Bruce A. Shields

A collection of my novels, artwork and other creations.

Evac Door

Bruce | May 10, 2008

I have a bunch of steel in the basement from a couple dryers I saved…it’s perfect! Following the drawings I made, I drew them out on the dryer door with a marker. I left a couple tabs for folding so I can have a nice edge. I am going to cut and foold these parts [...]

Frame

Bruce | May 10, 2008

Here is a close up of the corner braces. If you really wanted to tighten things up, you could epoxy the braces before you put the screw in the pre-drilled holes and clamp it over night. You see the double front 19″ frame bar. This will make more sense when I get the bottom half [...]

New Wall-E Frame

Bruce | May 10, 2008

I drilled 5/16″ holes for the threaded 5/16″ rod I used to secure the frame together with, and I also drilled 3/4″ holes so my socket would fit down inside to tighten the nut with locking washer. Make sure you wear a mask and gloves and saftey gogles when drilling or cutting this stock…it’s fiberglass [...]

DXF CAD Files …

Bruce | May 7, 2008

I drew these CAD files up this week. The first one is a simple DXF of the front of Wall-E’s evacuator door. Nothing special. This version of the door I did a few extras. I added the logo on the front, a trim around the front, and I cut out the back of the door [...]

Logo Dimensions

Bruce | May 6, 2008

I drew up the dimensions for the Logo this week, I uploaded the file to www.The-Crawler.com where all the robot building is taking place!