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Droid Officer OOM-9
This idea fell to my head last year when I was speculating on the project about Star Wars for Microsoft company… The idea couldn't be put into practice within that project but I kept it in my head. As you could have realized by the picture, this is a robot from "Star Wars" movie. Droid Officer OOM-9. There were also Corporals, soldiers, pilots and many other kinds of Droids but I fixed on the officer. Leaping ahead I’d like to say that it was the most expensive, time-consuming and complex modding project in my life.
![]() ![]() The work was started with creation of hands of the robot. At once I want to make a reservation: since robot is anthropomorphic I'll use in my description names of body parts. So, let's begin. Don't be surprised with fanciful shapes of workpieces.! Robot production took a lot of metal and all kinds of cutting waste were used. At first I mark up an aluminum plate of 20 mm in thickness. ![]() ![]() Then I drill the outline and cut it out with a fretsaw. This is a typical method for cutting plates by outline. ![]() ![]() ![]() The prospective joints are formed on the roll-over table. ![]() ![]() I make a cylinder-shaped swivel block on the reverse side. ![]() ![]() Shoulder joint is made from a plate. At the same time the cylinder-shaped swivel block is created. ![]() ![]() Shoulder block rotation is performed in such a way. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then I imitate mechanic muscles. They are made of aluminum pipes. The muscles are fixed to the shoulder joint with a cone hinge. ![]() The pin is locked with a screw nut on the inside what helps to avoid inadvertent unscrewing. ![]() ![]() ![]() The rest of the day was spent on cutting the huge aluminum bar to smaller parts. This bar lay about and it had diameter of 300 millimeters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When cutting was finished I circularized the part in the turning machine. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I decided to readjust it and moved support as high as possible. This moves rotation center and reduces swivel radius. For that purpose I had to readjust and reface the ball socket several times. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now it’s time for the elbow joint. ![]() ![]() I continue parting aluminum bars. I need two bars to produce hands. The bars are cut out from a big rectangular workpiece. ![]() This picture shows intermediate variant of a future hand. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It also has a complex shape and is processed with a turning machine. All grooves and final shape are provided by means of milling. ![]() ![]() |