Well, as some of you know, I have begun the long, and arduous task of building an Astromech Droid. The Droid I will be building is one of my own Custom Creations, centered around the R2 Series Astromech. Like so:
My Droid will be known as R3-xB (or Exbee). My goal is build Exbee as a static display, over the course of two years or less, for $500 or less in parts. Once Exbee is completed to my liking, then I will begin collecting the parts for automation and Radio Control (RC). I have an initial design for Exbee that is a little different from most of the Astromech Droids you are used to :
Exbee will have a clear dome, which I ordered today, for $36.28(shipping included). It is an older style Aspects Super-dome squirrel guard that goes over a bird feeder:
I also went to Michaels and bought an 18" wooden floral ring for under $4. This will become the foundations of my droid's dome. The Aspects dome is 2" shorter than the screen-used dome, but roughly the same diameter. I plan to shim the dome up a bit but I will save that for another post.
