Sandman0077
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Dial 2 works! I increased the gap to allow more free spinning of the dial.
Golden Time Travel Sphere from 'Dark' [First Full Print Done; UPDATED 11/AUG/2020]
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Sandman0077
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Particle chamber is done!
Sandman0077
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First full print is done. I'd say it's about 95% there, as I need to play with some of the tolerances a bit.
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Are both halves solid resin, except for the cylinder recesses?
Jhowe1997
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Oh my! That’s some great work! Looks really good so far!
Sandman0077
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No, they were printed hollow. I'm probably going to just combine the cylinder dials with the halves and print them together next time. No real reason to keep them separate as the cylinders don't have room to function, anyways.
Sandman0077
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Yes! I'm on v3 now. I've connected the dials to the outer sphere, and had to rework the particle chamber and rotation parts. Will begin reprinting soon.Any more updates on the run or test parts at all yet?Thanks!
Jhowe1997
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Awesome! Can’t wait to see! Thanks for the update!
Sandman0077
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That's a shame.
I think these are tricky times for the prop hobby, for those not fortunate to have job security and guaranteed healthcare, disposable income is at a premium.
Did you at least get around to finishing and painting your 3D printed master orb to keep for your own collection?
Sandman0077
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Agreed, no worries. I plan on upgrading to a large format SLA printer in the spring, then I can print the full molds to make the process easier.
Sandman0077
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Post when you finish!
Thanks for making the model available!
What are your thoughts on tackling the machine at some point? I have 100+ 4K reference shots and have annotated blueprints with 85% of the known dimensions filled out, plus I have sourced the actual left side ammeters so I can provide shots of those. I feel like it's a prop that will be iconic in years to come, but it's going to take a village to get it off the ground as there are so many aspects to it. There are probably some other found objects on it that have yet to be ID'ed, but a lot of the master prop hunters on this forum haven't watched the show...
Sandman0077
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I'm down to start working on it. Idk if you're aware of Fusion360 and their new changes, but we are limited to only 10 active files per account now. Shouldn't be a problem, as everything will be modeled by hand, but we shall see. Send whatever references and info you have to joshedgarstudios@gmail.com and I'll start preparing.
What size printer did you print your proof of concept on? Can the sphere segments be printed in one piece on something like the Elegoo Mars? This is fantastic design work, BTW. I've got a project of my own I haven't posted about yet that I actually started in Rhino and then migrated to Fusion 360 and it was a bear. Fusion's a great tool (the licensing traps are another story) but certain processes like projecting sketches onto rounded surfaces, etc. have always been a PITA to get right. They only just released the emboss feature which finally makes that easier. Did you use that when doing things like the tick marks? Or did you do it some other way?
Sandman0077
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The 1:1 scale orb is 12cm in diameter, which is just slightly over the Mars' build plate. V3 was printed at 95.85% and the size difference is negligible.
I didn't know they had an emboss tool, that would have been so much easier haha. I think I just did project sketch or something.
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