What it Takes to 3D Print a Life Size Astromech Droid
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Chopper is almost more amazing a character then R2, it's true, but seeing him on the table like that you really get a true sense of scale that you don't get from watching Rebels.
This video is chock full of information on the 3D printing of this Chopper Replica. Thank you. Thank you . Thank you. Your attention to the details is not going unnoticed in the fan community. Keep doing what you are doing!!!!
Glad to see you're still around! I did one of your Rebel Fleet Trooper helmets way back 20 + years ago. Love your stuff!
Nice to see the respirator when using around the harmful vapors. I see so many 3d printing youtubers that don't.
I just recently got back into 3d printing, and after seeing your little pit droid in the background of your videos. Ive started my journey on printing that little guy! I love your videos and wish you the best of luck with this current project!
Yay! That’s super exciting! Pit droids are a great project.
Cool project, really love the ABS slurry mixture idea! I knew about that for building model kits using tamiya plastic glue and some bits of the sprue, but never thought about applying the same idea to printing!
Fantastic project here. I cannot wait to see how the paint job comes out on this and how you go with all the little mechanical fun inside :)
The mechanical stuff I’m sure is going to send my brain into a tailspin lol
I’ve always wanted to learn though and there are so many projects I’d love to make that involve more robotic type work so it’s about time I start figuring things out.
@@MMsPropShop yea good on ya, looking forward to seeing how this all goes
I'm late to this video, but want to say awesome job! I'm 8 months into casually printing a Michael Baddelly R2D2 with my kids. He is on his feet finally and I can attest that we still have parts EVERYWHERE at the moment. Larger functioning droids are not a small or quick project, and don't even get me started on the cost. LOL.
Great job! I'm also in the process of building a Mr. Baddeley Chopper. I'm a bit further along and in the electronics part now. Glad I made it past all the Sand! Sand! Sand! part of the project! :)
Haha, yeah. Not looking forward to all of the sanding. It’s unfortunately a necessary evil lol
This is so cool! My son and I have been wanting to build a Chopper. We will be following this with great interest!
Chopper is awesome can't wait to see the finished product. Your print quality looks amazing and smooth.
CHOPPERRRR! omg I love that you are doing this project, Its looking really good so far!
You are starting to accumulate a nice little droid collection!
I’m going for the Droid Depot aesthetic in my workshop lol.
Finally getting around to Star Wars biggest war criminal
I love this
Can't believe how many people celebrate this mass murder.
We use acetone slurry in guitar making also, to blend inconsistencies in guitar binding repairs.
Yay! Another live action Chopper build! Good luck!!
super awesome you are doing a droid build. We need more droid builders in the world. Looking really good print parts and assembly so far. Looking forward to more videos of this. Keep up the great work!
Great new project! Love watching your work and how you show us every step of the way. Looking forward to seeing this project move forward!
Sure hope we see more of this droid's build in the future. It's definitely larger than I imagined, but then I've seen R2D2 droids running around Star Wars Celebration that were that size, so I don't know why I thought this one would be smaller. As someone thinking of getting into the 3D printing hobby, I'm curious why you chose ABS over other filament types. I see you use it a lot in your videos.
Definitely! I just unfortunately haven’t had a large enough chunk of time to look at going back to him yet. It’s on the schedule in the next month or so though!
It’s purely due to its ease of post processing. I’d estimate it cuts my time down by more than half which is how I’m able to make so many large projects in a reasonably short amount of time. You don’t realize how badly PLA sands until you use a filament thats actually meant to be sandible. PETG is easier to sand but still more effort than it needs to be.
Perfect timing. I’m trying to find something to watch to help me unwind from a stressful morning. Your videos always leave me feeling positive and inspired.
Thank you for posting this when you did!
I swear you come up with the craziest builds, this is great
Excited to follow your build. Ive been working on the baddley R2D2 for the last year. Have all electronics :)
I was gonna ask why ABS instead of like anything else, then I saw the welding and hot damn that is so clean! With a printer like yours I'd assume warping and stuff isnt as big an issue so why wouldnt you! This looks amazing
This is awesome! Definitely looking forward to watching how this project progresses!
Is there a part 2 coming ? I just started this build myself, you’re such an inspiration
Excellent. Looking forward to the next Chopper video.
I found printing any of the drive gears in Ninjatek Armadillo gave me much better results than anything else. I can't wait to see this finished, I'm doing this exact one next now that the Rebels version is done.
So excited to see you completing this droid! Chopper is my favourite since he appeared in Rebels. I even made a t-shirt of him! (we won't mention his war crimes XD)
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing your process - subbed and excited to see future updates. Got me inspired to fix my printer and finally make a BD-1.
