While waiting for the filler to dry on the DRD shell, I started to play around with the eye stalks. I had been to my local home do-it store and I purchased some corrugated cable tubes that are used behind monitors or computers where the cables are neatly dressed together. I also got some plastic [...]
I have been busy sanding, filling and painting the DRD shell. The process started with wood filler and is now at the drywall mud stage. The grit of the sand paper has become quite fine now and then, once it appears to be smooth, painting a matte white finish of gesso shows up the imperfections that [...]
I was at the Maker Faire last year in San Francisco and usually I come away with some things from the Maker Shed. This time was no exception and I bought a motor chassis for a robot with 4 wheel drive, I just could not resist. This is the one http://www.makershed.com/product_p/mkseeed8.htm Anyway, I got it [...]
I got my Linux Format magazine a few weeks ago and I tried their live version of Bodhi Linux on my desktop. I noticed during the installation process that I was given a choice for desktop installation, a touch \ tablet installation and a laptop \ netbook installation. This sort of choice seems unusual for [...]
I was browsing the local dollar store recently and I came across an under-the-cupboard battery powered LED light. The plan is to add the blue glow under the skirt of my Ironside. I then started thinking that, with the price of blue LEDs being so expensive (usually in low quantities they are about $0.50 to [...]
The skirt was put together over the last few days When I made Mini-Me one of the worst parts of putting the skirt together was the lack of edge to glue the pieces to each other. Mini-Me had a brass tube frame to hold everything together in the skirt. This was not the best success; [...]
I got an email asking how my Bender was doing and if I had done any additional work. I have and here is an update. Bender’s body compared to this I built up the body from the cylinder of card and used foam core to add ribs all around the body, giving the slope effect [...]
Before we went to Chicago Tardis I upgraded Mini-Me from being essentially a stationary Dalek to a moving Dalek. Previous attempts had caused the Dalek to whiz down the driveway going too fast. Then after about using it 5-6 times on carpet I heard the dreaded stripping of gears sound. The gears stripped because I [...]
Over the Christmas break I started work on a new scale dalek. This will be an Ironside dalek. I have completed the base and am now in the process of strengthening it. The skirt is cut out and I need to cut some more pieces out then I will be able to glue it together. [...]
