GONK!

[Torron]

As you've probably figured out, for my summer project I decided to do another droid. And this time it'll be the Gonk droid!
I was searching through the forum and saw a Gonk made out of wood, not from two storage bins. So, I will make mine from wood aswell...

I've bought supplies:
This is for the legs: an aluminium tube

the plywood:


And here are cut the main panels, I just must take dremel on them:

 

[NeoRutty]

I wanna make a wood Gonk bad! Will be following with interest.

do you have blue prints?

 

[russellsch]

I just wanna build a GONK I, however, will be using the storage bins.
I will be following your build with great interest. Good luck :thumbsup

 

[Torron]

I wanna make a wood Gonk bad! Will be following with interest.

do you have blue prints?

Sure, here it is:

I used the blue prints of spacebob and changed them a little...


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[Torron]

I just wanna build a GONK I, however, will be using the storage bins.
I will be following your build with great interest. Good luck :thumbsup

Thanks! Good luck in building yours! I wanted to use the storage bins aswell, but I haven't found good ones... So I decided for wood [emoji6]


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[spacebob]

I thought I recognised those shapes, glad there's another gonk coming along.
please remember that the dimensions that I gave are for mine, I have tried to workout how big the real things are but in the end I said it should be just shorter than my artoo (I gave up).
Then I made it a little wider to accommodate the records.
To make it more accurate I would make the overall width narrower, or, make it taller and longer while leaving the width.
as I said on my thread the hole in the front of mine is too large (if you intend to run a lip around the edge).
Oh, and yes it is heavy

 

[Torron]

I thought I recognised those shapes, glad there's another gonk coming along.
please remember that the dimensions that I gave are for mine, I have tried to workout how big the real things are but in the end I said it should be just shorter than my artoo (I gave up).
Then I made it a little wider to accommodate the records.
To make it more accurate I would make the overall width narrower, or, make it taller and longer while leaving the width.
as I said on my thread the hole in the front of mine is too large (if you intend to run a lip around the edge).
Oh, and yes it is heavy

Hello, I think I made it a little taller and the front hole is a bit smaller than yours, even though I'm not going to make a lip.
Yes, it is heavy!
Just a question: how did you make the middle belt?
Thank you [emoji846]


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[Torron]

Soooo, progress!
The droid has been put together and the "face" was made:



Making the faceplate:


Tomorrow the feet, I hope [emoji846]


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[spacebob]

The midrail is simply screwed from the inside just to the bottom part of the power droid body

https://s19.postimg.org/z0fsbsmgz/webgonk030.jpg

(that should be showing, click for now)

 

[Torron]

The midrail is simply screwed from the inside just to the bottom part of the power droid body

https://s19.postimg.org/z0fsbsmgz/webgonk030.jpg

(that should be showing, click for now)

Thank you very much. I thought doing it another way, but this is much more simpler...


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[spacebob]

Sorry the section size for midrail is on my original plans
View attachment 640018 So its got a section of 70mm x 40mm
and just mitres around the body

 

[Torron]

Sorry the section size for midrail is on my original plans
View attachment 640018 So its got a section of 70mm x 40mm
and just mitres around the body

The picture isn't working, but I understand what you mean

 

[spacebob]

I think HAL has gotten into my computer, having image trouble.

I've lots more photos and with the interest I've had about wanting to make these I think its finally time to give him his own thread don't you?
If i can fix hosting

 

[Torron]

I think HAL has gotten into my computer, having image trouble.

I've lots more photos and with the interest I've had about wanting to make these I think its finally time to give him his own thread don't you?
If i can fix hosting

That's a brilliant idea! [emoji4]
Soon, there will be an army of Gonks, all following your design. It is only matter of time...


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[spacebob]

One more thing that is different on mine to the real prop...

On mine (and yours now) there is a rebate on the top connecting the two side rebates/flutes.
I did it this way because of the 1970s action figure is like that and I liked it.
On the real thing they don't connect and just stop at the top

 

[Torron]

Yes, I noted that too, but I thought that it looks cool, so I made it after it.

 

[Torron]

The midrail is almost done:




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[Halliwax]

this has come together great!! i am a huge GONK fan. i have been researching the past couple of months i can't find any rubber bins that look good enough. i appreciate you posting those plans I'm going to follow them.

what thickness plywood did you go with? it looks like 1/2"?

keep up the great work! can't wait to see it finished

 

[Torron]

this has come together great!! i am a huge GONK fan. i have been researching the past couple of months i can't find any rubber bins that look good enough. i appreciate you posting those plans I'm going to follow them.

what thickness plywood did you go with? it looks like 1/2"?

keep up the great work! can't wait to see it finished

I love GONKs too. As you, I was also searching for bins for months, but I haven't found good ones.
The plywood is 9 mm thick (I don't know in inches, Google says 0,354 in).
Good luck in building yours! [emoji4]


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[Halliwax]

I love GONKs too. As you, I was also searching for bins for months, but I haven't found good ones.
The plywood is 9 mm thick (I don't know in inches, Google says 0,354 in).
Good luck in building yours! [emoji4]


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thank you, its funny here in the states we have say 1/2" plywood but it measures much smaller then 1/2". just like our construction material our 2x4 wood studs are advertised and sold as 2x4, yet they measure 1-1/2 by 3-1/2 lol

.354 is close to 3/8th plywood. if 3/8th is purchased its probably close to .354

thank you for your advice! I'm really itching to do this