DrscifiProps
Well-Known Member
Before I forget, here is a link to the public flickr album holding all of my images from these posts and a collection of reference images i've found. Might be useful.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8364521@N04/albums/72157666586188843
Today was about securing the pipe together. Lots of self tapping screws. This images shows the top of the left leg being secured to the 1-1/4" reduction piece and the 1" pipe inside it.
Several screws were placed in the "T" joint at the neck. I also extended the arm pipe by 1" to a total of 7" from "T" coupler to the shoulder spider joint. This is to balance out his arm proportions some as his arms were hanging over his legs and should be more apart than that.
Plugged 4 screws into the coupler and pipe for the hips, this piece cannot fail or his lower half would fall off. For the spider joint I put two screws in the side slots in such a way so it cannot turn. Repeated that for the shoulder joints and will do the same for the knees. Still deciding on the ankles as I may want his feet to be able to twist slightly but we will see.
Here you can see the inner stop secured for the hip slip ring, and many screws in the hip "T" connector.
I also made another Home Depot run, (shocker) for hand parts. Picked up 30 3/4" hinges and a metal carpet edge plate. I plan on cutting it into finger segments, encased in foam. Perhaps I will use my mini bungie cords for the open hand pulling force. The inner pulling force will come from the nylon cord running through 1/4" aquarium tubing down to my puppeteering hands.
I'm guessing a little with the finger lengths but I will mock it up and draw it full size on paper first before making cuts.
I calculated the size and quantity of the joint foam pucks I will need. And found someone who will let me use their bandsaw. The joints will be comprised of 3 slices each. The center puck is always 40mm as that matches the width of the spider joint. This one will be trimmed to different portions of a circle depending on the angle the joint needs to move.
All of my puck slices are devisable by 10mm increments as the foam I'm using to make them will be layers of 10mm foam.
The knee is the largest, I won't tell you how long I stared at images of K2 to determine if his elbow joint rings and knee joint rings were the same size or not. ..... (at least an hour). So now I just need to make my square blanks of the right thicknesses and then cut the pucks. Some will have the center cut out for the hollow illusion. Using 2" and 2.5" round mirrors to make them seem like the hole goes deeper (all the way through) than it really does.
You can see in the lower left corner the trimming of the center puck will allow the joint to flex but not move too far. I plan on adding pairs of stoppers to the joints to make sure they don't exceed the angle I want them at. This will keep me from crushing the foam arms against themselves. I found 3/4" rubber ends that normally go under equipment to make them not slide on a table. These will be screwed to the spider joints, one on the flat part of the joint and the other on the end of the turning curve. (I know, an image would explain it better, I'll get one installed and photograph it soon.)
Funds are a little dry at the moment but that won't stop progress as I have almost all of my materials already. My next step is to finalize the leg foam dimensions, make some paper templates, then cut the eva foam mounting disks for the leg pvc and glue it all together. I also need to finalize the foot.
I can't proceed on the arms until I dial in the hand dimensions and figure out how my puppeteering handles attach exactly.
Thank you everyone for taking a look at my build. Ask me any questions you like, I do plan on posting final dimensions and a parts list at the end.
-Darren
(K-2SO Maker)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8364521@N04/albums/72157666586188843
Today was about securing the pipe together. Lots of self tapping screws. This images shows the top of the left leg being secured to the 1-1/4" reduction piece and the 1" pipe inside it.
Several screws were placed in the "T" joint at the neck. I also extended the arm pipe by 1" to a total of 7" from "T" coupler to the shoulder spider joint. This is to balance out his arm proportions some as his arms were hanging over his legs and should be more apart than that.
Plugged 4 screws into the coupler and pipe for the hips, this piece cannot fail or his lower half would fall off. For the spider joint I put two screws in the side slots in such a way so it cannot turn. Repeated that for the shoulder joints and will do the same for the knees. Still deciding on the ankles as I may want his feet to be able to twist slightly but we will see.
Here you can see the inner stop secured for the hip slip ring, and many screws in the hip "T" connector.
I also made another Home Depot run, (shocker) for hand parts. Picked up 30 3/4" hinges and a metal carpet edge plate. I plan on cutting it into finger segments, encased in foam. Perhaps I will use my mini bungie cords for the open hand pulling force. The inner pulling force will come from the nylon cord running through 1/4" aquarium tubing down to my puppeteering hands.
I'm guessing a little with the finger lengths but I will mock it up and draw it full size on paper first before making cuts.
I calculated the size and quantity of the joint foam pucks I will need. And found someone who will let me use their bandsaw. The joints will be comprised of 3 slices each. The center puck is always 40mm as that matches the width of the spider joint. This one will be trimmed to different portions of a circle depending on the angle the joint needs to move.
All of my puck slices are devisable by 10mm increments as the foam I'm using to make them will be layers of 10mm foam.
The knee is the largest, I won't tell you how long I stared at images of K2 to determine if his elbow joint rings and knee joint rings were the same size or not. ..... (at least an hour). So now I just need to make my square blanks of the right thicknesses and then cut the pucks. Some will have the center cut out for the hollow illusion. Using 2" and 2.5" round mirrors to make them seem like the hole goes deeper (all the way through) than it really does.
You can see in the lower left corner the trimming of the center puck will allow the joint to flex but not move too far. I plan on adding pairs of stoppers to the joints to make sure they don't exceed the angle I want them at. This will keep me from crushing the foam arms against themselves. I found 3/4" rubber ends that normally go under equipment to make them not slide on a table. These will be screwed to the spider joints, one on the flat part of the joint and the other on the end of the turning curve. (I know, an image would explain it better, I'll get one installed and photograph it soon.)
Funds are a little dry at the moment but that won't stop progress as I have almost all of my materials already. My next step is to finalize the leg foam dimensions, make some paper templates, then cut the eva foam mounting disks for the leg pvc and glue it all together. I also need to finalize the foot.
I can't proceed on the arms until I dial in the hand dimensions and figure out how my puppeteering handles attach exactly.
Thank you everyone for taking a look at my build. Ask me any questions you like, I do plan on posting final dimensions and a parts list at the end.
-Darren
(K-2SO Maker)