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myAstromech
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myAstromech Channel. I'll be documenting the progress on my Astromech Droid Builds here as well as some other SciFi related projects. I'm currently working on a Full Scale R6 Droid (inspired by Star Wars) called R6-T3x.
Update for May 2021 - Bucketheads and Droids
Just a 2 minute update talking about Star Wars, Bucketheads and Droids.
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Building a Star Wars Scrubber Droid - Part Four
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This is the Forth Video in my series Building a Star Wars Scrubber Droid. This one takes us to a point where the Scrubber Droid is aesthetically complete but I stop short of putting my Drive System in place. I will be getting this thing moving soon, but I have other projects to get to in the mean time. Here are some links for the Bucketheads and Transmute Pictures stuff referenced in the video;...
Building a Star Wars Scrubber Droid - Part Three
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I'm continuing my break from building my R6 Astromech and still working on this Star Wars Scrubber Droid. What I thought was going to be two videos looks like will be 4. This Video shows me finishing off the Greeblies on the back end and getting the Aluminum Details sorted.
Building a Star Wars Scrubber Droid - Part Two
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I'm continuing my break from building my R6 Astromech and still working on this Star Wars Scrubber Droid. The body is nearly finished, in spite of my Successfully finding a primer that Will Not Bond to HDP.
Building a Star Wars Scrubber Droid - Part One
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This week I'm taking a break from building my R6 Astromech Droid and working on a Scrubber Droid. This is the guy seen Toddling around the Naboo Hangar in Episode One The Phantom Menace.
Design the R2 Ankle Details in Fusion 360
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This is just another Fusion 360 Demo showing how I modeled the R2-D2 Ankle Detail in Fusion 360. Like last time this is not a in-depth Fusion Tutorial but rather a demo showing my workflow for designing this simple part.
My R6 saw some action at the Show
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It seems that Sneaky R6-T3x saw a bit of action at Fan Expo in Vancouver.
March 2020 Channel Update, Fan Expo and Droids
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Just another Three Minute Update. I'll talk about My Astromech, Fan Expo Vancouver and the Star Wars Fan Groups including the 501st and the Outer Rim Garrison.
R6 Astromech Body Details.
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I move ahead with assembling more of the Body Details for my R6 Astromech Droid. There is a Focus Problem at one point in this video, please look past that... [shame] Music by - Partners In Rhyme
Combining 3D printing with Aluminum - Body Vents
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This is another quick video showing again how I combine 3D Printing with Aluminum. This time I'm making the Body Vents for my R6 Droid. The Front, Back and Side vents on R6T3x are the same as found on R2-D2 and other Astromechs. Music by - Partners In Rhyme
There is no Try...
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Something completely different... A two-minute example of how easily I am distracted from the project at hand. Character Property of Lucasfilm Ltd / Disney
R6 Astromech Dome Finished?
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I finally have the Logics and PSI wired up and running. Plus servos controlling the Holo-projector and control of the Dome rotation. In this video I look at wiring all this up and re assembling the Dome for testing. Music by - Partners In Rhyme
R6 Astromech - Dome part 3
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This time I complete (mostly) the Dome for my R6 Droid. I assemble and install the Holo Projector I have been working on plus Logic Displays. Final(?) paint is applied and I’m ready to mount the Dome. The Logics and Holo Projector are similar to what is found on R2-D2 but modified for R6-T3x. Music by - Partners In Rhyme
Finishing a 3D Printed ABS Holo Projector
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This time I Sand and finish in an Acetone Vapor Bath my ABS R2D2 Holo projector that I modeled last time in Fusion 360. Music by - Partners In Rhyme
Modeling an R2D2 Holo Projector with fusion360
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This will be a little different for me. This time I am going to demonstrate how I use Fusion 360 to model Droid Parts. I’ll be drawing an R2-D2 Holo Projector for 3D printing and use on my R6 Astromech. I won’t call this a Tutorial, but if you learn a little something that would make me Happy. Music by - Partners In Rhyme
Combining 3D printing with Aluminum - Droid Coin Returns
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Combining 3D printing with Aluminum - Droid Coin Returns
R6 Astromech Legs part 7 - Leg Details
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R6 Astromech Legs part 7 - Leg Details
R6 Astromech Legs part 5 - Shoulder Horseshoes
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R6 Astromech Legs part 5 - Shoulder Horseshoes
R6 Astromech Legs part 4 - Booster Covers
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R6 Astromech Legs part 4 - Booster Covers
R6 Astromech Legs part 3 - Ankle Brackets
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R6 Astromech Legs part 3 - Ankle Brackets
R6 Astromech Legs Construction part one
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R6 Astromech Legs Construction part one
R6 droids are my favourite they're so cool
Where did you get the body shell? Or did you make it? In one video you said it was plastic!
