Recent content by Renaissance Jed

As the title says, has anyone tried backlighting goggles, or other types of eye-wear, with LEDs while allowing the wearer to still see through them?

While rewatching episode 17 from season 3 of Star Trek Voyager, I noticed something very peculiar that I have seen, and made before. Here the Doctor is seen using a "cortical probe" to study the "axonal amplifier" (whatever that is) on the corpse of a Borg drone. This probe bears a striking...

Yeah, my eventual plan is to machine it out of aluminum. Powder coating does need to be baked, and the aluminum I use works just fine, and holds its powdercoat really well after baking.

I have plans to make a replica of the 10th Doctor's sonic screwdriver that I will eventually get to, but before I kick my arse into gear, I have a few questions about painting and whatnot. I know that many different kinds of crackle paint exist, I even know the "proper" brand to get for a sonic...

Does anyone have any suggestions for painting the yellow spiral section of the Pertwee sonic screwdriver? I'm really not sure how to get it so uniform. I know that the CO toy has a sticker, but I really do not want to go that route.

This is where I get the majority of my metal. I work mostly in aluminum, but they have almost anything you might want or need. http://www.speedymetals.com/

I would recommend using a heat gun (hair dryers work rather well too) to heat up the glue holding the copper ring on. This will allow you to slide the ring off without damaging it. As for opening the bottom half, once the ring is off, you can pry it apart. If you look at mine, one of the halves...

I would recommend checking out my upgrade of the 11th Doctor sonic screwdriver. It might be a bit more intrusive than what you are looking for, but it might help. I installed a separate momentary switch to activate the sonic in both the opened and closed positions. The switch is on the black...

Commissioned Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) Sonic Screwdriver Several months ago, I received a request to make a Tom Baker (4th Doctor) sonic screwdriver, and I gladly accepted the commission. Unfortunately, this was the summer that my lathe decided to act up, which set my schedule back time and time...

I've never been a big fan of using 3d printing technology to build entire props for some reason. Perhaps it is because I don't like to see replicas of metal props reproduced in anything other than metal. Maybe it is because I think 3d printing, although very cool and a difficult technology, is...

Completed Poweder Coating I powder coated the blade holder, grip, and groove today. This was my first time powder coating anything myself, and I am incredibly pleased with how it all turned out. I also worked on the copper "core" that will be visible through the slots in the hilt. I milled the...

Eisen-Krieger ​I've wanted to build another saber for a while now, but haven't had the funds or the time. Luckily someone had a birthday recently and ended up with some extra pocket change, so I decided to indulge myself and build another hilt. This is my first hilt that will be completely MHS...

A while ago, I ended up with two Graflex flashes that were not used as lightsabers in the films. However, they can be made into lightsabers, so I started to convert one and never finished it. Now I have finished it. I did not spend a dime on this saber, which was really nice. I did spend money...

I first got involved in the world of prop building by building lightsabers. When I started out, I did not have any machinery common to prop builders such as a lathe. I had only hand drills, a sawzall, a hack saw, files, and my will power. Every line that I cut for the grips was done with a hack...

Thanks Sloth!