My Completed Sonic Screwdriver Remote Control Conversion

kursosawa said:
I'll be setting up a thread in the junkyard in the middle of next week for some of the parts when they become available.
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That's great news! And I'm glad I didn't glue the end cap to the handle now that I know there is an upgrade coming.
Any thoughts or plans to make a more tapered center ring?

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Has anyone had trouble with the pins in the claws?

I've hammered out three but the fourth is proving to be a real pita. I'm pretty sure i'm trying to knock it out from the side with the smallest diameter hole but it refuses to budge.
 
AlexBC said:
Has anyone had trouble with the pins in the claws?

I've hammered out three but the fourth is proving to be a real pita. I'm pretty sure i'm trying to knock it out from the side with the smallest diameter hole but it refuses to budge.
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I had a problem with them slipping out too easy.

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GeneralFROSTY said:
I had a problem with them slipping out too easy.

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Bugger. On the plus side, the handle slipped off without any trace of glue. But that damn pin is driving me crazy.

I've also been looking into what leather to use in place of the rubber on the handle. Not sure if i'm going to go for completely black or something with a little antiquing to it.

Also, am I the only person trying to make sure that things are just loose enough on their conversion that it sounds like you're handling a corkscrew? Points if you get why that should be :)
 
If anyone is having trouble with the pins in the converted sonics, a bit of glue on either side will keep them in place.

@ Frosty: No plans for a tapered center ring (yet)
@ Alex: Sometimes I hammered the pin out half way then pulled it out with a pair of needle nose pliers.
 
You might need to do what I had to do, construct a jig that the sonic can rest in with a hole for the pin to fall out. You need to be able to really haul back and smack that thing out with a hammer, so the jig should be made of wood or book board (mine was book board) so it doesn't scratch the sonic.
 
Risu said:
You might need to do what I had to do, construct a jig that the sonic can rest in with a hole for the pin to fall out. You need to be able to really haul back and smack that thing out with a hammer, so the jig should be made of wood or book board (mine was book board) so it doesn't scratch the sonic.
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Tried that :)

Just picked up a new vice so i'll try putting it in that with some sufficient padding and try hammering it out again.
 
My pins slid out too easily. The whole thing nearly fell to pieces when I opened the claws one time. The glue trick will work, but I'd like to see a different pin system used.

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kursosawa said:
Hello everyone, this is a project i started some weeks ago after studying NMR's conversion though there are a few differences in my sonic's construction. I got caught up in the flurry of work, so sadly, i forgot to take pics along part of the way.

first is the battery pack. Instead of keeping the green shaft from the CO toy intact, I decided to create a separate battery/sound board pack that would be stationary near the back end of the sonic. First, i cut the shaft down to size unseated the sound board, hollowed out the tube so I could move the soundboard back about half a centimeter. I also cut out the momentary switch in the back of the module so make a little more space.

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic1_zps7b35efa0.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic2_zps77bcf191.jpg[/URL]

After sealing up the module, I glued it to the back end of the black casing near the pommel end of the sonic, cutting away part of the black housing so I could retain access to the batteries. I then cut out the swith originally wired to the board and replaced it with a larger switch and ran the wire through a hole in the casing. I then cut a notch out of the rubber portion to seat the new, larger, momentary switch. In order to keep everything in place, I glued the portion of the black housing i cut away into the side of the white handle, to ensure a snug fit. I then used a small brass slotted screw to hold it in place when closed. The sound module fits snugly into the copper end cap, thus there is no risk of sliding off.

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic3_zpsf1ba3b13.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic4_zpsa37513fd.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic6_zps4c20bb5e.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic8_zps94ce424c.jpg[/URL]

Here is pretty much where I completely forgot to take pics. First, I stripped off the coating on the aluminum parts. Secondly, I really did not like the look of the CO toy shaft with all the buttons and seams. Thus, I cleaned up the shaft with a bit of putty and made a master mold of the shaft which had a 1/4 inch ID hole in the middle for me to fit an aluminum pipe to ensure rigidity. I had also molded the green emitter. The shaft and emitter where then cast in green tinted clear resin. While A great deal darker than the prop, I rather like it. I trimmed out the channels of the copper cage to make room for the sliding action. Furthermore, I hollowed out part of the interior sides of the aluminum parts which hold them to the copper cage but left enough to act as posts which slide into holes drilled into the resin shaft, that way, it ensures a strong bond between the shaft and the aluminum cage.

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic14_zps1314ecb4.jpg[/URL]

The Last part was the largest pain in the back side....those damn claws. I used NMR's L shaped strut idea to hold the claws in place. However, I used 4 torsion springs to hold the open position of the claws when the sonic is deployed. I used a small grey ring that came from the emitter end of CO toy and mounted it on the green shaft under the claws in order to hold the claws open. The eerie thing is that is the grey ring is exactly the same OD as the ID in the opening on the copper cage so it slides in and out smoothly! The tolerances on this this thing is pretty tight, especially on the shaft, which makes helps in keeping the sonic closed.

Enough talking, here are the final results.

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic22_zps51a3a244.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic18_zps618b9c9e.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic17_zpse37defd8.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic15_zpsb9cfeb35.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic11_zps3ff542c5.jpg[/URL]

and a few pics with my MFX Sonic for good measure.

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic20_zpsd333cdf8.jpg[/URL]

[url]http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/sonic/th_sonic19_zpse345f1f3.jpg[/URL]
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Finnaly find an amazing accurate working replica of the 11th doctors sonic screw driver and he quits! although I got wary of this when they stopped producing the co toy.
 
harrijohn said:
Finnaly find an amazing accurate working replica of the 11th doctors sonic screw driver and he quits! although I got wary of this when they stopped producing the co toy.
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Who quit? I'm still making these, and the CO toy is still on sale/in production.
 
Looks that way
last week I went round all the toy shops and argos's alike and I could not find one sonic screwdriver and when I asked if they would get any in stock I always got a "no" or a "i wouldnt count on it " then I found out matt smith quit and it makes quite a lot of sense i would predict a new sonic screwdriver ,you might be able to get a sonic screwdriver in the us but I know i cant in the uk
 
That sounds incredibly unlikely given that they still produce 3, 4, 5, 10 and River's sonics. It'll probably just get a packaging refresh like the others.
 
Yeah hopefully
I know theres a line of sonics which did the realy old doctors sonics like the 3 rd and 4 th doctors
And they did the 9/10th screwdrivers too
 
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