Decentralised Social Media
Something I've been interested in for quite a while now is the various forms of distributed social media that have been cropping up. A number of years ago I looked…
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December 3, 2022
Big printers
I've just done a post over on my other blog (seeing as it wasn't R2 related), but it is going to be used a lot for my droids over the…
April 11, 2020
Update and Roadmap
After a busy, busy May, June has been a bit more relaxing. May was filled with events, not just with R2, and pretty much drained my (and R2's) batteries. Got…
June 29, 2018
Building a battery for R2 with 18650 cells
There are many options for a battery to power an astromech, from the tried and tested Sealed Lead-Acid, to the latest LiFePO4. This article will look at utilising the very…
April 21, 2017
R2 ventures out
The day finally arrived. I was going to show off R2 to the public. Up until this point, he'd not been out of the garage and only had a handful…
April 19, 2017
I set a deadline!
This year has been a bit busy so far, and in February I realised I only had something like three free weekends to get R2 ready for his first outing,…
April 19, 2017
Slow but steady, or not…
It seems that xmas and new year is when all the part runs start. At least that is what it feels like to me, for all the parts I want.There…
March 26, 2016
R2D2 is all skin and bones
I recently got a nice parcel turn up at my door; my COM8B R2D2 frame. COM8 frames are one of the standard frames that are used by the R2 Builders…
June 4, 2014
Slicing my inner dome!
So, finally got some time on a weekend with nice weather to get outside with the inner dome and my Dremel. Whilst the dome set I got had a laser…
March 30, 2014
Inside Out
So, I seem to be building R2 in the reverse of how most people build their versions. Whilst I started with the dome due to finding a good deal, I've…
March 13, 2014