K9

[ravage]

im in the middle of building my custom k9 mark 7 i decided to call him
and combinded wood and metal together

i just wanted to know if anyone else has tried it or has made one?

[Scarfwearer]

Glad to hear you've started a K.9, and welcome aboard!

I started a metal clad K.9, but I'm afraid he's been on hold for so long now he's probably better classed as 'abandoned' :/. I was making progress for a while there, though. Unfortunately he went rusty...
The story so far is here: Scarfwearer's K.9.

Crispin

[ravage]

well considering i keep rescucing k9 mark 7 my ol' boy i will be starting to build his electronics and i do not really understand electronics so it will be intresting
i will be posting up all his parts i builded from sctrach myself
all metal body with a base of wood only even the head metal

[ravage]

would anyone be able to help me with electonics or send me any photo referances so i might get an idea how to figure it out please

i will be posting up my k9 mark 7 parts shortly in the next few hours
he is the same size as k9 mark 1-4 in the body and head
i just did not have the compelete insutcutions

[ravage]

these's are my mark 7 photos that i said that i post im going to oil the base tomorrow 1st to protect it from the weather then add the body untill i work out the electronics on him

[quigonj]

Hi,

Very cool start!

Look through the comments on the Lovelace thread. We have been talking about the motors used on the real K9s, what controller I am gonna get, and so on. The original K9 used a wheelchair motor, and since then they have used a pair of windshield wiper motors to move him. I also linked to YouTube videos recommended to me on the WhoProps board to show how the various movements like ears and the tail movement can be done.

I don't know enough on the electronics yet to give you specific instructions, but hopefully what I've given you will help!

[ravage]

heres an update to my mark 7 now i kept taking pics so you would see he's a slow build for one reason he wont have wheels your proberly thinking why? thats a good question which will be shown in time patience
and this time after you see the new pics i put on the old ones the measurements both inches and cm to help anyone thinking of a simaler build
so now here are the new pics

the last pic of the braket was made from a maget door clip i was surpized how strong it was

[Scarfwearer]

Looks like he's coming along nicely.

I don't know how much you've worked with sheet metal before, but I hope you wear good gloves when you're near those sharp metal edges.

Crispin

[ravage]

i never forgot k9 as im building my tardis so here are some new photos where he's build is up to untill i can get some motors and electronics for him i made the brakets from the skirting edges that they on counters

[davidnagel]

woah

k9 in metal?

are you madddd

[Scarfwearer]

ahem!

I started a metal K9 also...

Crispin

[mordrogyn]

Well surely although K9 is fiberglass in the show you are supposed to believe it is metal, so what better way than to make it from metal.

[quigonj]

That looks cool so far!

[galacticprobe]

woah

k9 in metal?

are you madddd

Let's not forget Micky's comment in "School Reunion" when he first saw K9: "It's a tin dog!"

So why not make one out of tin? It looks like it's going swimmingly so far.

Dino.

[ravage]

thanks to everyone for your support i will keep everyone updated when i post  new post and photos