From Design to Cast: Making an Astromech Dome in Resin
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- The art of resin casting Astromech Domes is a phrase I never thought I would think of. Yet, with the ingenuity of these molds the are fewer words to describe it. So excited to share this look behind the curtain of how we produce our Astromech Domes and hopefully provide you some techniques and inspiration in the process.
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This is the real meaning of "family". You're blessed, Brian. Keep sharing your wisdom with us!
Thank you, I will
Good to see Dan walking around without the need of the AARP-65 droid!
LOL!!
Haha, Thanks for watching Cameron
@@junkyardjedi386 thanks for creating!!! And molding another creator!
I love seeing a father and son work together! Great looking domes fellas!
Couldn't agree more!
Brilliant! A lot of people like to be the expert in all things. Love how you aren’t afraid to lean on (and credit) other people’s expertise. I think it’s fantastic and being a great role model!
Thanks so much!
Wow! Love that your Dad shares and helps with your passion.
Totally agree with you! Thanks for watching!
I’m so jealous of you guys. I really enjoy watching your videos. I learn a lot of them. Many kind greetings from a Star Wars fan from the Netherlands.
Just finished pulling the dome for my full scale Dalek. We typically make the domes out of fiberglass so they are light and wont required a large motor to drive them since they need to be cable to rotate 360 degrees. I made my plug out of pieces of rigid wall insulation stacked in concentric circles and then covered with plaster of Paris. The mold is made with a layer of gel coat followed by laying up fiberglass. Once we have a mold the dome is made from them same process - laying down a coat of gel coat followed by fiberglass. The result is a perfectly smooth dome like the outside of a boat that is light weight and incredibly strong
The Junkyard Jedi has blessed us, this day, with secret knowledge from the archives!
Thank you Gage!
You’re blessed to have the wonderful family you have ❤️
Thank you
Junkyard Jedi is always a wealth of knowledge.
He totally is!
Another great video and insight into the Junkyard Jedi. Thanks to you all
Glad you enjoyed it
Again, y’all amaze me with your family skill sets and how a project comes to be from start to finish. Thank you for always sharing your techniques and inspirations with us. Y’all rock as always never stop creating! Shark!
Thank you so much!
Gosh dangit, you and your dad are so awesome! I wish my dad and I shared something like this. You are both so lucky.
Thank you!
Fantastic I have had the privilege of seeing these droids up close and personal and all I can say is that the engineering and creative problem solving to achieve these builds is second to non !!!
Thank you so much Dennis
Thank you my friend!
you and your dad are super cool it's fun to watch you both on the screen and I love this video !
Much appreicated!
Very Cool episode and Droid Process... And I dig the whole Thompson Family Home Evening vibe.
Appreciate that! Lol
I feel you with those "burnt" molds. That was a hard lesson I learned when making helmets for others - REPLACE OFTEN! LOL! Especially with details that can get lost over time with tears.
Indeed!!
Most excellent video you guys. So cool to see the whole process. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really appreciate seeing the process. Thank you for the specifics regarding the materials.
Glad it was helpful!
That's really cool! Thank you for showing us!
Our pleasure!
Artoo would beep in approval.
LOL
I had a good conversation with the Junkyard Jedi at Celebration. It's great to see a video of the process. What a great relationship the two of you have. You're lucky to share interests and creativity.
Glad you got some time with him, that’s awesome! Thanks for watching.
@@TheSmugglersRoom I enjoyed it. Your dad's a cool guy.
Definitely very fun to watch. Anything with casting always resonates with me. thanks for sharing Brian and gang! and PS. Junkyard Jedi is my hero! :)
Glad you enjoyed it. He’s my hero too!
What a fascinating process! I fully enjoyed all the thought that went into creating the molds for the droid dome!
Thank you very much!
Learning from the the best. Awesome Episode.
Super duper! What an awesome project! Gotta love the astromech droid! ❤
Thank you
Your dad is a genius!
I agree!
Loved this video ! Family is the most important thing and it’s cool to see how fun it is to work with your dad ! I’m not crying you’re crying 😢.. later
Thank you so much!!
i love how this comes out the day after I buy my own cake lid for a droid head
AWESOME!
