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Haven't thought about it much in a while. Shoot me what you've got and I'll look at it ! Right at the momnet I bought a regular 12V battery charger (for the PC batt) and I'll just have to power down to switch from batt to AC.....At LEast for MML...Quote:
Originally Posted by crenn
Well back to the shop....Been a very busy boy today :) Look For a Big Big Update monday (maybe a little leak before!)
CrazyBillyBob
Righto, I'll draw it up as soon as I can, beware, my drawing maybe a bit messy
Here is the suggested circuit.
Well here at the HillBilly Labs we've learned one thing this weekend....R2 Dome Suck!, They suck Time, Must be a special property of the Aluminum that it's made out of. Well my Plan to have this thing painted Saturday afternoon...Failed. The Dome was half etched when I started Friday night, It took another 6 hours to finish the etching, 6 Hours to finish adding all the holes, 5 hrs to mask and prep for paint, about 3.5 hours to prime and paint.
But It's painted!! And I didn't get that video up for you all :( Sorry R2 Hasn't moved again since the first day (to busy with the dome!), To add to the mess I realized Sunday morning that the center foot has never been bondoed :shock: So I spent a few hours working on that (while paint was drying outside). But You guys want PICs.....Here you go!
Here I'm etching the dome. The Dremel (Craftsman type) Is no longer with us....It coughed up smoke and blue sparks several hours after this pic was taken....Still under Warranty...So Back it goes....Current count R2 2 Dremels 0
To make the Various Sized round holes in the dome I used a single bladed hole cutter (Widow Maker) to etch a perfect circle about 1/4 through the aluminum. Then I made the center hole much larger (so the Jig saw blade would fit) then I cut lines from the center to the outer ring, that left me with "Hanging Pie" pieces. I used some pliers to bend the pie wedges in and out till the broke off. The hole cutter was set to be just abit smaller then I needed Then I used files and a sanding drum to bring the hole to the correct Size. (not pictured) The Squareish and rectangle holes were cut out with the Jig saw (Dremel died trying to cut the first pie wedge) then filed to size.
Here's the Dome Etched and Cut Ready for Masking!
Masking was a two setp Process, The fist being to mask the edges of all the panels to be painted blue.
The next Setp was to cover the large areas that will stay silver after painting.
Once Masked I wiped the exposed parts down with denatured alcohol (again). Then 3 coats of primer was laid down (forgot to snap pic). Then 3 Coats of Metallic Purple was applied.
Next 2 coats of blue candy was applied.
Followed by 4 coats of Clear.
A hairdryer was used to help speed up the drying time between each coat...(The Temps dropped to 55f Shortly after sundown Sunday night)
While the Primer and others were drying ( and to get me away from the dome) I laid and sanded a coat of bondo on the center foot, The picture is of the second coat of bondo (filling in some air bubbles and low spots).
Tonight I'll remove the paint mask from the Dome and Start mounting the Holoeyes and L brackets for the attachment of dome to Disk, as well as finish up the sanding of the Center foot (hopefully I'll get some Primer on it too!). I'm not going to Promise anything on the Video but I'll get one up ASAP!
Now Back to Work!
CrazyBillyBob
Great job, CBB. How are things looking for MML? I won't be able to make it this year, but I look forward to seeing lots of pics from it! Maybe you could take some pics for us of you and the other competitors.
Oh, I'm sure that Some MML pics will surface again this year.. :) I'll do my best to snap a few when I'm not gameing or answering Q's and what not!
CrazyBillybob
great as always, CBB. It's really coming along nicely. That's a pain that it took so long to get the dome done, though. That is one thing I have learned many times over in my life - estimated time to completion is about half what it will actually take, no matter how conservative the plan.
Nice work.... but you haven't said anything about the circuit I posted up for you......
Cernn,
It's still a posibility, but I'm not working on the Electrical system just yet. I'm in High gear to get R2 Presentable by well Tomorrow, so I'm not ignoreing you, and I thank you for your input, I just have not had time to ready sit down and see if it will fit in and how to make it fit in....But that is coming. I'm going to take a month or two off after MML (got some Home owner things to fix....Like a roof, a deck and installing a new patio...Deal I made with my wife so that I could pour the last few weeks of my life into R2 and ignore everything else!) But once I get back the Elec system in high on my list, cause I want the pc to run while I'm not plugged in. Sorry man, but that's where I'm at. and again THank you, I do Appreciate the input!
CrazyBillybob, Tired, blury eyed and behind!
It was another late night @ HillBilly Labs. Progress was made and Pitfalls Appeared :( But The Mood was light and the hour late.
After some work with a razor knife (to free the tape from the paint, by scoring a line at the edge of the tape, you pro's have got to tell me what I did wrong!) The dome's paint job appears. And He looks good in Hypo Blue !!
And After much thought and discussion (thanks Dave, Tolk, and My Wife) The feet were painted (Ok Primered) White... I know that before they get a final cot of paint that there is a bit more body work to do, so the white primer does two things it blends the body and feet together and points out some of the spots that need to be fixed..... It's both Form and function, I love it when a plan come together (name that 80's Tv Show, and for bonus point the character that made it famous!)
The Center foot (leg details in the background)
The Out Side Feet
The Hand made L Brackets to hold the Dome to the Plastic Ring were fabed (just some alum L channel cut to 1/2" lengths with a 1/4" hole drilled in the "Bottom" side. I laid out 8 points on the inside of the dome about 1.5" up from the lip. The Brackets were then mount in place with JB-Kwik (the tape is just to keep them from moving till the JB setts!), also the Screws for the Rear Logic display were JBed into place.
Now on to the computer type front, The motherboard Tray had it's brass stand offs installed. Hopefully the mobo gets mounted and the OS will be loaded today.
Your Reading this going , he said pitfalls, I don't see any pit falls???
We're getting to that point now. I tried to get one of each of the major detail pieces painted in there proper color last night, with grave results. I'm not sure what happened but on the booster cover the blue clouded up with in minutes of being applied (didn't use any clear....just more to sand off). The utility Arm had an even worse reaction the Paint just bubbled up and off of the arm... The only thing that I can think of is that I was close to the end of the can of blue candy and was trying to finish with what I had (the auto store is closed at 11pm here, and it's the only color that I don't have 2-3 cans of :( ) So these pieces will need to be stripped down, but I'm not sure that they'll get done before MML....(Not on the Priority list any more!)
So It was a mixed night, but I got allot done (What I don’t get home from work till 7Pm, and 2am is bed time...Still have to work :) )
Tonight will be mounting night, Every thing gets installed in R2. Dome Details, Battery supports, PC, HDD....you name it it's getting stuff in place. Also My wonderful wife is going to head up the R2 Crate project for me tonight (thanks babe!!!)
CrazyBillyBob
Trying to "Work" work done .....and failing, my mind keeps drifting to R2.
