Hi Dominica. I am so glad this popped up on my homepage today. I used to write Ratchet & Clank for Insomniac (PS3 and PS4 era) and this is so damn cool! I just got started 3d printing myself, and your work is inspired! Keep rocking!
Hey this is a great idea! For the lenses, you can polish them with powdered tooth polish. If its good enough for the lenses on the headlights of a submarine, it should work for your lenses too. A friend of mine a long time ago was a machinist who worked on submarines. He old me he used it to polish the headlight lenses. He had a big tin of it. He used on the headlight/tail light covers on his cars too. The key is to be gentle and remember that its easy to go too fast. Plastic is easy to melt or deform if you get it too hot. But you can get many types of plastic to shine if you are careful. For the door, if you change the model so that the edge of the door is tapered inward by about one degree on each of the sides except the hinged one. That should solve the closing issues.
Thank you for sharing this project! Your tenacity and perseverance in dealing with unexpected issues is motivating and encouraging to try more complicated projects myself.
I love that moment after spending so long doing it wrong somehow and you finally get it working! Watching this flashed my memories of my own breakthroughs. Even when I feel silly having missed something I remind myself that persistence conquers all and I am more unstoppable next time because I know I might be unknowingly on the verge of a breakthrough.
Thank you, algorithm gods. I don't do cosplay but this was an immediate subscribe because it's just so cool to see a tenacious maker solving problems like this to create something truly awesome. Looking forward to part 2. Cheers
You could add domed lenses, like those used for watch faces on top of the eye sockets, with a slight reading prescription it'll make them look round and slightly larger.
From the title, I expected a life size build of clank which would have already been awesome. I did not expect for you to make him actually work mechanically. Really cool! Love it!
Nice work plugging through all those challenges and making so much progress! It's already looking quite good, remaining challenges notwithstanding, so.... looking forward to part 2!
Using AI to help you get the code done is a clear example of bringing the potential of coding into more people's hands and as a passionate software engineer I am delighted to see this work for you.
I made a beep-o (from rabbid+mario franchise) a few years ago (before chat gpt) with a shell and a robot undeneeth with arduino that i tried to make remote controlled. But never got the arduino code to work. Never thought that chat gpt might help with coding such a good idea.
What an original idea and how nice to see you working with familiair and working around some new and unfamiliair concepts. Good video, good editing, you deserve a bugger audience imo. I was happy RUclips suggested this video. Looking forward to part 2!
That's an awesome project! Beautiful lenses for the eyes as well. One piece of advice to release the prints from the bed: drip a little bit of IPA alcohol around the edges of the stuck print and it will wick in between and slowly release the print over the course of a minute. It can be such a pain to release prints without a flexible bed, but this technique works for both FDM/FFF and resin printers :)
Great job so far! You're doing a great job tackling random glitches and that's the hallmark of a successful maker. I believe you'll be successful. I also now want to print a Clank model!
I love that you show the iterations and fails. This is so relatable when you're making cosplay stuff. Also I loved the magnet door snap. Very satisfying.
Nice build! Something you can try to remove stuck prints from the build plate is to pour very hot, almost boiling water where it is attached to build plate. Someone else also mentioned pouring alcohol where it is attached, which seems like a good way that i havent tried yet.
This is a courageous and impressive success tackling a multi-disciplinary project. I hope lots of beginners are ecouraged and inspired to press ahead and teach themselves to do challenging projects at the limit of their past experience. Obviously you've got many skills but I think the most valuable skill you demonstrate is fearless persistence. So many people give up or never try, especially people who have come to believe that this stuff is "not for them", especially when that is a result of their culture excluding them based on irrelevant identity stuff.
Really well done! I liked seeing how many different crafting elements had to come together to make this one. 9:10 I never sand or file anything anymore, even when I should. It takes way too long. Dremel everything, even when it has disastrous results!