Great job! Love it. I just saw a couple of these at R2LA droid meet up. For the aluminum panels, you could have used a Silhouette Vinyl Machine and cut them using the thick silver reflective vinyl sheets, as they look just like aluminum. You have great skills at air brushing.
You sound Canadian 🙂
God I'm glad I found this. I hope your still working on this. I want so badly to build one but I only have a shoe string budget and it'll probably be a year or two before I can even start. I want something loosely based on t11
you should really have music on your videos.
Top tip when watching. pus subs on and mute so you don't have to listen to the annoying music
I like the r6 series Astromech droids
Is there any common things product wise that can be repurposed to create astromechs droids
Would it be possible to share your stl files for you dome motor mounting bracket? Thanks in advance and very nicely done. I loved your approach would work great in a droid project im working on.
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i like the r6 one most from all the r series astromechs.
Thank You Simon... Me Too!
excellent video, I have much work to do.
Thank You for the kind words... I appreciate it! I also still have lots to do ;)
What size bearings are they? I’m looking to clean mine out and run acetal plastic ball bearings.
Hey Collin. I assume you are asking about the ball size. If you have not already answered your own question these have 8mm/0.313" balls. I tried Delrin but switched back to steel as I felt they worked better For Me. The steel ran sooth and fast but the Delrin were noticeably quieter. I wish I A/B tested them on camera for everyone and I may do so in the future.
When people say "greblies", does that mean strictly pieces for ornamentation? I hear that term used a lot for building Star Wars builds.
SuperMasterTurtle, YES! Mostly! ;) Greeblies, Greebles, Nernies... these are all pieces of detail that are used usually to break up a surface and/or create scale. They are often found objects that have some unrelated function, and before we were printing bespoke Greeblies they were literally Kit Bashed or stolen from commercial model kits.
i dont have a printer but i think i can get by with wood nice video:)
I appreciate the kind words. Yes!!! All of this can be accomplished in wood. Good Luck.
Alot of love to this Droid and it shows very very nice:)
Thank you very much Clint... I appreciate this.
Ty for shareing this.
You Bet Clint, Thank You for watching!!
was that your droid they pulled someting off and it smoked?
Yup! That was T3x in all its Glory!! I'm very happy you recognized us. I'll share some behind the scenes stuff pretty soon. The Pyro Guy was apologetic over the minor damage caused by the Fire but it was all for the shot.
I want to customize mine so a arm comes out and starts shooting a glock
Great build! Inspiring. I am an R2 Builder's Club member. Just got back from Celebration and saw a bunch of Scrubbers there. Now my next project. Are your STL models available? I just got my tub today and ready to start building. Would love to have the STLs and start printing. Thanks.
Vaderbri... So Sorry for the very late reply! Have you found what you need to move on with your build?
Universal greeblies!
For The Win!
Ahh! When I saw the paint chip with the air gun and you just stopped… I know how you feel! I was painting some aluminum parts for R2 and had all the blue and clear and everything done and dry for over a week. Then a bit of blue tape I used to protect the area that is exposed AL pulled a huge chuck off…. I had cleaned everything and used what was called Aluminum primer. It all pealed off. 98% of it anyway.
@Revvek, This is the life of a builder. I guess we learn quickly to just move on when these things happen. The Scrubber has attended a couple Cons now and is fully mobile. Running into stuff and interacting with Kids. The paint is STILL a worry as after all this I still don't have a great bond...
I'm planning on using this type of bearing to build a giant wall hourglass. In your video when you drill through the aluminum, is it because this bearing can only be screwed to one surface and you needed to screw it both ways (like a normal steel lazy susan)? I don't have the item in hand so I'm trying to figure out. Is it that you replace the rubber feet with holes? Cheers
Yes Renauld... many of the Factory Holes are not through-holes and I needed fasteners to pass through them for my purpose. Thanks for watching.
Thank you. I was wondering this too as one of the rings doesn't have any through holes.
Whens your next video
Thanks Mike.. Ugh! Soon I hope. No excuses, motivation is a bit low, but I'm still building. Thank you for the gentle nudge, I appreciate it.
Did you install it? Any video?
The bearing is installed and working well. It should be seen in later videos. Thanks for watching.
