Treadwell WED-15-77 build : JamesF

[Jaffa007]

Like R5, this droid has been a favourite for me for its unique design, had planned to build one years ago, which would of been mostly wood built, and now that I’m able to use a large 3D printer (access in work) I decided that now was a good time to start.

Dug out all the info I had saved over the years……and then checked out the ‘Blueprints section’. What I didn’t do (my bad) was to check out ALL the other build blogs on here as this was where I found MORE ‘blueprints’ that had been created.

Using the first set, I drew up in AutoCAD Inventor (a 3D design program I use daily for my job) the main eye housing and included some location mounting points inside. I missed including a recess in the lower part as my design is a recessed front version. I then split the housing in half, length wise, to save on filament (no supports required) and printed the first set last weekend.


The front lens plates were downloaded from here, thanks.

I edited the file to include said lens bottom recess.

Next up was the main head plate. Again I missed a few details out, by mistake, and also I was thinking structurally wise. I saw that there are open areas on it in screen grabs from the deleted scene clip.
So my version is a mix of the blueprints in the folder and of those who have shared there own in this Blog section (thanks all and all credit to you).

Was nice to see that some details I included, I found on others designs (great minds ).

The eye head units needed the supports, my first version was a bit end of day rushing, so version 2, had two location points, to match the internal two, and I was much happier this would ensure strength.

And here it is assembled……


The metal tube was a found piece of scrap lol, I’ll draw up a 3D version later.

Next up was location pins.
I had thought of metal but decided that I’d go with printable ones. These have a flat on them, for two reasons, 1: easy to print. 2: they are less likely to bind on fitting.
I included a pull tab to aid removal, pre-finished, they can be cut off if needed at the finish.

Eye assembly one has now been glued together and the joins look great.

A friend has a resin printer so I’ll see if he can print the lenses.

I made a start on the upper neck collar/ring section, but have held off on printing just yet as need to check the diameters compared to the already produced blueprints.

This is moving a lot quicker than I was expecting lol, the track section I expect will slow progress down a bit as I intend to make most out of wood (not the actual tracks lol), just the body frame.

Big thanks to those who have posted their work and created their own blueprints etc, I hope to be able to add my small contribution to help future builders.

I’ll post up more progress next week.


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