That is serene I never played that Ratchet and Clank game when I was a kid but that is serene and very good ! btw 고요하네요 저는 어렸을 때 Ratchet and Clank 게임을 한 번도 해본 적이 없지만 고요하고 아주 좋습니다!
I'm so lit up by you!!! New Fan Wizard here! Thank you for sharing your journey. It's perfect for us. I'm encouraged to try for the projects i keep putting off. 🙌🏽👏🏽💜
This is a really cool project. I'm excited to see more of the build as you post it. I enjoy James Burton's stuff a lot, and the work you're putting into making Clank a functioning animatronic is amazing. I would have never thought to use clear resin to make actual lenses, and the shots of the eyes once you got them in the head were astonishing. Thanks again for the high effort build.
Very neat so far! The round XIAO displays from Seeed Studio would be perfect eyes for a robot. They have built in sd card readers that can loop video, but they do also need a thumb sized Arduino board plugged in. Super cheap though. I made a virtual snow globe with one of mine 🤓
Trying to fry that Pi on the couch ? 😂 Also, nicely done on the project :) Having errors and having stuff NOT work is half the fun :P It’s like Arduino foreplay 😂
Wow this is truly amazing, I suggest to use the mg90 metal servos for better performance I used them on my robots and they are small but powerful servos
This is so cool, I always like seeing robotics and animatronics being made, but I’m also a massive ratchet and clank fan! I just had to subscribe so I don’t miss part two!
Saw the final in your shorts he looks amazing, love him so much! Not sure if you added voice to him but if not it would be cool to add a voice box of some sort if it’s possible. Looking forward to part 2 ❤️
@Sunday Slays Cosplay - maybe they make a flexible bed for the 3D printer the clips on the original bed then just to re-aline the head to the bed, and unclip when removing prints, or if not a clip maybe bolt it down onto the bed,just have to remove everytime... 😕
if it was me I would invest in a metal gearbox servo/make the 3d print infill more Hollow to make it lighter yet still keep the same thickness, besides that everything looks great keep up the good work!
Hi. I really liked your video. I have done many similar projects but from a much different standpoint, not cosply. I tell you, those cheap servos are the bain of our existence! Really enjoyed the failures and perseverance to fix it.
You can get stronger versions of those cheap 9g servos, they are called “MG90S”, they are a bit stronger and since your current servos seem to almost work they may be a good option. Another option is to try and uncouple the movement from what is holding the heads weight, this is more difficult to do though but could potentially be as easy as adding springs below the servo horns to provide some of the force needed to lift the head up. Or adding elastic or rubber bands to pull the servo horns up.
I'd love to build one like this. I love learning and watching projects like these, having built R2D2 and C3Po robots and animatronics are so cool but unfortunately I don't have the technical skills yet to do the coding but I learn from people like you. I'll definitely be following this and keen to see your files if you release them
Love how well he's turning out- I recommend using high-torque servos with metal gears. maybe larger ones. Necks and shoulders usually need beefier servos (my shoulders stripped and my head fell off once.(whoopsie) Will check out part 2. ps - nice shirt!
Awesome project! Made Clank once as a kid for Halloween, seeing your project brings nostalgia! Also, you might wanna consider the SC09 Waveshare servos (same size format). They are not controlled via PWM but TX/RX -- thus it is recommended to also get their servo control board. Their motion is closed-loop controlled so it is much better compared to the ones you are using now, more powerful too. Thought they are more expensive, I would not cheap out on the mechatronics part....
I just honestly want the base files. i dont care much to get him moving and my prop from like 2015 somehow still is holding up by a box, EVA and Styrofoam. it was my first ever prop and i cherish it
It's very rare, but so cool when RUclips actually recommends cool smaller channels like this. Looking forward to part 2!
lol...
Love it. Saw the final result on Instagram last year and he's a wonderful build. Looking forward to part 2!
build one
i love how cosplayers are always pushing the envelope on their proyects. this was amazing 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I'm in love with this project. Ratchet and Clank were some of my all time favorite games.
