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Thank you! :) I just pulled up my (ancient) post (www.blog.tavres.com/sneakers-black-box-project) and will have to re-do those screen shots :) The BIGGEST part I need help with, is the big 'spacer' between the lid and the body. I have thought for years that it needs to be 3D printed, but I...

Sneakers’ ‘black box’ project | Dave's thoughts - Panasonic model KX-T1450 EasaPhone AutoLogic answering machine

I've got an old battery pack that I want to KEEP in the video camera - but I do NOT want to keep a plastic box full of battery acid (from 30+ years ago) on the camera / in the case / in the car. Does anyone have tips, or can you share videos / articles on how to open this old battery case...

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, same stuff I've found online... I'm not looking for help to make it - just some research direction / help. I've been looking for info for the past couple years, but just no luck. I figured if ANYWHERE, the RPF would be the place :) Also note, that "Athena pin box...

Every 6-8 months I try searching (Google and RPF) for information on what the pin case from Disney's Tomorrowland was made from, but I can never find anything. Is it on here, and I'm just not finding it? Or has no one written anything about it? I want to create / buy / find a similar pin case...

After many years of looking for the exact model, for the right price, I finally got the JVC GR-C1U VideoMovie Camera. Now... I want to create a fake battery pack to replace the real battery. I don't want the weight, or the chance of 32+year old batteries leaking. I've through about cutting...

It was MANY years of thinking about this... and I finally did it this weekend... SO COOL that the model, right out of the box, fit the track. This is the Diamond Select Back to the Future III "rail-ready" Time Machine (www.bit.ly/1MQw9z1) on real 1" scale track.

In the early 1990s I joined the "Back to the Future Fan Club". I submitted an article that made it to the printed version of the newsletters / issues - possibly #3 or #4. I had the newsletters, but lost them in a fire many years ago. I'm hoping someone can either: a) Send me a PDF version of...

I'm trying to find an STL / 3D printable file for the hoverboard battery box, but I'm not finding it in this thread, or other threads... has anyone see a thread on it? Or know where I can find a file? Thanks!

Thanks Doc :) I know I've done the same thing though... that whole 'reading' thing is over-rated sometimes :) lol

Hi all, I'm trying to track down the frames that Doc Brown has on his mantle. The frames, not the pictures. They look like 11x14 prints, in a 1.5inch wide brown walnut frame. I'm hoping there are pre-made frames like this out there, as I don't want to pay $100+ per frame for custom made. (For...

It's been a while... thought I'd try to bump this... Anyone out there run across these yet?

Jumping back in, as I picked up the answering machine... After looking at the machine in person, it was modified by the prop-makers to make the box 'taller' (deeper inside). Looking at the image below, there's a 'spacer' about 1.5 inches tall that the cover is attached to, via small hinges and...

Has anyone done a 3D model of the cab yet? I'd love to print one and paint it...