R2D2 Budget Mod by Frenk Janse

Front Vents

For use as front "vents" I dug up these ancient (1984) grills from speaker boxes then used a dremel to cut the hole for the vent in the metal can. I didn't like the way the vents sat out from the case, so I made a container to recess them. A slit was also cut for the slot loading CD drive down the side as well.


My sponsor, SpacePromotion, provided me with two 60 mm fans with white LEDs as intakes to fit behind the vents, however at first they didn't fit because of the extra wires for the LEDs, so it just required a bit of creative cutting.

Droid Head

With the help of the R2 builders' blueprints, I measured the different panel sizes and where the cuts should go. Cutting stainless steel is pretty easy with the right blades as well.


Holes were cut for the radar-eye and twin displays.


Then a bit of MDF was used to fashion a piece that will eventually hold the webcam "eye".