What would you charge me for three astromechs .people keep saying just use the websites blueprints but i cannot read them.could you please just download all the schematics i need r2d2 r5d4 r6 ill pay you for your time i hust want to plug the flashdrive into 3d printer and press go.i do plan to grow into this club but not right now please helpme help me obwain kennobi your my only hope
Bear... sorry for the delay getting back to you, I got tied up again with the Bucketheads Project. ruclips.net/video/8JyM4EU5JNs/видео.html What you are asking for is tricky. I understand that you'd like to print your own Astromechs. My Droids are not 3d Printed but have some printed parts. (Also fiberglass, metal, and plywood) I have helped compile a lot of 3d models that are available for Free to club members (R2 Builders Group) but you may be looking for something more like what Michael Baddeley can provide. www.patreon.com/mrbaddeley If you choose to build something a bit more rugged I can however hook you up with composite skins/body... Good Luck, let me know if I can help with any other questions.
@@myAstromech so how much would you charge to make me one of your mechs
use an angle grider and debur disk will take 1/10 the time. www.amazon.com/FPPO-Polishing-Grinding-Scouring-Buffing/dp/B07RFQYVM7/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=aluminum+angle+grinder+disc+deburr&qid=1627648182&sr=8-7
Solar, yep, that would likely speed things up. I'd be concerned that it may remove the aluminum too quickly but certainly worth a try! Thanks!
This is looking great. I found this build series at a perfect time too as I'm about to start my scrubber droid! You're videos are wonderfully detailed. Would you consider selling the print files for your greeblies and body parts? There aren't a lot of sources I can find online.
Clem. Thanks for the comment and kind words! Sorry for the late reply (I've been tied up with bucketheads)... Yes, I will be making these files available at some point soon. They are not ready to be sold, but I can probably set you up for free. Shoot a quick email to scrubber at myastromech.com and We will figure something out!
@@myAstromech Sounds great! I did, however, manage to find scrubber files on the mouse droid builders forum shortly after posting that question. They seem to have everything I need! I'm actually going to shoot for the other style of scrubber for my build. I've managed to source everything except the top part. The original part was apparently made from a plunger? Once I figure that part out I should be go for launch! Thanks for the response though and good luck with BucketHeads!
@@pokieify FYI... I already have the other top piece modeled and printed ;-) Scrubber #2 has been started here.
@@myAstromech No way!! Email is certainly coming your way then! I humbly volunteer as a beta tester! 😬
@@myAstromech I'd like to get i on this as well if possible.
you are hard core my friend
Hahah! Thanks!
The R6 is my favorite of the R-Series Astromech Droids.
Thanks, Mine too... Tied with the R5 maybe...
@@myAstromech I love the R5-series as well. Bad motivator not with standing. LoL!🥰😅🤣
@@RedWolf777SG Bwaaahaha! I think the bad motivator is part of the charm. Did you read "From a Certain Point of View" by chance? There is a chance that R5D4 blew it's motivator on purpose to ensure that R2 went with 3PO... #nerdTalk
@@myAstromech Yeah, I remember watching a Star Wars Explained vid that talked about R5-D4 three different versions of his backstory. I personally like the canon version over the legend version. I like hearing droids having happy endings. Because while it is true there is no racism in Star Wars... unless you're a droid. Especially one from the Clone Wars.😅
Great to see you back mate! i've been missing your videos and can't wait to see your finished astromech. Something you might be interested in guy from our club UK R2D2 BUILDERS CLUB designs and provides 3d printed filesfacebook.com/groups/MrBaddeley/ If you join this you can come along this saturday to " Drinks and droids" a meeting of builders from around the world discussing different projects and generally a bit of fun. If yopu are interested just join and go to events on the page to go to the meeting which starts at 7pm british time. I appologise i cant remember your name! i tried to go to the site you suggested but couldnt get on there for some reason.
Mike! Always nice to hear from you. Thank You so much! I'm aware of what Michael is doing over there. I was a patron of his for a while at the beginning. Cool Stuff. My Name is Aaron, I'm not using FB, I shut down my original Discord Server as it went way off topic and became a distraction ;) I'll be more active on my New Server soon. Take Care!
@@myAstromech Hi aaron, Thanks for getting back to me, you could join droidbuilders.uk this would probably be of more interest to you. If you want to have a chat my email is vinyldesignsbristol@yahoo.co.uk ( iam a self employed signmaker and this is my email) It would be great to hear from you. Ps hows the baby bear?
@@TheMike7409 Haha... I saw the bear last night as a matter of fact! not so small anymore. I've chased him (her?) off my property a couple times over the last year. The big Sow (probably this one's mom) hasn't been seen so I'm assuming She is not with us any more. The little guy was pretty small to be on it's own when I took that first video... so Mom must have been gone early.
@@myAstromech Great to hear about the bear, your braver than me chasing a bear!! Couple of things whens your next video? and can you send me an email as i have some things to send to you. vinyldesignsbristol@yahoo.co.uk , cheers
Thanks for the bucketheads reminder!
