Captain Jack Harkness Earpiece [Torchwood]

[Ood sigma]

Re: Captain Jack Earpiece

I'll do a full write up on it this weekend when I have some free time.

Hi Tannim, Im looking to make one of these, I would be really greatful if you could post your tutorial

please please please

 

[semajarab]

+1 - I'm needed one of these now, and would love to see how you did this.

 

[MattMunson]

Does anyone recognize the ear wrap from Nick's photo? I swear I've seen that before at work.

 

[phez]

I had an old (wired) phone headset that had one that looked just like that ear loop.

 

[Sundowner]

I had seen a set of looped earphones at the dollar store the other day that looked almost dead on

 

[semajarab]

I checked Amazon last night and there are literally 100's of options if you search for "Ear loop". I'm building my own and decided to go with the Jawbone Razor 1 ear loop.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002INTTEU/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

Comfortable, will be easy to modify and I like the look of the double backing.

 

[MattMunson]

FOUND!


Like I always say, if you want something done right, do it yourself. Took me all of five minutes on amazon to find the correct ear piece. whoohoo!!

Check out all the details and a comparison photo on my blog.

The Project Workbench: Captain Jacke Harkness Earpiece Found Item Identified

 

[NormanF]

I wish I had seen this thread earlier, I could have saved some stress. I used that headset at work up to about half a year ago.

Sent from my Apple Newton

 

[phez]

You are the man Matt, part ordered :lol.
I think the cell phone headset I had was the same brand (and looked pretty much just like that).
I am going to autocad up the thing this weekend and scale it once the part arrives.

 

[Sundowner]

I think the silver one is cool as heck but I also liked the first one. I never knew it actually said TORCHWOOD on it until I found this.

 

[phez]

I think the silver one is cool as heck but I also liked the first one. I never knew it actually said TORCHWOOD on it until I found this.

It is sort of funny for an organization that is not supposed to "officially" exisit that they put there logo on all of there gear (guns, tasers, earpieces, laptops, etc...) lol:lol

 

[Sundowner]

I guess I never thought about that lol good point!

It is sort of funny for an organization that is not supposed to "officially" exisit that they put there name on all of there gear (guns, tasers, earpieces, laptops, etc...) lol:lol

 

[MattMunson]

I wish I had seen this thread earlier, I could have saved some stress.

No stress at all dude. Like I said, it literally took me five minutes to find

 

[MattMunson]

I think the silver one is cool as heck but I also liked the first one. I never knew it actually said TORCHWOOD on it until I found this.

Interesting. I found one that has a similar design along the top, but it doesn't look quite right after that. Check out the four cuts along the ridge of this one:

Amazon.com: Plantronics PLCS70N DECT 6.0 Wireless Headset: Electronics

Found this one too. Same four lines on the top, but the body shape doesn't seem quite right. I'm not sure how much of the one in the pic is plant-on, and how much is original. I'm guessing the extension that has "Torchwood" written on it is the only mod.

http://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-Voyager-510-Bluetooth-Packaging/dp/B0009B0IX4

 

[MattMunson]

oop, think I found the right headset. One second while I confirm...

 

[MattMunson]

Boom. I believe it's the Jabra BT250v headset. Jabra makes a couple of headsets that are very similarly shaped, and I'm not sure if this model is the correct colors, but I'm pretty confident this is pretty much it.

All time-favourite Jabra BT250v Bluetooth Headset Hands-on

 

[MattMunson]

Guess I'm on a roll today. I put together a quick blog post showing my thought process, if you're interested:

The Project Workbench: Second Torchwood/Harkness Earpiece Identified

 

[semajarab]

Guess I'm on a roll today. I put together a quick blog post showing my thought process, if you're interested:

The Project Workbench: Second Torchwood/Harkness Earpiece Identified

Matt - Thanks for putting the link to the ear loop!! I ordered it as well and will compare comfort for the both. While canon is important to me, I would rather be comfortable if I'm going to wear this for 8+ hours @ a convention.

I'm in the process of sourcing the parts out of aluminum right now from hardware stores. I'm trying to get them all out of the box so no cutting is involved. I have only 1 more to go and when I'm done I will post a link with part numbers for everyone.

For LEDS if you are not the soldering type, I would go with an LED kit and toggle switch. Both can be found from Frys electronics.

 

[booksandcorsets]

Hey guys! semajarab and I had a casting day today and I molded one of his great earpieces for his Captain Jack costume.

His original piece was made from several pieces of metal and brass screws. There are some plastic pieces as well. While the originals are stronger, they are also heavier than the resin casts we pulled out.

 

[Vanderli]

I really want one but I don't know how to make any props. If any of you make enough to sell in the junkyard or ebay I'd definitely be interested.

Also, if any of you are interested in a TARDIS style Doctor Who bookshelf I'm working on that now. I'd be happy to share my specs when I'm done

If one of you can lead me in the right direction of how to build props like this that would be appreciated. I'm a complete newbie in every sense of the word. Jack is so awesome!