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This page is part of my mini r2d2 project and this is where I keep track of my progress on it's Legs.

I only just got started on them and allready I realise there will be lots and lots of sanding to be done. The legs are very thick so I need to glue several pieces together.

This part of my mini R2D2 project. i'll post all the updates on the main body in this blog page.

This is the first bit of frame with some extra bits. Those pieces are for two doors: one large one that covers allmost the whole back and a small one in the front.

This is part of my mini-R2D2 project. I intend to keep blog pages for the different parts of the building process. 

The dome is made out of a clear plastic sphere. I found 2 globes 16cm in diameter and 2 smaller ones 4cm across.

First step. Dremel off the bit that is sticking out and sand the whole thing. 

After a few weeks of waiting, my PCBs have arrived. I just soldered the components on the first one and it works like a charm. I had to drill out the holes for the resistors a bit and then solder the resistors on both sides of the board to get a good connection, but hey: this was also my first shot at having a PCB made and it works. Next time I'll be more careful checking out the dimensions in diptrace.

After lots of thinking about what my next robot should look like, I couldn't resist the temptation of trying to improve Edward. I never really made a good program for him and everybody who sees him ask me to switch him on and let him run around. When they do, i shrug and tell them "the batteries are dead" or "I'm still working on the programming".

This is the second board I received from sparkfun / batchPCB. The other one, a motor driver, is tested and done.