Dave Everett’s K-9 Body

Dave Everett of the K9 Builders Club has created a set of files that allow you to cut the K-9 body from Styrene board, Izzy has built one of his, and her blog also has a number of reference images on it.

I am tempted to build a number of the flat large parts from Laser Cut Plywood (Hacman has an A4, and  Fred Aldous in Manchester have an A1 laser cutter), For the base plate I will probably go to Manchester FabLab and with a sheet of 18 mm Plywood and machine it on the ShopBot.

I have found this PDF with some dimensions on it, for rough ideas of how big my K9 will get: K-9 Dimensions

I have mirrored the David Everett files here as I can’t find the location I acquired them from anymore:

• Dave Everett’s K-9 body Assembly Instructions
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 body 1
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 body 2
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 body 3
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 body 4
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 body 5
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 body 6
• Dave Everett’s K-9 Head Assembly Instructions
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 Head 1
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 Head 2
• K9 Base Assembly Instructions
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 Motor Mount
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 Base Plate
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 Base Parts
  • Dave Everett’s K-9 Tail Mechanism
• K9 Control Panel Assembly instructions
  • K9 Control Panel Top 1
  • K9 Control Panel Top 2 and 3
  • K9 Control Panel Sides

Most of the PDF are A1, and the others are A4, Keep reading for an update on the machining, and the electronics.