Can’t wait to see more!!!! Looks awesome so far 😊
I am in the process of finally painting my R2D2 from Mr.Badley. lots of fun but I understand the mass volume of pieces 😊
Awesome job. Can’t wait to see him complete ❤
It looks really awesome so far!
we share the same dream... i am dying to do this. i am so excited for your next video update!!
Such a cool project! Have you considered making b2emo? He would be so cute as a contrast.
Wow good job sister !
Disney should hire you, so talented!
Very excited to see this. I started the animated Chopper before the live version was shown at celebration. Finished the legs and feet and some of the body. Decided to switch to the live version and waited for all the files to be updated. In the interim the Bambu X1C was released. I was using PLA+ before and now everything is ABS. What a difference in toughness it makes, and everything prints 4 or 5 times as fast.
Please, please, please make videos on the steppers and electronics when you get to them. I have read a lot and watched videos, but that is the going to be the hardest part for me. Are you going with the Padawan and Maestro system?
Yeah it’s pretty incredible what these latest generation printers can achieve.
I’ll do my best with making a video about the electronics process although I’m no expert so
I’m not entirely sure how helpful it’ll end up being lol. I really haven’t looked too into the specifics of what the pros and cons of the various system setups are, but I’ll most likely go with whatever one seems more beginner friendly or at least better documented in terms of setup to help me figure things out.
That's looking very cool so far! Chopper is definitely one i want to make at some point.
Do you run into any issues running both printers on the same table together?
I was initially concerned about that as well but there seems to be no difference in quality with them running at the same time or not. If they were printers that didn’t have input shaping then it would most likely be a different story.
Hi, I'm the guy who's printing the Republic Commando Armor (I commented on an other video of yours).
3D-printing got me hooked, already ordered the new Qidi printer and got me an Anycubic Photon Mono 2 for the details :)
All thanks to you :D
You mentioned your new ABS-settings. Would you mind sharing them? I sometimes have some problems with fitting 2 pieces together, so maybe my settings are not 100% correct 😅
Haha, that’s awesome! Sorry for being a bad influence? 🤣
I annoyingly couldn’t get Orca to export a config file for my settings, but here are screenshots: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FyujBmhh-VTaaXOMi8OSnKjPlPwtihe3
A lot of the time I’ll change the speed to 90% on my machine. It’s mostly to guarantee that high stress parts are properly melting together. I know I could go in and adjust all of the speeds but just changing it on the machine works for me for now.
When the pieces don’t fit is it because things don’t seem to line up correctly or that things seem too big/small to fit into other parts?
@@MMsPropShop
I would definitivly not say a bad influence, but on the other side it gets quite expencive very fast 😅😂
The parts seem to be too big, like a milimeter or so. I recently printed a ramp for a robot vacuum and the parts were fittet with dove tails. I needed to sand all of them so they would fit.
So you just adjust your speed at the printer directly, not in the slicer?
And thank you for the screenshots!
@codyrex4382 there is a chance that it could just be that the file hasn’t allowed enough clearance between pieces, but if it isn’t then it’ll be due to a slight over extrusion on the walls.
Yes, just adjusting the speed on the printer. Maybe a bit impractical but I haven’t been bothered to adjust all of the speeds down in the slicer 😂 It will print fine at 100% but on thinner pieces that are all or mostly walls and no infill, I find that full speed can risk delamination.
@@MMsPropShop
Thanks for the tipp!
How could I get rid of this over extrusion?
Will try to adjust the speed on the printer, seems to be easier and more flexible than in the slicer anyway 😊
@codyrex4382 technically it could be caused by overheated filament; too much is oozing from the nozzle when it’s printing. But if you feel the temperature is good, there are extrusion multiplier settings for each type of part on a print. A lot of times the walls will be set to 0.42mm, you could lower it to 0.4mm or less.
3:25 - This may be a dumb question, but why do the support pieces look like trees? I understand the need to support overhanging pieces, but Why does it make them curved and sort of organic looking, rather than just straight vertical poles that branch out at the top?
Does doing it that way provide more support or save on material?
This looks amazing! I'm actually getting ready to start on my droid build as well. Do you see any concerns with using PETG over ABS? I'm trying to avoid issues with fumes, and from what I've researched, it seems like PETG still does fairly well with UV and heat - especially when it's been painted (not that it would go outside much).
Definitely not! There are many people that print their droids in PLA/PLA+ with great success so a PETG one should be no issue as long as you’re able to produce accurately fitting parts with that filament on your printer.
