I hope everyone is familiar with the Septoid Droid from the sale scene in ANH.
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As I was building Treadwell #2, I had extra wheels, extra tracks, and enough parts to build a second frame, and that is when I thought I might make this droid.
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I just found out there is limit to pictures you can include in a post. Here the rest of that original post:
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Then there were two.
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Basically, the Septoid was built over the Treadwell base. Originally, they vacuformed the base to go over it. I do not have a vacuform machine that large, so I built this one out of wood. At this point, the bearing is just sitting on top with some standoffs.
Awesome work!!!
Also luvin the green WED too.
The WED-15-ST68 name came from Wookiepedia as the name associated with the droid at the sale scene. I am not sure where the Septoid name came from as the droid clearly has eight arms.
On to the mast:
3-inch ABS pipe for the main mast with a 3D printed part for the base of it and the top of it.
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The mast topper topper is the same from the video of the head only larger. The partial mast I used in the head video was too small.
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The main plate is a 15-inch wood disk with 3D printed details for everything else.
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Used aluminum rod for all the wire pieces that make up the supports for the legs.
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Here is a little tease of an arm attached to the base. I wanted to see how the wire supports would hold the arm in position.
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Also needed to add fake pneumatic cylinders and know how long to make them.
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Paint to the wire parts.
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Mounted the neck motor under the orange topper in the same way as before. Got all the wires mounted as well.
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Next up will be arms.
Awesome work
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Very nice! Beautiful engineering and fabrication.
The arms are made up of 1-inch PVC pipe and 32 3D printed parts. And everything needed to be filled, sanded, primed, sanded again, and painted. I just wanted you guys to know it was hard.
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Quick recap of the head. Also printed. I did this last year sometime.
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Added the head to the droid and added the arms.
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Built the front and rear panels for the droid.
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I have modeled all of the tools at this point.