Hi Dominica. I am so glad this popped up on my homepage today. I used to write Ratchet & Clank for Insomniac (PS3 and PS4 era) and this is so damn cool! I just got started 3d printing myself, and your work is inspired! Keep rocking!
So cool you wrote for them! Thank you!
Hey this is a great idea! For the lenses, you can polish them with powdered tooth polish. If its good enough for the lenses on the headlights of a submarine, it should work for your lenses too. A friend of mine a long time ago was a machinist who worked on submarines. He old me he used it to polish the headlight lenses. He had a big tin of it. He used on the headlight/tail light covers on his cars too. The key is to be gentle and remember that its easy to go too fast. Plastic is easy to melt or deform if you get it too hot. But you can get many types of plastic to shine if you are careful.
For the door, if you change the model so that the edge of the door is tapered inward by about one degree on each of the sides except the hinged one. That should solve the closing issues.
Thank you for sharing this project! Your tenacity and perseverance in dealing with unexpected issues is motivating and encouraging to try more complicated projects myself.
I love that moment after spending so long doing it wrong somehow and you finally get it working! Watching this flashed my memories of my own breakthroughs. Even when I feel silly having missed something I remind myself that persistence conquers all and I am more unstoppable next time because I know I might be unknowingly on the verge of a breakthrough.
Thank you, algorithm gods. I don't do cosplay but this was an immediate subscribe because it's just so cool to see a tenacious maker solving problems like this to create something truly awesome. Looking forward to part 2. Cheers
You could add domed lenses, like those used for watch faces on top of the eye sockets, with a slight reading prescription it'll make them look round and slightly larger.
From the title, I expected a life size build of clank which would have already been awesome. I did not expect for you to make him actually work mechanically. Really cool! Love it!
I love Ratchet & Clank. This is awesome.
Nice work plugging through all those challenges and making so much progress! It's already looking quite good, remaining challenges notwithstanding, so.... looking forward to part 2!
Using AI to help you get the code done is a clear example of bringing the potential of coding into more people's hands and as a passionate software engineer I am delighted to see this work for you.
I made a beep-o (from rabbid+mario franchise) a few years ago (before chat gpt) with a shell and a robot undeneeth with arduino that i tried to make remote controlled. But never got the arduino code to work. Never thought that chat gpt might help with coding such a good idea.
Epic work. Very talented.
What an original idea and how nice to see you working with familiair and working around some new and unfamiliair concepts. Good video, good editing, you deserve a bugger audience imo. I was happy RUclips suggested this video. Looking forward to part 2!
That's an awesome project! Beautiful lenses for the eyes as well. One piece of advice to release the prints from the bed: drip a little bit of IPA alcohol around the edges of the stuck print and it will wick in between and slowly release the print over the course of a minute. It can be such a pain to release prints without a flexible bed, but this technique works for both FDM/FFF and resin printers :)
isopropyl alcohol alcohol
@@funy0n583Yes, I always add it so people don't think I'm talking about IPA beer 🙃
Thanks will try that, I have already scratched the plate badly by using too much force.
Great job so far! You're doing a great job tackling random glitches and that's the hallmark of a successful maker.
I believe you'll be successful. I also now want to print a Clank model!
Inspirational! Glad to see more "make it real" creators making videos!
Amazing work!
It's great to see you soldier on through the inevitable setbacks that arise during such a worthwhile project.
This is utterly amazing! Congratulations! What an achievement!!
I am really hyped because of your progress! As a child i always wanted to build robots. You are doing exactly that. RESPECT!
I love that you show the iterations and fails. This is so relatable when you're making cosplay stuff. Also I loved the magnet door snap. Very satisfying.
clank is my favorite rac character, and just one of my fave characters in general! i'm so fond of him and excited to see the rest of this project :]
Great project, I love clank! Can't wait to see the rest!
