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Hello!

I lost the link to this site but just recently rediscovered it, so I wanted to share with you my build blog of my medical assistant droid, FX-7. I built an R2, but wanted to build something a bit more obscure.

It's still a work in progress, as you can see, and have been working my way down from the top.

I used reference photos from the Smithsonian exhibit as well as one schematic online as a starting point. I brought them into my 3D program and used them to
build the basic shapes fro each section, then scaled to size. The completed droid will stand 5'10" tall or so.

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Here is the blog:

http://fx-7central.blogspot.com

Thanks for looking!

Kevin

That's really cool. I don't think I've seen a build of one of these before yours. Are you going to fill the arm bays with arms?

Yes, I just got started with designing a prototype arm, and hope to get the materials this weekend to start making them.

I am trying to get him mostly finished for a MakerFaire in September.

(07-27-2019, 10:13 AM)savagecreature Wrote: [ -> ]That's really cool. I don't think I've seen a build of one of these before yours. Are you going to fill the arm bays with arms?

Very nice. I've always had a soft spot for FX-7, more so than 2-1B. In fact, even as a child in the 70s, it was a general rule that i always favored the non anthropomorphic droids.

I'd probably have gravitated to an FX-7 build at some point if i thought he would be at all practical for me to store or transport

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Here's a link to my FX-7 build if u wanna take a look; https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/fx...id.284951/

(08-31-2019, 08:20 AM)GEEK1138 Wrote: [ -> ]Here's a link to my FX-7 build if u wanna take a look; https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/fx...id.284951/

That's pretty cool, well done.

My God! Your build is AWESOME! I have never run into anyone else who built and FX-7 and yours looks amazing!

I am going to have to dive deeper into your build blog when I have the time.

Thanks for sharing!

Kevin

(08-31-2019, 03:45 PM)kresty Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-31-2019, 08:20 AM)GEEK1138 Wrote: [ -> ]Here's a link to my FX-7 build if u wanna take a look; https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/fx...id.284951/

That's pretty cool, well done.

Finally got a chance to update my FX-7 blog. Despite my broken hand, I was able to get FX-7 mostly completed for the Makerfaire in September. I hope to add some arduino-controlled movement to the head, hand and some of the bottom arms, as well as more detail to the head.

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Here is the blog:

http://fx-7central.blogspot.com

It's a beautiful build. Truly.

That's looking great!