Treadwell WED-15-77 build : JamesF

[Jaffa007]

Now that Celebration Europe is over, I can re concentrate on this build.

(Myself & Mike B, built the Jabba gate)



When at CE, I was chatting with a fellow builder about WED as he wants to also build one. Said I needed to clean up the 3D files and organise them to their latest version, that I had used or that had needed altering after I had printed them.

The new extended servo leads require connectors fitted. And the Claw arm ones needed to be insulated as they are inside the aluminium tube, with no connector blocks.




With the Claw arm servo, fitted lower down the mast, was a reminder of how fiddly connecting it up to o the linkages was . I need a new clamping bracket for it though to brace the servo from moving.

The first three servo leads, are sheathed inside expandable sleeving. The arm servo lead is, for now, loose inside the mast.

Spent ages trying to arrange the servo leads for the neck and eyes so that they don’t catch on the metal rod that reaches up from the arm servo to the linkage pivot point.

New Lens mould:
3D printed of a much better, smoother finished lens blank. Sanded it smooth even further. Then mixed up the mould putty and applied it over the blank. I then flipped it over so that its base would be flat with the bench.


I used a lighter held over the surface to remove the air bubbles. Whilst this was drying, I removed the two first attempt lenses and tried to smooth out the print lines.
I also lightly sanded the new lens to make it more opaque. I could of bought opaque resin in the first place .


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