WED-15-ST68 Septoid Droid

[Paul6700]

I hope everyone is familiar with the Septoid Droid from the sale scene in ANH. 

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As I was building Treadwell #2, I had extra wheels, extra tracks, and enough parts to build a second frame, and that is when I thought I might make this droid.

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[Paul6700]

I just found out there is limit to pictures you can include in a post. Here the rest of that original post:

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Then there were two.

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Basically, the Septoid was built over the Treadwell base. Originally, they vacuformed the base to go over it. I do not have a vacuform machine that large, so I built this one out of wood. At this point, the bearing is just sitting on top with some standoffs.

[kresty]

Cool!!!

[Jaffa007]

Awesome work!!!

Also luvin the green WED too.

[Paul6700]

The WED-15-ST68 name came from Wookiepedia as the name associated with the droid at the sale scene. I am not sure where the Septoid name came from as the droid clearly has eight arms.

On to the mast:

3-inch ABS pipe for the main mast with a 3D printed part for the base of it and the top of it.

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The mast topper topper is the same from the video of the head only larger. The partial mast I used in the head video was too small. 
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The main plate is a 15-inch wood disk with 3D printed details for everything else.

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Used aluminum rod for all the wire pieces that make up the supports for the legs.

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Here is a little tease of an arm attached to the base. I wanted to see how the wire supports would hold the arm in position.

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Also needed to add fake pneumatic cylinders and know how long to make them. 

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Paint to the wire parts.

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Mounted the neck motor under the orange topper in the same way as before. Got all the wires mounted as well.

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Next up will be arms.

[Jaffa007]

Awesome work


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[savagecreature]

Very nice! Beautiful engineering and fabrication.

[Paul6700]

Thank you Gentlemen.

[Paul6700]

The arms are made up of 1-inch PVC pipe and 32 3D printed parts. And everything needed to be filled, sanded, primed, sanded again, and painted. I just wanted you guys to know it was hard.

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Quick recap of the head. Also printed. I did this last year sometime. 

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Added the head to the droid and added the arms.

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[Paul6700]

Built the front and rear panels for the droid.

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I have modeled all of the tools at this point.