Recent content by bobbrown731

All of my electronics are due to be delivered to today. Stay tooned for more updates. Also while looking at the reference images on 'byyourcommand" I think I have determined the rearmost lens in the model is frosted. I am going to try to use some cheap white hardware store window privacy...

All of my electronics parts have been put into my amazon wishlist. I am scared to look at what the total will be. I have a problem with buying stuff from amazon when they offer 1 for 5 dollars or 3 for 7 dollars. when you have a big order it adds up fast. The up side is that I will have...

A little progress made last night. Iteration #2 is complete and I am happy with all of my parts fitment now. I need to order my LEDs and pickup a textured acrylic light refuser from the lighting section of the hardware store. I also want to try a color laser printed decal on clear sticker paper...

GrabCAD is a free resource for CAD files for almost anything. The quality and accuracy can vary, but for the most part the models are very accurate. This is how I will get reference parts to space out the electronics for Theo.

Tonight I will go to grabCAD or to an electronics manufacturer website and find CAD for the correct size IC Circuits matching matching mounts. I can print them in black and use silver paint or rub n' buff for the legs. It will be easier to print them than to order or buy the chips. Most...

Today is a boating day, but before I run to the marina... I broke the outer cut lens.. (Mongo lack gentle touch and patience) I will reduce the cut file by 1%.. the inside of my frame has notches to fit the plastic and I tried forcing in against my better judgement. I need to adjust the trim...

booo hisss It peeled right off as it dried.

Couldn't wait, so I printed @Revell-Fan 's face details at 85% scale on clear waterslide decal. I was torn on printing a color paper copy to act as a template under the clear plastic and apply each detail separately or to go hard and apply one giant waterslide decal all at once.. I did the...

I think I made an Uht-Oh... I think that I didn't edit one of my laser cut files, the outer clear lens, to match some interior measurement changes I made to the body shell. I will have to wait a couple of more hours until the main body print is done. Glad i bought extra plastic. I am happy...

Quick work on the laser

Print Test #1 Commences....

Made the ears and the back cover. The ears are designed to 3d print flat without need of supports and will be inset in the frame rather than printing a curved surface that is glued onto another curved surface. I think I am ready to print out a prototype. now.

Ok... So I am getting scope creep... the killer of any project. So I am redefining the scope and not making anymore changes in my requirements just in case I decide to start selling (and supporting these as finished models). We all have a bluetooth enabled digital assistant on us all the...

I wasn't thrilled with the idea of the time and effort that a raspberry pi would require just to play audio clips and flash some LEDs. So I asked Grok if it could be done with an small arduino microcontroller. It seems that for this use case it would be a better option. I was unhappy with the...

Did a bit of scaling, editing, and trying to figure out some of the layering compared to the original screen captures from the show.