all of the DroidConII material here.
3D Models
As
part of the design process I create 3D models of
the R2 parts that I'm building.
I'm using Alibre
Designs 3D design package and I'm publishing the models in STEP AP203
(.stp) format in English (inch) units.
The Models have been given a separate set of web pages. The 3D
models page is here.
Robot Library
Useful reference items
Contact Information
Contact me using: fpirz (at) media (dash) conversions (dot)
net
Legal Notices
R2D2 is copyright by LucasFilms Ltd.
All other material on
these pages is copyright Media-Conversions LLC. You may use my designs to create parts for your personal R2 Build.
You may not make parts from my designs to sell to others, or assemble a droid from my parts to sell to someone else.