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R7 Eye

All,
I formed the lens for my R7 main eye. Tried boiling the acrillic in the end
just hed it in the eye over the burners with tongs and used an ice cream scoop
to push it to shape. What do you think?

Doug
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Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:45 pm

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Quick update. I was able to get about 30 parts in the mail today. I'll be email individuals with confirmation numbers later tonight. I got the international...
Douglas Olson
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Feb 28, 2007
12:15 am

I just want to confirm, I had only 1 person mention they would be interested in an Aluminum machined eye. Going to have the shop do one for me this week. If...
Douglas Olson
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Feb 28, 2007
4:08 pm

Doug I just wanted to say very nice design. I had been follosing the link but not the pics untill now. VERY NICE!! nice design. John E ... From: Douglas Olson...
John Endres
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Feb 28, 2007
5:31 pm

All, I formed the lens for my R7 main eye. Tried boiling the acrillic in the end just hed it in the eye over the burners with tongs and used an ice cream...
Doug Olson
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Apr 11, 2008
10:52 pm

I used plastic from a soda bottle. http://astromechbuilder.com/mechloader/d/30013-1/R7-eye.JPG It molded quite nicely under the heat from a hair dryer. Pressed...
Jon Stokes
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Apr 11, 2008
11:19 pm

Hey Douglas, Any chance for a tutorial on how to install the LEDs? I cant get the 2 surrounds to sit next to each other. Andy ... From: Douglas Olson To:...
Andrew Schwartz
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Mar 2, 2007
2:37 pm

I'm putting one together, all the images are already up at http://www.stickmonkey.com/astromech/flps Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ... From: "Andrew...
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Mar 2, 2007
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Doug, Did you have to modify the benzels? Mine are a bit too big to sit next to each other and use the threaded rods. Andy ... From:...
Andrew Schwartz
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Mar 2, 2007
5:58 pm

I shaved about a mm+ off the bottom bezels with a sander. And I also trimmed about this much off the bottom LED circuit board, but used the standoffs to mount...
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Mar 2, 2007
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That explains it! Andy ... From: <doug.olson@...> To: <r7droidbuilders@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 1:08 PM Subject: Re:...
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