Farnsworth Discussion

This is all fantastic info. Like someone else here said, its like the RPF of old where research and sharing was key.
In regards to the faceplate....... Has anyone thought of taking the layout to a trophy/ awards shop? They engrave on brass all day long. All the details could be engraved and then dry brushed in with color. if you wanted to cut out the details, you already have a nice crisp line to guide you.

im not sure they could go offa digital file you give them they ususally just do text or use their own premade system templates...but might be possible.

Its been tweaked a bit, probably to avoid a copyright thing, but i think the "F" is nearly identical to the one in the "Ford" logo.

http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/sear...082/15900.html

The "Ford" typeface is a custom thing, dating back to the company creation. There does not seem to be a full font out there that matches, but "Licious" seems to be as close as can be determined.

Kylash327 said:

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thanks, i was gonna get em today, let us know which one asap. thanks!

OK...Went to Radio Shack to check out the 5.5mm (O.D.) size power jacks and it turns out the the O.D. is actually about 15mm (Waaaay too big).
Apparently the 5.5 O.D diameter is for the plug that goes in the hole (Silly me, thinking the 5.5OD is actually the size of the outer diameter of the product being sold.)

Anyhow, I picked up an inline phone jack (3.5MM O.D. of the HOLE...10mm O.D of the actual knurled ring), which looks close (Although I still have reservations...The size still seems a tad too big)-

Here s pic -

Only problem is that the knurling on the edge only covers half the edge (As can be seen in the pic).
I beleive the one on the actual prop goes across the entire edge.

It only cost a couple of bucks at radio shack, so no big deal.


I did some more searching and found theses (Which have the complete knurling) ...Same O.D. as the one I picked up at radio shack.


http://www.rpelectronics.com/Default...Div_31_055.asp

Now, the problem with this one is that with shipping and handling cost it comes out to about 22$ for two of these things.
Im going to keep looking for a cheaper alternative.


BTW Kylash, when you scaled your photo of the Farnsworth, what size did you get for the outer diamter of the jack port?

The one I got at Radio shack measures 10mm..It could be right, but it seems about 1 or two millemeters too big .

Any opinions?

DS

BTW, I got the red indicator lens today -

Here's a photo of the layout so far (I used your templat as a placeholder. Hope you don't mind)



DS

Found these at Radio Shack



8mm OD

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103451

But the Knurled part is the nut so you have a break line showing, can't really tell if it is that way on the original.

And the two small notches in the knurling for tightening are not on the backside so you can tun it around.

Wildefarer said:

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Found these at Radio Shack



8mm OD

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103451

But the Knurled part is the nut so you have a break line showing, can't really tell if it is that way on the original.

And the two small notches in the knurling for tightening are not on the backside so you can tun it around.

Yeah, the kurled washer isn't thick enough...Also, if the OD is interpreted the same way as the other jacks that I found, then it would make the entire thing way too big. (The OD is actually the measurement of the plug that goes into the hole...Not the outer part of the port.)

For those with the Wheatley 9601, how much depth is left behind the panel
after the bulbs are installed?

I had this (probably) crazy idea of using a PIC or PC/104 microcontroller to drive a small LCD and speaker.

Uncle said:

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For those with the Wheatley 9601, how much depth is left behind the panel
after the bulbs are installed?

I had this (probably) crazy idea of using a PIC or PC/104 microcontroller to drive a small LCD and speaker.

Well, i didn't technically buy the entire bulb for the indicator light, so there aren't any guts protruding down under the faceplate. All i bought was the domed red lens.

If it helps, the space below the faceplate should be approx 13mm.

As for the text issue, I went and looked at the text again, and it seems that the entire text is Moonshine script/Licious Script...No Ballpark Script for the letter "F".

Since I couldn't find the text anywhere for free, I decided to just create the text in vector by tracing the bitmap generated with the word "Farnsworth" on one of the Font sites -

8 perf said:

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This is all fantastic info. Like someone else here said, its like the RPF of old where research and sharing was key.
In regards to the faceplate....... Has anyone thought of taking the layout to a trophy/ awards shop? They engrave on brass all day long. All the details could be engraved and then dry brushed in with color. if you wanted to cut out the details, you already have a nice crisp line to guide you.

It wasn't a trophy shop, but they worked with trophy shops to do more custom stuff, did a lot of award plaques and things like that, too. It was simply an egraving shop i went to.

Took a cad file in and they were able to etch it into black plexi for me, pdq. The biggest issue was I had to go through the cad file meticulously looking for double lines as the engraving program would etch over an existing line how ever many duplicates were under it. Could cause issus.
My etchings were the holocron facplates and the design. They had no issues.

If you try and etch a cutout, just make sure it has not closed shapes in side of a closed shape. I.e., the letter 'o' or 'e'.

I can take a copy to place I used if no one can find a place.

The 3" lens reminds me of those small lights you push the lens to turn on and off. The cheapo flying saucer shaped lights you get a wallyworld.. It would have the step to prevent it from coming out of the housing. Just an idea....

ZK

yeah a tap light, lol

DARTH SABER said:

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As for the text issue, I went and looked at the text again, and it seems that the entire text is Moonshine script/Licious Script...No Ballpark Script for the letter "F".

Since I couldn't find the text anywhere for free, I decided to just create the text in vector by tracing the bitmap generated with the word "Farnsworth" on one of the Font sites -

dang man, you got it! any chance you could send me that vector file to work in Illustrator 8, i could then put it into the layout we've got working up here.

awesome.

I went through the pilot episode last night and did caps of the Farnsworth.
I still need to go through and crop the rest of them but here is a start.






D6

Here's the rest of them.






D6

By request, a faceplate I cleaned up from a screenshot:

WOW, great cleanup job!

I just laid the Fransworth text over the photo and it's an exact match. Licious/Moonshine script is definitely the text.
Anyhow, I was looking around the house and I noticed we had an old clock with a plastic lens on it.

So I took it off the housing and tested the size in comparison to the prop -

Pretty close match -



DS

DARTH SABER said:

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Anyhow, I was looking around the house and I noticed we had an old clock with a plastic lens on it.

So I took it off the housing and tested the size in comparison to the prop -

Pretty close match -

Looks good. Hit the back of it with some Krylon Pewter paint, and you'll have a great looking screen.

Awesome gadgets! Love the show!

HEY! Someone needs to post an interest thread in the JY about a run of these. Oh, I see someone DID. Cool.

I guess the Tesla would be doable as well if someone could do the "glass" parts.

I am NOT selling anything here! NO WAY.

Now, back to the discussion thread....

One more of the tiny Farnsworth.

I have been watching this thread for awhile now and i have to say this is awesome stuff!

I just watched the four available episodes and I really like the show. I hope it gets a green light for another season where they can really develop the characters further.

I definately either want to make one of these or buy one. It all depends on whether or not someone can make the face plate with the engraving on it. So far this thread has been an excellent resource for the parts to build one of these. ^_^

Great job guys!