Dynofiend
Well-Known Member
Recently I completed my first Arc Reactor build, but a few 'niggles' with it annoyed me enough to make me want to do another one. The thread for my first RT is here.
Additionally one of the pieces I made (the long leg of the 'cage') was based on a screen grab of one part of a set of stl files very nicely sent through to me by a kindly forum user, which prevented me from being able to sell (at cost only price) any other arc reactors to my collector friends in New Zealand (the supplier of the files reasonably requested that I didn't sell any reactors I made using their files, and technically, I was using part of one of their files, albeit in a very minor way).
As such, I wanted to make one that was entirely my own creation. Now, after studying so many images online, I was very familiar with the RT, and also with the software I was using, so I remade the one file that was not entirely my own work already (the long leg of the cage), and set about perfecting all the other files I had made previously too.
Below is a photo progression with a few notes.
The 'kit'
Building the cage using a jig made from a plank of wood and a pencil
Some of the parts taking shape. The tri-ring is a 'mixed medium' piece of lots of different sources!
Construction begins, the cage completed, inserting the electrics, and gluing up some of the components. Also pictured is the recharging cable, which allows you to recharge the internal battery using a regular NiMH 9v battery charger, but plugging in via the accurate, but also functional 6 pin RT plug.
Painting and final assembly.
Additionally one of the pieces I made (the long leg of the 'cage') was based on a screen grab of one part of a set of stl files very nicely sent through to me by a kindly forum user, which prevented me from being able to sell (at cost only price) any other arc reactors to my collector friends in New Zealand (the supplier of the files reasonably requested that I didn't sell any reactors I made using their files, and technically, I was using part of one of their files, albeit in a very minor way).
As such, I wanted to make one that was entirely my own creation. Now, after studying so many images online, I was very familiar with the RT, and also with the software I was using, so I remade the one file that was not entirely my own work already (the long leg of the cage), and set about perfecting all the other files I had made previously too.
Below is a photo progression with a few notes.
The 'kit'
Building the cage using a jig made from a plank of wood and a pencil
Some of the parts taking shape. The tri-ring is a 'mixed medium' piece of lots of different sources!
Construction begins, the cage completed, inserting the electrics, and gluing up some of the components. Also pictured is the recharging cable, which allows you to recharge the internal battery using a regular NiMH 9v battery charger, but plugging in via the accurate, but also functional 6 pin RT plug.
Painting and final assembly.
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