Life Priorities

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Well shoot. I'm afraid I don't have any updates from the shop today because a family emergency came up before we could start and took up the whole day.
That's the bad news.
The good news is the family emergency didn't end on a sad note, so I'm happy about that.

This bad timing of events really throws a wrench into my plans, but it can't be helped. I'll still be able to go to the Mid-West R2 BBQ, but it looks like I won't be bringing a mostly assembled R6 head frame. But I won't let this get me down....much. I still have my light circuits to bring and I can still geek out around the other droids that will be there. Of course there is that 1% chance an opportunity will present itself to still finish the head's framework before this weekend [crosses fingers].

John

What Happened, part 2

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Alrighty then,

To better explain how I messed up the ribs:
The height on the plans is correct (8 1/2 inches). The ribs are supposed to be slanted at a 15° angel. So what I did wrong was I made the angle of the ribs 8 1/2" instead of the height. This made the ribs just a wee bit short. Even my Dad missed this (sorry Dad). This morning I got out the full scale drawings again to recheck the measurements when what we did hit me right in the face. So this Sunday we'll make all new ribs at the correct measurements. Hopefully we can finish this so I can take it to the BBQ next Saturday.

Laterz,

John

What Happened

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Real quick because I have to be at work in like thirty minutes....

I found out why my top-half ribs were too small....[drum roll]....because I measured wrong!
Soooo, now I have to redo most of the work I did last Sunday. All together now, "bummmeeerrr!!!"

Will update again soon....

John

Angles cut and rib problems

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Last Sunday, me and my Dad did some more work. We cut the disk to the required angels and cut out the ribs for the top-half of the head. Unfortunately we had some trouble making all the ribs uniform in dimensions and when we test fitted them with the disk, well, they just seemed too short. I was expecting the top-half of the head to be a few inches taller than it turned out, but the ribs are the correct height. I emailed the guy who gave me the measurements for an R6 head for confirmation of those measurements. Either the drawings are wrong, or my perception is off. When I can get back to the shop, I'll recheck everything.

John

Mid-West Builders BBQ of '07

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In about two weeks the R2 Builders of the Midwest will be having a BBQ get-together at one of the member's houses and I'm going to go. This will be the first time I really get to meet other builders face to face and see their droids up close. For this event, I'm going to try and have R6-C9's head's frame work complete to show off. I'll also be bringing my PSI circuits. I can't wait.

John

Entry for July 11, 2007

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Finally some updates to give.

Well I have all four disc pieces for R6's head cut out. Now I just need to cut out the middle and attach the ribs once I cut those out.

I added pictures of my progress to my website, however just looking at one page of pictures uses up an hour's worth of bandwidth. I may need to upgrade my web hosting account to get more bandwidth if I can't find a better solution. Anyone have any suggestions?

John