Alrights wood fans, i tested the water with my Star Wars Poker Room, and it seems that folks are pretty receptive for my unusual hobby. So I thought I would share another with you.
My Poker table really needed a series of cocktail tables to hold drinks and snacks. But if your playing poker in a space ship you cant have just any cocktail table. So I figured, “why not R2 units with removable trays?”
So here you have them, still very much in progress, but getting closer all the time. hope you enjoy!
In there current condition:
And here is a look at the build process. We are currently casting the original pieces to speed up the build, but everything, and I mean everything, was built by hand first. We carved, lathed, cut, sanded, re-sanded, and sanded again. It has been an absolute blast so far, and I can’t wait to have four of these little guys fully completed in the poker room!
PVC sewer pipe for the body, on our custom R2 Router Turn Table!
And then we get to the “wood” part; the legs, feet, and just about everything else on this little guy!
The eye is pretty fun too!
There were certainly a ton of little things as well that had to be turned out on the lathe:
or just hand carved
had to cut a few legs also . . .
We used a restaurant style cake lid for the dome!
it looks pretty good painted.
And here’s what two years work looks like cast and laid out on the table!
Some cool close up shots . . .
R2’s work day!
Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for looking!
~Brian
-- I am pretty sure i can make that out of MDF.
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WhoMe
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#1 posted 137 days ago
Oh, that is just too cool. That is a amazing amount of work there.
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#2 posted 137 days ago
Wow Brian, this is way too cool! You are an genius and quite a woodworker too. I am way to old for this sort of thing, but my kids (one 38 and the other 45) along with my grandkids will love this. In fact, I like it a lot myself. MORE PLEASE!
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pneufab
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#3 posted 137 days ago
These are freaking awesome!
fuzzual
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#4 posted 137 days ago
Thank you all very much, glad to,share it. When you put this much time into a project it is great to share with people who appreciate what it takes.
-- I am pretty sure i can make that out of MDF.
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#5 posted 137 days ago
I want one! simply brilliant and will documented
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#6 posted 137 days ago
Simply, Out of this world!!!
Yeah, you’re a geek….
A very determined, imaginative & talented geek, err wood worker!!! “Creative Artist” really.
I’d bet you could do Hollywood work, right from Colorado, as everything could be communicated digitally, then shipped. You certainly have the nack for it. Are there dimensional plans of the R2 units, that you build from or do you “just eyeball” it? I know my brother had dimensional info for the “Star Trek” Enterprise, that one could reference, I wonder if the same exists for “Star Wars”???
Either way, absolutely amazing!!!
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#7 posted 137 days ago
This nerd approves!
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fuzzual
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#8 posted 137 days ago
Thanks again,!
FYI, for DIY, you can find all the detailed schematics to build your own on the Yahoo R2 Builders club. Nthey agve a complete set of blueprints there.
And there is certainly more documented star wars builds on www.therpf.com
-- I am pretty sure i can make that out of MDF.
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#9 posted 137 days ago
Totally awesome! What do they look like in cocktail table mode?
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#10 posted 137 days ago
These are, as everyone says, awesome!
I don’t feel right saying just that so I will say extremely awesome!
If I understand correctly you made the parts, created molds of the parts, and then cast them? Do you have any photos of the mold making and casting process?
If that is the case, you can make the parts over and over again!
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#11 posted 137 days ago
What detail! That is a work of art.
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#12 posted 136 days ago
too cool… too cool
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#13 posted 136 days ago
Wow I thought the room was really cool. These are awesome. Keep the projects coming, way cool.
CtL
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fuzzual
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#14 posted 135 days ago
Thank you all, I don’t have them finished yet, so unfortunately there are no images of them in”cocktail mode” but as soon as I do, I will post them.
I do have some images of the mold and casting process, and I will get them uploaded soon. Thanks again for looking
-- I am pretty sure i can make that out of MDF.
oldnovice
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#15 posted 135 days ago
Again, WOW!
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