11th Doctor Metal Sonic Screwdriver Remote Conversion

cama900 · Mar 16, 2013

After seeing NakedMoleRat and kursosawa's mod of the Sonic Screwdriver universal remote, I figured I just had to have one

So I bought my remote and began dremeling and filing away at the copper cage and aluminum arms. Ive also began taking the coating off the aluminum parts using steel wool, but i cant get into all the cracks and crevices, anyone know a better way to do this? And here are some pics!

Before any modification

As of now

Havent figured out how to get the white handle off yet, but my next priority is the claws, so it can wait

And my apologies for the somewhat blurry pictures...

Any tips, advice, questions or criticisms are very welcome!

Peace out! :ninja

cama900 · Mar 23, 2013

So I cant, for the life of me, get the white handle off!! Ive pulling, wiggling, prying, hitting it on things... Im quite afraid that i will end up accidentally breaking it, Ive already beat it up. I think it must have gotten some glue in it somehow (or something like that), because it seems that im the only one to have had this problem. So I made a ghetto mold of it, so that if if i does break it wont be the end of the world

Until next time!

kursosawa · Mar 23, 2013

To remove that coating, soak the parts in a 50% solution of purple degreaser from home depot for 24 hrs. Works like a charm.

cama900 · Mar 23, 2013

Alright thanks! Ill be sure to pick some up!

By the way, I forgot to say thanks for all your help so far! Its made my life much easier!

Risu · Apr 28, 2013

Kursosawa, that's awesome news! Do you have any pictures of the end result of the degreaser trick?

Cama, the white part is tricky and I can't remember exactly how it worked. When I get home tonight I'll pull it out and see if I can recall how to remove it.

cama900 · Apr 28, 2013

Thanks, I think mine might just have an abnormally large amount of glue in it. The guys at the wand company (Seriously the nicest guy i've ever talked too online) sent me a new one. I would still prefer getting this one off in tact obviously

Thanks for the help!

Risu · Apr 28, 2013

Oh, I didn't remember there being glue, mine just had a protrusion that kept it in place I think.

kursosawa · Apr 29, 2013

Some of the more recent remotes I have taken apart use a bit of glue to hold the white handle in place. Its a bit of a pain to deal with really.

cama900 · May 10, 2013

I made the mounts for the claws out of an old TV Antenna that had a section of square aluminum. It took a ridiculous amount of time, but they turned out pretty decent so I'm happy

I still need to modify them a little bit. Anybody know the best way to attach them? I've got them on with hot glue right now, but that's just temporary to make sure they work fine

Anyway, thanks for looking!

kursosawa · May 10, 2013

I use JB weld to attach the brackets.

Bluebox303 · Jul 15, 2013

How do you get the copper bit on the end off??

cama900 · Jul 19, 2013

Sorry I took so long to respond. But you can carefully pry it off with a screwdriver, or you can just grab it and pull and carefully wiggle it. I wiggled it and pulled to get it off, took me about a half hour or so. Good luck!

cama900 · Nov 28, 2013

I'm sorry fellas! I got this done nearly 3 months ago and just completely forgot to update this thread! To make it up to you, Ive made a youtube video

Here is more or less whats inside:

I have no Idea why I had this crazy system, It was a pain in the butt! But it ended up working so I'm happy!

I did replace the LED with a white one so I can change the emitter to one of the other colors should I acquire them at some point.

Here are some comparison shots with the want company 10th doctor remote!

Here is the video I promised! ITs pretty much just showing off the 11th doctor one and comparing it a bit with the 10th from the wand company

Xxblackbird · Nov 28, 2013

Outstanding work!

parfaitelumiere · Dec 1, 2013

great!
did you get the green emitter from Kursosawa?
Where would it be possible to get a green core?
I'm working on my remote,and would upgrade the front too...

cama900 · Dec 1, 2013

The emitter and core are both from the CO toy, although I will probably buy a few emitters from kursosawa. I did some sanding on the core and then rubbed bothe the emitter and core with steel wool.

bh1138 · Dec 1, 2013

Looks fantastic! I have a couple questions about the claw mechanism if you don't mind. I was looking at trying a budget scratch-build version of this sonic and my initial thought was to use torsion springs for the claws, which it looks like what you've done. Is that the same method as the toy and other prop versions use? And where did you get the springs that you used in this mod?

AlexBC · Dec 1, 2013

very nice conversion.

Though, if I were you, i'd go ahead and take some enamel nail polish remover to those copper parts and give them a little bit of wire wool treatment. It makes a world of difference to the sonic.

cama900 · Dec 2, 2013

bh1138 said:
Looks fantastic! I have a couple questions about the claw mechanism if you don't mind. I was looking at trying a budget scratch-build version of this sonic and my initial thought was to use torsion springs for the claws, which it looks like what you've done. Is that the same method as the toy and other prop versions use? And where did you get the springs that you used in this mod?

I used Kursosawa's method method. I had the drywall anchors laying around. I cant remember off the top of my head how the toy works, but I still have the parts so I can go figure it out.

AlexBC said:
very nice conversion.

Though, if I were you, i'd go ahead and take some enamel nail polish remover to those copper parts and give them a little bit of wire wool treatment. It makes a world of difference to the sonic.

I was thinking about doing that, so I may have to try it!

Xxblackbird · Dec 31, 2013

Do you have any pics or info on how you did the interior electronics?

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