Project R2-D2 PC

[TheGreatSatan]

The BBQ grill comes black, should I sand it to a brushed aluminum look or paint it? Grey or silver?

[Cymae]

go with the same colour as the bottom of the panels on the r2 unit.

[TheGreatSatan]

I thought about that, but I also thought they might be too dark. I'm not going with the brushed aluminum look. I did it once and for some reason fingerprints and dirt are attracted to it.

[Cymae]

lol, did u coat it in clear?

[TheGreatSatan]

I'll obviously have to paint it. I'll be using bondo on the holes and to avoid seeing that work, I'll have to paint.

For the legs, I will get some steel rods and bend them to the shape of the leg's interior then fill the dead space with expanding foam.

I'll be getting the weber grill on Wednesday and will hopefully get started that night.

[TheGreatSatan]

I bought this large plastic outdoor flower pot. As you see, I set it inside of R2. It will hold the PC parts and support the 150mm fan in the bottom blowing upward. Under it, and still tucked into the body, will rest my phase change cooling system.

[Xato]

Awesome... how much is the phase change gonna set you back?

[TheGreatSatan]

$800

I bought the grill. Here you can see the holes I'll need to fill in with bondo.

The lip on the lid I'll need to cut off, so the head will stay on the body.

Here's an idea of what it'll look like. It's gonna be perfect!

[TheGreatSatan]

I started cutting away the lip on the grill. Without it there the head will fit even and snug. I started first with a jigsaw, thinking it would go faster than a dremel. The blade broke and I barely scratched the surface!

So I switched to the dremel. The first blade was gone after an inch or so.

After about 45 minutes I cut off maybe 40% of it and went through 8 blades.

[TheGreatSatan]

I bought the jets I'm going to use on the legs of R2. They are actually PVC piping for bathrooms. First I've applied a Plastic primer, I'll paint them silver/grey to match the dome.

Here's the 1/4 inch rods I'll be using to frame the legs.

And the foam I'll fill the legs in with for support. Behind them you can see the gold wires/tubes that come out of R2's feet. Those will go on later.

As you can see I fixed the paint blemish that everyone has noticed.

Here's the bondo, paint, tack cloth, and plastic bondo spreading thingies.

Lastly the sheet metal that'll go behind the holes in the grill before I bondo. I'll be using JB Weld to attach 'em.\