It's so cool to see you guys all having fun with the build! Awesome video!
Thanks so much!
I love pulling a freshly poured piece out of the mold! That turned out great!
Yes! Thank you!
That was very cool!
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Very cool Brian! Thanks for sharing. 😎🇨🇦
Thanks for watching!
Sweet 😊👍
Thanks 😁
Thank you for sharing that. The process for making one of those domes is more involved than I had first assumed. The jigs that your dad designed are very clever and serve the function wonderfully.
Very welcome
Thank you for sharing the process.
You bet!
Brian, your dad is so cool!
He is very cool!
I’ve been collecting peices to build my astromech for a while… It will be about this size, I got a clear punch bowl for the dome, a round drink cooler for the body that I may or may not use, and a lazy Susan hardware spinner for the neck… also have an old power wheels to make it run… that’s the plan anyways!
Perfect!!!
That is really quite cool. I love that.
Thanks Lisa
This is soooo satisfying to watch!!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this video 👍😁
Thanks for visiting
Hey I've got one of those. This is so cool to see the process!
Hey! Thanks man! So glad you still have yours. Thanks for stopping by bro!
Another great video thanks for the in-depth tutorial.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the reply. But I'm still waiting for a reply from your smugglers room web site that I emailed you about over two weeks ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I would like to have four of them. I like to make some lights like you did.
You have the most freaking awesome dad!!!!! :)
I think so too! Thank you Tracy!
Awesome Video Brian and Backyard Jedi! I'm learning so much of all your videos.
Awesome! Thanks for the tip
I'm dying to make my droid a new dome. I know exactly how I'm going to do it, but I live in an apartment and I don't have a proper workshop area right now. Fingers crossed that I will again one day. :)
The kitchen table can make a great workshop in a pinch ;)
Have you got a Hackerspace or Makerspace near you? Plenty of avenues for collaboration there.
Great job. Love the video.
Thank you!
This is one of my dream goals...I want to make Astromech Droid, one day. Thank you for sharing, Brian.
You can do it bro!
Another great video to start my day off right! Thanks for sharing the process here with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love it wow
Thanks!
This is awesome, like both the process for the domes and the family cohesiveness. Awesome!
Awesome! Thank you!
these are awesome!
Glad you like them!
Soooo gooood!
Thank you!
❤🎉amazing!!!
Thanks!
Wiggle that bowl of jelly Brian 😋
Your dads awesome
he is indeed!
Looks like pizza man flipping his pizza dough fantastic video
I believe you guys have talked about this in the past, but is there a place with instructions on how to make an astromech unit at that scale and resources to get parts? Do you sell the cast domes?
That's awesome, do you sell them, I would love to get one?
We have sold them on our site in the past. If you are interested you can email us info@thesmugglersroom.net
Hopefully this is the start of (another) droid build?
It's a good thing you are in the Patreon group ;)
That looked too weird how much you were getting into slapping that mold. 😂😂😂
😳
What did you do to the dorms
Not sure I understand the question?
is there a link were we can order one of them from you guys? i want to make a full size R2 for a Grey Jedi Mandalorian out fit im working on from a Star wars D&D type game we had years ago. my character was a Mandalorian force user who didn't care for Jedi or Sith and had a R2 unit made out of Besgar named R6-D9.
Hey there. These droid builds of ours are only 2/3rd scale, not the full size. That being said, if you have a 3D printer or access to one they have incredible print files now.
@@TheSmugglersRoom true but i was also thinking of building one at that scale to test it out and see how well it worked as well and what all i could put in it
Are you selling these? If so I am curious as tohow mucb?
We used to sell these on our site. If you all are still interested we could possibly do another run.
I know I'm interested in a dome 🙂
And I.L.M. haven't hired you YET???
LOL! Right??? What the heck? :)
P r o m o S M 🤘
Tease... Showing us an aluminium powder casting and NOT showing it all polished up... That's just mean.
I know right? Sorry about that.
The video was Too short.
Ok