Maker Faire Asheville 2024

Star Wars R2D2 droid

Home: North Carolina, United States

Everyones favorite Star Wars Droid! Its full-size, screen accurate, is remotely controlled and has all the great R2 sounds. The project was 3D printed and required over 25kg of filament and over 2600 hours of printing time.

Star Wars R2D2 droid - Maker Faire Asheville 2024

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Geoff Pavey Maker Photo

Geoff Pavey

I bought a 3d printer years ago and was crazy enough to decide to build an astromech with it. Zoiks, it took 2 years of my life. Now I call it my emotional support droid.

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