I am super jealous. What a beautiful piece!
I am super jealous. What a beautiful piece!
Awesome! The only thing that would have made him autographing it any better is if he was wearing a Reading Rainbow shirt.
Yeah clear coating a chrome paint is pretty much impossible.. I would suggest an outdoor water based sealer. Ive used it with success but its still prone to flaking. Laquer based destroys the mirror finish because it breaks it down when applied.
Great job sharing it with everyone! People will love it for years to come =)DrewSmith007 said:
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Huge congrats on the build and the signing ! Bet it feels mega-
Yeah! He actually was promoting the release of the Reading Rainbow Ipad/phone release. I don't have anything with iOS, but I'm sure it's cool. He was talking about how the current generation of kids are "digital natives" and they will respond really well to an app, vs. a TV show. I think it's a pretty cool idea, and he said they're still emphasizing books, but it has video stuff too...MooCriket said:
Awesome! The only thing that would have made him autographing it any better is if he was wearing a Reading Rainbow shirt.
Hrm... So, is it just a matter of getting a high quality chrome paint? For example, I've seen a few t-800 heads that look awesome! I could get the chrom to look really good, but it would discolor it anything touched it.Bowelrock said:
I hope so! I would love to see other people make it too!zenix said:
It does feel pretty cool. He seemed to like it.Alan Castillo said:
Huge congrats on the build and the signing ! Bet it feels mega-
Thanks for all the compliments guys!
Staggering! This new technology just leaves me feeling like a dinosaur.....
Rich
Just to clarify, the finished part that you see in post 21 was a far cry from how it came off the printer. I spent way more time sanding, filling, priming and resanding than I did printing... Shapeways could probably get close to a finished, but it would still need to be sanded. 3d printing is awesome, but it's not quite perfect yet...
Woo! This was just featured on thingiverse!!!
Great job on the build, and it is so very cool you got him to sign it.
So awesome! What did you use for reference to make it scale? Any scale drawings or anything?
I used a sketch I found on here for the basic shape of the top and bottom, but the other stuff was referenced from several photos. I can't seem to find the sketch again, but it was on graph paper. It's too small to fit me, but it fits the foam head pretty well. I just used it 1:1 and traced it in CAD, I assumed it was scanned and saved 1:1, and it came out pretty well.
Thanks!
Hi DrewSmith007, the templates could be mine. Way back in the late 1980s I built my very first one from cardboard., but then I switched to PVC hardfoam which is much more comfortable to wear.DrewSmith007 said:
A new VISOR is in progress, the single parts are already sanded, but so far I didn't find the time to finish it.
Keep on trekking
Dietrich
Cool, thanks. Nice to be able to thank you for them!
ya of course you got featured! The people here on the RPF are really talented and the MakerBot people have a great eye for talent. It's cool that you have found the source for the reference designs... The best thing to do would be for Cmdr.Kerner to upload the .pdf files to thingiverse.com and then have you mark your model as a derivative of his. =)
I'd be up for marking it a derivative. Also, it was featured on Hackaday!
What a small world. I'm building a Visor using Drew's plans on thingiverse, but had no idea it was from this community (I should have known!) I sent it off to shapeways for printing and it came back really nice. I've made a few small tweaks; I used brass rods instead of tube and drilled holes through the top to make it easier to set the rods.
Strangely enough, the day the shapeways package arrived, LeVar Burton was in my office. I showed the unfinished pieces to him and he was quite impressed. The plastic is a lot lighter than the one he wore for the show (he says that the original was made of metal and quite heavy). But anyway, i wanted to say thanks for the design and here are a few pics of the work in progress.
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Awesome! It looks good so far, make sure to share it finished!
I've gotten it about as far as it'll get before halloween. But here's a pic of my Visor so far.
Does anybody have a paper template of this visor so i can trace it onto wood and make one? I dont have access to a 3d printer...
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