You Bet!
Welcome back. Looking forward to seeing your amazing projects. Still working on my R2. Got distracted making a Pit Droid to help me 🤣
Thanks MD! I appreciate that! I your Pit Droid complete or still WIP?
All printed. Now the painting and weathering. I'm also writing a tutorial on animating it with sounds and lights.
@@MakerDan55 Sounds Awesome!
amazing. i am a part of that community, but i dont have my R2 finished yet. just some micro droids!
Thanks Marcel! FPV Micros, I hope ;) You certainly don't need a complete full size R2 to be a droid builder, right?
Glad to see a video from you and interested to hear more about your projects.
Thank You @Ekij I appreciate the comment!
@@myAstromech So it's a little over a year later. Saw R6-T3X in the latest chapter from Transmute pictures and was wondering if you were going to do more videos about your droids. No pressure, just wanted you to know there are some of us out here who would still be interested in your content.
Woah, I found your videos yesterday, and subscribed, waiting for a new update! Excited to see your work, Thanks for the content!!!
Thanks so much for this. I appreciate it. I really hope to get back on track with regular content!
They don't give these bearings away - sad that it was necessary to correct their machining sloppiness
William, you are so right! This one was pretty bad. However, if you were to price out a quality industrial bearing of this size you may find that these are quite reasonably priced even with the flaws LOL. Just assume that you will need to spend an evening cleaning it up and add the cost of your time to the cost of the Rockler. Thanks for the Comment!
How would it cost of r6
Hi Bear, Sorry I missed your earlier question. Based on what some friends are doing, and on what I have done myself so far, an Astromech can easily push up past $10000. BUT you can do it more economically. I have seen simple Droids come in at under $2000. However, you can have Inexpensive or Accurate and Dependable... not both.
@@myAstromech thankyou
How much is your astromech costing you at $6000 ill never be able to build one
Bear, Thanks for the question... This R6 is probably going to end up right around $5000CAD (perhaps a bit more). I have managed to keep the cost down by building everything so far myself and using a lot of what I already had on hand.
Great videos! Was wondering what colour is the main body? Cheers
Thanks so much! The body is painted with Smoke Gray from Krylon.
good job!
Thanks! I appreciate that!
Absolutely awesome build. Would love to see a drive system that let's it follow you around. Or functional and put a roomba in it xD
@Cursivealpha Thank You! I'd be lying if I said that the roomba never crossed my mind. It is a clean-up droid after all. I probably will not have it move autonomously, but I am thinking of some interesting drive options. I may have more than one drive system (swap) because I also want to make this thing FAST for my local droid racing! LOL
Really love the attention to detail for this build. Seems like lots of builds just use weathering to hide the small details, but this is an awesome and very helpful video.
Thank you so much for the kind words, @Cursivealpha. I do expect to post more vids in this series in the new year.
when I was a home (hopeful) prop maker, my "mistakes" became battle damage. I dropped one of my Mando buckets and it cracked (vertically) so I "glassed" it from behind and only slightly filled the crack and made a couple matching marks with a Dremel and filled them with copper to make it look like large claw marks. Looks cool if I do say so myself. Seeing how 3d printers are now affordable, I may get back into making a few Star Wars props. Starting with an Astromech, then FINALLY a Vader helmet and hard parts. Yay 3d printers.
@adonian, Yes! Nice story about embracing the defects! Armor is fantastic in the way that it allows you so much freedom that way. If you do decide to go the 3DPrinted rout with an Astromech, find me in the R2 Builders Group, I'm involved with a project there releasing Astromech Models to members based on club designs and free of charge.
I would be interested in seeing more work on the R6 particularly the drive train.
Thanks for the Comment @Ekij I hope to be posting videos again soon... life just got a bit... busy... this fall. The Drives are on the bench now though!
Hi Aaron, Nice to hear from you. Have you covered in a video what motors you are using in the feet of you astromech?
Mike, I have not yet mentioned it. I'm actually working one the drives today! I'm working with a set of Planetary Gear Motors I had on hand from Andy-Mack. They are not the most economical solution though.
Awesome. I have a bearing I'm not happy with, and plenty of time on my hands.
This is probably the perfect 2020 project! I didn't spend a ton of time on mine but I'm pretty happy with the results.
I have never seen RUclipsr like you. Your idea was really really good. thank you for uploading your video. And I will subscribe!
Thank you very much!
I really admire the R6 Droids, they have a unique look! Id love to build one lifesize, but if i do i have a special modification im gonna add to make it extremely unique!
Okay... you have my attention sir ;) I like unique!