Back at it!

It's been a while since I last made a post, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working! I've got a ton of pics to upload, so I'll break them up for several post over the next few days.

It's been about 2 months since I've last made a post, and majority of that time has been used for gathering parts.

Parts on parts on parts on parts....

Most of the time has been spent 3d printing all the detail parts for the leg assemblies. Almost have all of them done at this point. Will need to then clean them up and paint before they are ready to be installed to the legs.

Also purchased the leg sets (that brown box in the background of the above pic). These guys come in a kit that will need to be glued together to create the actual leg strut. More on that later.

At the same time, I purchased the frame too! Both the leg struts and frame are made by the same guy, one of the more senior builders in the club. Lucky for me he leaves only about 30 minutes away so I was able to pick them up in person!

I originally wanted to go with the nice aluminum frame made by Com8 (builder in the club), however costing over $1000 I just couldn't bring myself to do it. So the other alternative was this wood frame that hundreds of builders have used with great results, and at only $260, I couldn't pass it up.

Right now I have it temporarily put together until I am ready to glue it in place. I am waiting on getting the aluminum body skins first, because I need to use the skins when gluing the frame to ensure that everything fits up nice before I pass that point of no return.

Next post I will cover my starting of the internal dome integration! I will post about the HoloProjector mount system I installed and talk about setting up the automated control movement for these guys.