The first meeting for MEMBERS ONLY is May 30th, 2017. Please plan on attending.
We are getting some old scooter motors from the user K2-G2 on astromech.net. SUPER excoted for them to come in, as we are starting the feet first thing this year.
The R2 Builders of Ohio will be doing a CANDY FUNDRAISER!!!! We will be selling See's Candies at the end of April to help raise money for R2D2! We will be selling boxes of chocolates that will included these candies: Assorted Chocolates, Assorted Nuts&Chews, Milk Chocolates, Dark Chocolates, Toffee-ettes, Peanut Brittle, Molasses Chips, Lollypops, Peanut Brittle Bars, Nut and Chew bars, Walnut square bars, and Gift Certificates!
For more information, please contact our fundraising chairman at [email protected] or our club email at [email protected] Thanks for all of your support!! Just this evening I updated our workshop for this summer. As you know from my previous blog from today, we use pneumatic tools. I went to Lowe's and Harbor Freight today and picked up some new pneumatic hoses and connectors. Basically what I did was I hooked them up so that we can have a short, spring cord laying on the workbench (it is also detachable for storage under the workbench) and allows you to turn its air suppy on and off. I will be posting some pictures and a diagram of how I did this later so that you can replicate it for your shop as it is extremely useful and fairly inexpensive. Thanks to our donors for letting us have the money and time to do this!!!
As many of our close followers know, we use a lot of pneumatic tools for building R2. The tools that we use vary from reciprocating saws, nail guns, sanders, and much more. The brad nailer that I got from Porter Cable does not need pneumatic oil to run, as it is an oil less tool. My pin nailer, die grinder, and many other tools need oil; and I used to put the oil through the inlet since I did not have an in-line lubricator. Just yesterday, I got an in-line lubricator, and ALL of the tools perform at least 50% better than they did before. I got mine from my local Lowe's store, as well as the oil and my tools were good, and usefull, but now they are efficient and amazing. My sander used to take up a lot of air, and my compressor would kick on and drain quite fast, even with the oil being put in the inlet. Now the compressor takes twice as long to turn on, and the sander is faster, more efficient, and sounds much better. I am very impressed with my new "toy" and am looking forward to using ounces upon ounces of oil for the tools in the R2 building years to come. I love this new tool and would suggest everyone with pneumatic tools that need oil getting one. It saves time, increases your tool's lifespan, and much more. I can't think of any cons (besides the fact that it uses a lot more oil - this depends on the tool however) so overall it is a cheap, easy, and maintainable way to keep your tools running at par.
The construction of R2's feet is underway. Last year we made a couple prototype feet that didn't really look right, and also can't hold CS:R battery boxes. We are purchasing two like-new Currie Scooter motors from K2-G2 (Kody Green) for $75 (with shipping). These motors are much different from the planned gearworm motors that were going to be placed inside of the battery boxes, as these motors are much smaller and don't work with the Senna drive system. Originally, the gearworm motors would be inside the battery boxes and have a chain and gear that attached to two wheels and a gear. The new system is custom designed. We will use a frame that looks like a foot without details, called an inner foot. This inner foot mounts via four screws to the outer foot, which has the details. On the inner foot it has the motor, one omni ball, a wheel, and 5" of 25 guage chain. Here is a basic sketch I made in Notability on my iPad.
KBI Control is a system that one of our members (Evan Cihlar) created. It uses two ultrasonic sensors, an Arduino Uno, pushbutton, and Sabertooth 2x25 regenerative motor controller. This is a secondary drive system for R2. It allows R2 to roam freely without bumping into objects, walls, or people. KBI stands for Kenny Baker Interface.
Hi all, sorry about all of our lost blog information. We updated to a system that allows comments and other posts now. Thanks for your understanding.
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