As a mechanical engineer for the last 30 + years, hats off to your designs, construction skills, and software debugging, just wow !👍
as someone who absolutely loved Ratchet and Clank as a child, thank you this is super cool to see you do this in real life!
Clank is my personal favorite character in Ratchet and Clank! But my hope is that their adventure has only just begun.
This video was actually really interesting, the way you got him running
Sunday Slays Cosplay, This video is fantastic! I liked it a lot!
Thank you!
What an amazing project 🤩, you sure like a challenge! Definitely looking forward to CLANK getting completed. He is so cute.
Nice build! Something you can try to remove stuck prints from the build plate is to pour very hot, almost boiling water where it is attached to build plate. Someone else also mentioned pouring alcohol where it is attached, which seems like a good way that i havent tried yet.
Very excited to see how he turns out.
This is a courageous and impressive success tackling a multi-disciplinary project. I hope lots of beginners are ecouraged and inspired to press ahead and teach themselves to do challenging projects at the limit of their past experience. Obviously you've got many skills but I think the most valuable skill you demonstrate is fearless persistence. So many people give up or never try, especially people who have come to believe that this stuff is "not for them", especially when that is a result of their culture excluding them based on irrelevant identity stuff.
He is so cute, can't wait for the finished version!
I've always wanted to build a clank it's so good to see someone do it Great work
Really well done! I liked seeing how many different crafting elements had to come together to make this one.
9:10 I never sand or file anything anymore, even when I should. It takes way too long. Dremel everything, even when it has disastrous results!
literally my childhood dream to have my own Clank, I can't wait to see this project finished it looks amazing
You went above and beyond for this one
Refreshing to see all the personal protection you are using! Great job! 😎👍
3D printed optics, going to have to try that.
This this project is definitely a clank above the rest.
That is serene I never played that Ratchet and Clank game when I was a kid but that is serene and very good ! btw
고요하네요 저는 어렸을 때 Ratchet and Clank 게임을 한 번도 해본 적이 없지만 고요하고 아주 좋습니다!
Love the fact you did not give up!
Awesome work!
I'm so lit up by you!!! New Fan Wizard here! Thank you for sharing your journey. It's perfect for us. I'm encouraged to try for the projects i keep putting off. 🙌🏽👏🏽💜
This is a nice project. I see that you have been busy doing the 3 aspects of you project, mechanic, electronic and software. Well done
I LOVE THIS PROJECT! This project is INCREDIBLE I cant wait for more parts!
i'm a big fan of ratchet n clank, i loved watching you make this thank you
You did an awesome work! Very inspiring and motivating. Great job! Now I'm curious and moving to see part 2😄
This is a really cool project. I'm excited to see more of the build as you post it. I enjoy James Burton's stuff a lot, and the work you're putting into making Clank a functioning animatronic is amazing. I would have never thought to use clear resin to make actual lenses, and the shots of the eyes once you got them in the head were astonishing. Thanks again for the high effort build.
This is a great build, lots of fun challenges.
Amazing. My favorite as well. Nice job.
Wow, great job. Very fun to watch.....loved the coding section and all the issues.....I've dealt with the same thing at times.
This was fantastic, I really enjoyed watching the overall design process.
tbh loving the information on your 3d printing troubleshooting
Very neat so far! The round XIAO displays from Seeed Studio would be perfect eyes for a robot. They have built in sd card readers that can loop video, but they do also need a thumb sized Arduino board plugged in. Super cheap though. I made a virtual snow globe with one of mine 🤓
Excellent project. YT finally suggested a channel that was good.
this was also my childhood!! my favorite games of all time was the first game and deadlocked 😈
Trying to fry that Pi on the couch ? 😂
Also, nicely done on the project :)
Having errors and having stuff NOT work is half the fun :P
It’s like Arduino foreplay 😂
this is a super cool build
Wow this is truly amazing, I suggest to use the mg90 metal servos for better performance I used them on my robots and they are small but powerful servos
counterweight or the head. Neck is just a ball pivot. Action is in the chest.
