My R2 was stripped down while I worked on the drive system for the feet. While he was apart, I got swamped in all of the things I needed to do and struggled to get the order of jobs in my head. My wife, Julianne told me to get him put together so that the parts weren't littered all over the house and it gave me the push I needed to get some things done.
I knew that before I built him back up again, I needed to mount the rear power coupler to the base plate of the frame which I would be unable to do once he was together again. This took no time at all as I knew what was required from fitting the front one months ago.
I then built hi up quite quickly. I then sought the help of an electronics guy at a local Maplins shop who gave me some pointers into cables and other items to do with the drive system.
I had to drill holes in the feet and the ankles to pass the wires up from the motors in the feet, through the legs and into the body.
Once together, I hooked up the drive system, the dome motor, soldered the slip ring connector boards and tested him out.
Once I got the wiring sorted for the dome and temporarily fitted the front door panels, he looked a lot better.
So, next up I'm going the mount the front Octagon port onto the inner skin and have a crack at mounting the hinges for the door panels so that the front skins get closer to completion.
I then built hi up quite quickly. I then sought the help of an electronics guy at a local Maplins shop who gave me some pointers into cables and other items to do with the drive system.
I had to drill holes in the feet and the ankles to pass the wires up from the motors in the feet, through the legs and into the body.
Once together, I hooked up the drive system, the dome motor, soldered the slip ring connector boards and tested him out.
Once I got the wiring sorted for the dome and temporarily fitted the front door panels, he looked a lot better.
So, next up I'm going the mount the front Octagon port onto the inner skin and have a crack at mounting the hinges for the door panels so that the front skins get closer to completion.
