A little work done

Finally found an antenna I liked for my scrubber. I had to sand some of the design imprint off the plastic container in order for it to seat properly. It does not look to bad and if it works I can use it as a real antenna extension to the one inside. Just a little paint touch up later and he should be good.
Jen's R3 is finally cured and here is the finished result. We are both very happy how she is turning out.
I am still working on silvering pieces today as well.

Other droid work

Started putting Scrubs together to see what he looks like. Not bad considering the cruddy paint.
I am now working on the back tackle box.
Also T3's wheels came in for his feet!

Bad paint

The paint on scrubs is not the best and can be chipped off easily. So I set it aside in the BARN for the last three weeks till I got back to it. As of today the paint is still bad in some areas but strong enough to work for now. I can always go back and paint it again later.

Scrubs work

I got the side buttons all glued together for Scrubs.
Then i silvered the wood to make them look metal.
While I was at it i silvered the spacer for Patches horseshoes.

Paint for Scrubs

Took a break from R2 and did some paint work on my scrubber droid. I took all the items off till it was back to just a tote. I washed it and gave it three thin coats of primer.
Here is coat one.
Once that was dry I gave it two thin coats of yellow paint. Tomorrow I will give it another two coats.Between the paint layers I got most of the hoses coated with silver to make them look metal.

Scrubs lights

I have used a PICAXE 18x on Patches to control servos but I had yet to try one for LEDs.
I used my new soldering skills to attach some cheap 18awg cord to the board then...
...hooked up the chip to my PC and uploaded this simple program to make sure all the channels worked.

main:
let pins=%11111111
pause 1000
let pins=000000
pause 1000
let pins=%11111111
pause 3000
let pins=000000
pause 500
goto main

So far so good, at least with the LED i found in a junk drawer. LOL Now I just need to go buy some LEDs that I can actually use in Scrubs. I think I will also make a custom front light for inside the front bubble instead of the current stock light.

Gearing up for a lot of Soldering

I knew most stuff about basic electronics already but tomorrow night I am going over to fellow builder Brad's house to get the last of my 'HOW TO" electronics questions answered. After that I should be about ready to do some of R2-CM's finer plumbing myself. LOL
The Vantec and the upper PICAXE with the white chip is for all of Patches gizmos and the lower PIC will be for Scrubs Morse Code Lights.

Scrub's greeblies

I cut some styrene pieces and made some other items for the inside of the back piece of the droid.

Scrubbing a little

Had a little time tonight to work on Scrubs so I took the time to scrape all the seam lines, words, and logos off the now top of the droid. Once it gets warm out I will bondo or evercoat them smooth.

I also drilled and mounted one of the parts boxes my friend Denny gave me.
I also temporarily mounted an LED light that I liked on the front of the droid...
When I put the plastic bubble over the top of it, it defuses nicely :)

Light night

Only had a half hour tonight to play with droids but I got a little done. I got the hoses mounted temporarily along with my left over R2 aluminum door skin extras along the sides.
I still have to dremel off the words underneath so they sit more flush.

Getting Scrubs hosed

This is how I attach hoses to my projects....

First I cut all the hose pieces to length making sure I left the big lip on the ends.
Then I stuffed the ends with plastic bags about an inch down and poured resin almost to the top.
The resin forms to the ridges of the hose and makes a tight seal. I then drill a pilot hole and thread some screws in.
With the small amount of space left empty at the top the hoses will compress a bit and form a seal around almost anything to make it look like it goes threw the item.

Hence the resin is only in the tips and you can bend the hoses in any direction.

Details, details

Late the other night I started to mount some of the detail pieces temporarily on Scrubs.
I might put more on later this week.

Scrubs second test drive

Here is a video of scrubs' second test drive :)
Just a little more fine tuning and he is ready for cosmetics LOL.

P.S. He is not as loud as it seams in person...

"Scrub's" first drive

The other day my friend Denny came over and gave me a hand with my scrubber droid.
After I had built a new Luggage rack for the top of the Hummer He helped me cut off all the screw heads, reasemble the Hummer, and put on the velcro.
Carefully I lined up the Hummer after getting it put back together and gently set it in place and pushed down evenly so the Velcro was seated.
The clearance is an inch all the way around to the ground and the tires do not rub when turning now.
We took it out in the cold for a quick spin and everything works fine.
I even took it off road and it still zipped along fine. The battery only lasts 20 minutes. 25 if it is on level ground. Plenty of time for me :)

The birth of "SCRUBS"

When I was at Wall-mart getting the tub for the body of my scrubber droid I saw a remote control Hummer that looked like it would fit perfectly inside it. I got it a few days later and after taking off the bumpers and all the other non esential body parts it fit inside like a glove.


I will make a frame attached to the top of the Hummer out of plastic 1x2 that will keep the vehicle centered on the container and raise the wheels an extra inch outside the container.The inside of the box and the top of the new upper frame will have Velcro for easy removal from one another.
Here is a picture of all the parts I got so far for my Scrubber Droid.
Surprisingly the left over aluminum from my R2 skins fit inside the logo area perfectly!
Other things are, stove gas line, LED lights for a trailer.....
Craft parts from a hobby store.....

kitchen door pulls from Menards
Cable hold downs and pull threws.
I am also adding one of my PICAXE controllers to blink the LEDs on the unit. The top two Red LED trailer lights will blink in Morse Code the word "SCRUBS". I wonder how many non builders will notice. LOL

Legs skins and Scrubbers

I found the body for a Scrubber droid from episode 1 at Walmart in the Automotive section.
I am going off the information already compiled here....
http://www.stickmonkey.com/astromech/
This is my new side project now that the GONK is 95% done.
Today I put a coat of primer and paint on some of my skin parts before it got dark.





Next I did the trimming on the back skins for the power coupler and octagon port.
Once it got dark Brad and L.C. came over and we finished routing out the big leg parts.

The pile just keeps getting bigger and bigger!
After a bit L.C. had to leave and Dash came over with his newly purchased USED bansaw.
It had a few issues and alignment problems but after an hour we had them all resoled. Now we have another tool to use in the arsenal.
Thursday we hope to hollow out the 3/4 inch leg pieces with the new saw.