Great project, looking forward to seeing it progress. Very inspiring stuff!
exactlyyyyy youtube algorithm has blessed us tonighhhhttt
This is so cool, I always like seeing robotics and animatronics being made, but I’m also a massive ratchet and clank fan! I just had to subscribe so I don’t miss part two!
Great engineering! I learned a lot.
I need more! Hopefully I get to see the next part!
Saw the final in your shorts he looks amazing, love him so much! Not sure if you added voice to him but if not it would be cool to add a voice box of some sort if it’s possible. Looking forward to part 2 ❤️
Ratchet & Clank is awesome.
Working on my own project atm, the pain is real. Making an animatronic Clank is probably the coolest thing ever.
really well made Slay! its cool to see the work behind making this bot
@Sunday Slays Cosplay - maybe they make a flexible bed for the 3D printer the clips on the original bed then just to re-aline the head to the bed, and unclip when removing prints, or if not a clip maybe bolt it down onto the bed,just have to remove everytime... 😕
This is amazing! I’m inspired to start my next project!
if it was me I would invest in a metal gearbox servo/make the 3d print infill more Hollow to make it lighter yet still keep the same thickness, besides that everything looks great keep up the good work!
Hi. I really liked your video. I have done many similar projects but from a much different standpoint, not cosply. I tell you, those cheap servos are the bain of our existence! Really enjoyed the failures and perseverance to fix it.
This is awesome. This video is about to blow up I can tell. There's so much effort and passion in the project. I love it!
Excellent work❤
Cool project...!!!! Awesome to see another animator like me tackeling this kind of stuff
You can get stronger versions of those cheap 9g servos, they are called “MG90S”, they are a bit stronger and since your current servos seem to almost work they may be a good option.
Another option is to try and uncouple the movement from what is holding the heads weight, this is more difficult to do though but could potentially be as easy as adding springs below the servo horns to provide some of the force needed to lift the head up. Or adding elastic or rubber bands to pull the servo horns up.
Outstanding effort! This is so sick!
This project is amazing, keep up the awesome work!
Amazing Project.. Love Ratchet and Clank.
Fantastic build! Good luck!
This brings so many ideas for my future projects. Thanks for this. New subscriber
I'd love to build one like this. I love learning and watching projects like these, having built R2D2 and C3Po robots and animatronics are so cool but unfortunately I don't have the technical skills yet to do the coding but I learn from people like you. I'll definitely be following this and keen to see your files if you release them
Incredible and ambitious project! I just found your channel today and I'll be following for sure!
Love it! you got a great concept and beautiful work
Loved seeing the journey, super cool project!
Love how well he's turning out- I recommend using high-torque servos with metal gears. maybe larger ones. Necks and shoulders usually need beefier servos (my shoulders stripped and my head fell off once.(whoopsie) Will check out part 2.
ps - nice shirt!
use metal gear servos and an external battery for them
Waiting for part two!!! I loved this part
This was great, thanks for sharing!
Wish i could buy a kit for this
Awesome work so far
Awesome project! Made Clank once as a kid for Halloween, seeing your project brings nostalgia!
Also, you might wanna consider the SC09 Waveshare servos (same size format). They are not controlled via PWM but TX/RX -- thus it is recommended to also get their servo control board. Their motion is closed-loop controlled so it is much better compared to the ones you are using now, more powerful too. Thought they are more expensive, I would not cheap out on the mechatronics part....
Well done! Will you be sharing the code for the project? I would love to make him as well. You did an awesome job on the eyes.
Awesome... another channel to enjoy watching techie builds.
I just honestly want the base files. i dont care much to get him moving and my prop from like 2015 somehow still is holding up by a box, EVA and Styrofoam. it was my first ever prop and i cherish it
Love the new haircut, great job on the robot!