Robocain - Robocop 2 robot

Building Candy · 10 Jul 2010 at 23:58

~>Dg<~ said:
what are u using to shape the plastic on pieces ?

epic work

the black delrin I machine on the mill, but all the shaping curves, detail etc I do by hand with a file.

Mark A said:
I'm also looking into getting hold of a lathe after being inspired by this project . I've always wanted to have a go at making a few custom air rifle silencers. Not 100% sure a cheap lathe would do the job though, so I have a bit of reading up to do first.

im no expert on the lathe, mine was £300 its a C2A.

Building Candy · 11 Jul 2010 at 23:15

Starting on arm 2 now, from the shoulder down. I already did the pivot joint, so onto the upper arm.

this goes on the back of the big claw/minigun dealy

I struggled with an idea of where to begin on this, when I look at the picture I try to break it down into its component pieces. Problem is this is quite complex and im almost at my limit of what I can imagine.

This is the real thing for reference:

so a lot to think about there.....ive started with a block

started as I usually do by drawing a naff picture and filling in a load of dimensions that I make up. From this I decide to start with the rod things on the back

^TANK^ · 11 Jul 2010 at 23:25

bakes0310 · 11 Jul 2010 at 23:27

Your some kind of sorcerer this is amazing work. I hope you sell it for what its worth, if i was gonna buy it i'd pay you £500 thats all i have

Mark A · 11 Jul 2010 at 23:33

That looks mega complex. Its going to look awesome though, can't wait :cool:

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HungryHippos · 12 Jul 2010 at 00:25

I hope you don't sell it, it will be too awesome to sell

Hand crafted robot like this, seeing all the work you've put into it, I reckon it would be worth a few £k to the right person. It'll be a totally unique piece of awesomeness.

Building Candy · 12 Jul 2010 at 09:35

Eulogy said:
I hope you don't sell it, it will be too awesome to sell

Hand crafted robot like this, seeing all the work you've put into it, I reckon it would be worth a few £k to the right person. It'll be a totally unique piece of awesomeness.

Thank you all again

I have had a lot of emails, some form people I have heard of and a few about buying the finished item, I will sell it if I get an offer in the region of 30k.

One of the problems with spending a year on a project like this, is by the end i'll be sick of the sight of it.

Droolinggimp · 12 Jul 2010 at 09:43

30K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome. Its worth it if you ask me. And them some...

Naffa · 12 Jul 2010 at 09:46

I suppose that's one of the beauties, you can sell if for whatever price you want.

Building Candy · 15 Jul 2010 at 22:15

Got everything attached to this blck now, cut a slant on it too.

cut a piece for the end, curves, took a chunk out the thin end and put a slightly larger semi circle in. Held in place by my large hydraulic fitting.

this too ages, lots of work here and very small, so much so my camera cant focus on it! the tiny brass hex heads are about 2mm across

crap picture but you get the idea

Building Candy · 18 Jul 2010 at 22:58

Added the collars on the large rod, also a smaller collar and a spring thing.

turned this on the lathe

it sits on the back of the gun and is the drum of ammo. the basic shape was easy enough to turn then I had to mark out 8 segments and mill a half moon out of each section.

next bit, no idea what it is

careful milling here, I will in time buff out all the machine marks

after some thinking and another awesome diagram (this one actually quite legible) I started on the fist that houses the big claw. Using delrin for this shape and using what I like to call "precision guesswork"

bit more shaping and filing

carefully hollowing the inside out, very hard to clamp in the vice now for milling.

marking out where to drill for the studs.

Mark A · 18 Jul 2010 at 23:17

This gets more epic by the day.

*checks bank balance for £30k*

Biohazard · 18 Jul 2010 at 23:24

have you got pics of what you've done so far all fitted together?

or are you far off that stage yet?

Narj · 18 Jul 2010 at 23:37

Building Candy said:

I spy a pen0r in the top left of your diagram...

Great work, can't wait to see this finished!

^TANK^ · 19 Jul 2010 at 01:10

Locke · 19 Jul 2010 at 01:21

Still can't believe how much detail you've gone into and how awesome the tiny ickle hand looks!

Keep up the good work

Aod · 19 Jul 2010 at 07:12

Ryan, i think the piece you're unsure about, this one:
http://www.ukmonsters.co.uk/robocain/DSC08965.JPG

is the mount that would allow the minigun to tilt on the Y Axis. it's either double sided (one on each side of the minigun) or single-sided, and also swivels in the X axis too

Building Candy · 19 Jul 2010 at 09:58

Biohazard said:
have you got pics of what you've done so far all fitted together?

or are you far off that stage yet?

I havnt, it would take a while to fit everything together, time better spent working on new stuff in my mind. I will have to have a partial assembly after the gun arm is done. Im paranoid its all going to be out of proportion

Aod said:
i think the piece you're unsure about, this one:
http://www.ukmonsters.co.uk/robocain/DSC08965.JPG

is the mount that would allow the minigun to tilt on the Y Axis. it's either double sided (one on each side of the minigun) or single-sided, and also swivels in the X axis too

yeh........ i see that but it doesnt move in the film I dont think. Anyway its on there, there is only one on the outside.

SPARC · 19 Jul 2010 at 10:13

This thread just gets better and better.

tb2000 · 19 Jul 2010 at 13:51

This is really looking the business mate! Have to have a proper look whenever i'm up your way next.