@@MMsPropShop Thanks so much for your response! Thanks also for all of your videos. I'm new to 3D printing,. I don't really subscribe to much on YT, but you've got a new follower with me. I've watch a few already and your information is incredibly helpful and interesting.
You really should do AP5
Hey can I please ask where you found the dome files that are all cut up ? I am a patreon member of Mr.Braddeley's but I cant find the PDF or the cut up files anywhere ?
It’s in Dome > Cut Version for the live action file in the OneDrive. It’s probably in a similar file for the animated version.
Love me some chopper
I have the Baddeley mini version. As I do not have space for the full sized.
The minis are awesome! I’ll probably be making a few of those myself as I definitely do not have the space for all of my astromech aspirations.
Awsome
Why can I only like the video once?!
First of all I love your channel and what you do.
Man if 3D printers existed when I grew up in the late 80s and early 90s. I would have done exactly what you do, but to insanity lol
So I guess its a good thing that they didnt exist then haha
Curiouse, why ABS and not ASA?
Awesome videos!
It seems the only true advantage of ASA over ABS is its UV resistance which isn’t going to change much for a piece that’s going to get fully painted in the end. Add to that the extra cost of ASA, just didn’t seem worth it. I mostly prefer printing in ABS because of how easy it is to post process; the added strength and resistance is just a bonus.
Valid points! I have printed with a lot of ASA mainly because it does not give off any bad fumes (but a LOT of particulates), I have not tried ABS because of the fumes. Thanks for your point of view, I will give ABS a try
I am also a fan of using ABS over ASA for the exact same reasons you stated. On big projects like this the difference in price adds up pretty quickly!
Fantastic build! @@MMsPropShop
I'm working on the same one! Is there any chance that those reference images of yours are available online somewhere?
Why would you want to build a war criminal?
Could I ask you what kind of supporter do I have to get the 3d files for Chopper? The 5$ oder the 10$ Supporter?
Ohhh there it is. I think I have to get the 5$ Support thing xD
I would like to know how many Spools of Filament you needed
This still isn’t all of the parts but I was around 15kgs of filament. I’d estimate I’ll probably use around 5kgs more on top of resin for detail pieces.
Anything new on Chopper?
We need an update on your printers and reviews! Did you get the qidi Max 3??
I’m going to look at doing a video giving updates on all of the printers I’ve been using lately. I never know how many people are interested in specific reviews as opposed to the more project based videos so I figured a roundup review of everything would strike a good balance.
Yes, I did purchase an X Max 3. It’s a fantastic printer if you’re in need of the larger build volume. It’s essentially the larger version of an x-plus 3 with a slightly different outer casing.
@@MMsPropShop no worries! Sounds like a good plan :) awesome, looking into a printer that will just do bigger pieces overall and specifically full helmets. I’m quite new to printing (very new) and qidi seem quite user friendly from what you’ve shown!
Whatever the video will be, it’ll be awesome, love your vids ❤️
How's this one going?
Julianna Margulies? You look so young again.
what abs do you use?
Mostly I’ve been sticking to Polymaker. The orange was AMZ3D though.
Mr Baddeley does some fantastic work. I'm about half way through R2 but have been paused for a few years as my 3D printer stopped working and other things distracted me... I'm half tempted to reprint him anyway as what I have is a bit hit and miss... having said that... it's about 250 or so pieces printed of about 500... so tough choice. I think the design has been updated since then so I might have to have a look... I'm also tempted to try casting the dome in metal (via home made forge)... but that could be tricky.
Definitely! His files are so well designed and thought out.
Oof. Yeah, that is a tough call. I believe they’ve tried to have most new version parts work with past versions of the droids but you’d have to check.
The metal dome sounds like a very cool and very complex project lol
@@MMsPropShopIt's partly because when transporting my partially built R2 to the local hackerspace for an open day, it got knocked about a bit so there is some damage. I think the new dome design looks more "solid" too... I'll likely print some test pieces then attempt casting and see how that goes... otherwise I just have a lot of sanding and filling to bring the rest of it up to a nice standard (I don't have quality printers like yours :D... or your skill... let's not forget that!)
Wow chopper looks amazing! I love how each part fixes together. Especially the leg pieces. I hope to see the next part. I’ve never printed any parts…what would you estimate the amount of Abs that you will use?
Probably somewhere around the 20-25 kg mark.
Good ol MEK...we used that stuff on missile launchers in the Air Force...it works wonders! Amazing work as always!
dangerous shit tho, methyl ethyl ketone is very dangerous with continuous use, be VERY careful