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Mark... was this always the plan from the start, the skulls and blood and smoke and everything? Or are your ideas just snowballing at the moment? Either way it's kick-ass
 

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Nope- absolutely not. I have always wanted to incorporate the glass skull, but wrote it off as a "in the future" idea. I came up with this one day at work, a couple days after one of my water pumps died. 100% out of the blue. Even at that point there was no stand, the cage was supposed to be mounted to the case. If you remember, the biomech skull was actually put into the pc case, with the eyes being my HDD activity lights. From this exact moment, the original idea was conceived almost exactly 4 weeks ago now, and has also evolved over that same 4 weeks.
I am always looking at objects and thinking how top use them in more creative fashions. I find my muse in some of the most unlikely places, and, in case you haven't noticed, I have a bad habit of starting with a simple idea, and having it grow into something elaborate and over-the-top.
 

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Hoora, update!
Got the arm welded to the frame.



Here it is with the real arm in place;


Cage in place;


Also, one leg, prepped for install;





Nice and flush.


(As it turns out, the single flat stock isn't strong enough. Will have to switch to angle iron or something that doesn't flex.)

Here it is all mocked up;


Please note- the water pump will not be right there. It's just holding up the skull right now.
 
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That looks awesome! I'm glad you don't have a specific path, I like watching this build evolve into total awesomeness!
 

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How the hell do you do that? You're so damn fast lol
 
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Haha, it shows up in the feed and I comment on it, simple as that. :)
 

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Somewhat small update today, I didn't have much time to work.
Got my piece of angle iron;


It's a little smaller, so I'll have to fill in some gap. But, this won't flex, so it'll make a great leg. Haven't cut the frame to acommadate yet, will try and get to that tommorrow.
Also, I started skinning. Now, all of this will be covered, so physical appearance won't matter. This step is only to develop the shape.



This will consist of cutting, drilling, riveting, hammering, bending, drilling out the rivets, repeat. Over and over.

This piece I started bending, to use as a crossmember of sorts. Actually, the skull will attach to it. I need to track down a torch, though, as I can't get the bend I want cold.
 

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lol. A big update is coming soon... I have been busy all week, with this and other things. Patience, my good friend.
 

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OK! I am very excited to bring you today's update!
I've been working on the legs for the base. Now, I kinda wish I had gotten more (better) pictures, cause I'm pretty proud of this work lol.
On both the legs, I made notches;



On the bottom side of the frame, corresponding notches;


This is where the arm is welded to the frame. You can see it is notched out here too;


All these pieces fit together like a big 3D puzzle, it really worked great.
The flat bar welded on here at an angle is for the bio-mech skull.


Here are a few pictures showing the legs, post- assload of grinding;




During which my RTX died. So after some shopping around, I decided on this little number;



Eh I'll read this later.


Got a few other things in the mail as well;

Tools!


Connectors!

Now, I'm not 100% on how to use these, so if anyone has any pointers, it would be appreciated. There are pass-through and end cap connectors there.

And let's not forget;

hehehe

Speaking of "legs"
On the cage side, the femur will rest on the angle iron. (Which has been cut to length now) I will cut away parts of the bone to fit down on the metal snug.


For the other side, I cut the other femur;


Some grinding blah blah


fits in there great.


Eventually I will stick a carriage bolt in there, reminiscent of the arm;



Some gratuitous shots, how it sits now;

 
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Well I am unable to express how unbelievably awesome this is. Not even in my native language. Hell not even smilies could describe.

I shall build a machine to harvest your skill and ideas.
 

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Update.
I filled all the weld joints with jb weld. For some areas needing more attention, I switched to Bondo, so that I could actually get this done.
Everything sanded down;



Started painting;




I did some touch up work, then repainted, so some of the rougher spots you see are gone now. Also not pictured, I did a lot of work on the arm.

Smoothed out the transitions between tube and flat stock really nicely. Then I painted the entire piece with the flat black.

Painted the exposed parts metallic silver;









Oh and btw, I make no apologies whatsoever about the over spray. Those parts of the frame will never be seen. It's bad enough I spent an entire weekend doing body work to those parts which will, again, never be seen.
Plus, there will be lots of repainting for me in the future. This work was mainly to protect what I have done so far, and give a an idea what some parts will look like. There are touchups to be done, a bit more welding, and sections where the bones attach to the metal. All in good time.
 

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Update later this weekend... For now, I am very excited to bring you my latest addition;
A gas/gasless MIG welder! 110VAC, it will weld lighter steels, stainless steel, and aluminums. Can be used with Argon, CO2, and combinations of the 2.






I am so stoked to have this and can't wait to fire it up!
 

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OK, so not quite the update I wanted to post. I will probably post another in the next few days...
I sanded and drilled holes for feet to be mounted;


Welded nuts on, Feet screwed in.



I also did some more bone grinding;




Will provide a picture of how this fits later. Also, ignore the chips on the counter. wtf.

Took a large gear and cut it down;

Another fine mess I've gotten myself into.


This took about 3 hours with an angle grinder. How much do my neighbours love me?
This is the middle piece;


And after some quality time with ye olde bench grinder;


This will go by a femur, you'll see later.

While cutting the gear, I included my finger in there. The picture of the aftermath got deleted, but maybe that's a good thing. At any rate, you've heard of modders mesh?


Modders bandage :p

Gear welded on.



Strong as hell.


Shell almost all the way complete;



Made a "floor"



Couldn't reach here to drill holes for rivets,


So I used the existing holes in the front, for the rivets that hold the shell on.


It looks a little rougher than I would like, but this part will never be seen.

The bottom. This part looks better.



Gratuitous pics;


 
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finger! *cringe* Also, nice welder. I must learn to weld one day.
 

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Small update.
Started gluing some of the bones in place. I'm both excited and nervous about this. I'm worried I might end up regretting it. But, This area will need sanding and painting anyways, soo...




Eventually it will get blended together.
Leg being glued tonight.

(That's not hanging, btw.... It's just the zipties)

Also, mounted the first elctronic compenents;
A terminal block, mounted underneath so I can actually get to it lol.


Location for the dimmer switch. No knob, it will be just like that. So I can control the brightness of the led's.


Two pusbutton switches. One for led's, one for smoke.




That's all for now!
 

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Give me a couple weeks here people. Have hod something going on that's taking up all my time. I will be finishing this project (dammit!)
There's not that much left for the reservoir part, and I can't wait to get it done.
 
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remember robot wars? :p

looks sick man on the welding front is it a hard thing to do, equipment expensive? im thinking for my car rather then something like this.

but anyway this looks amazing
 

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Well it can be... I just picked up a welder from Snap-On (I think I posted pics?). And no, it's not a cheap hobby. I don't have a cheap hobby. Damn I wish I had a cheap hobby...
Anyways once you learn the basics it's just a matter of practicing.
 

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looking good mark. It's one of a kind. that's for sure!
 
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