My latest Arc Reactor
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Stefan Jones
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looks really great ! seems you had fun with the copper wiring 
Honus
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Thanks guys! There's actually 48 feet of 26ga wiring on this one. Winding that wire is a PITA (takes about four hours)- I had to re do a couple of sections because I wasn't happy with them. The spider assembly is laser welded stainless steel and then I had to thread in the 32 #00-80 brass hex head bolts. The PCBs and spider assembly will be bolted to the stainless back plate using another 18 brass bolts. I still have to make the clear outer lenses and wire everything up.
Those little surface mount LEDs are pretty bright- I can't wait to see the final thing lit up.
Those little surface mount LEDs are pretty bright- I can't wait to see the final thing lit up.
Maelstrom
Sr Member
Where's that thread you were going to post BTW? looking forward to some pics.
And Honus...awesome...awesome to the max. I'm viewing this thread from the 80's in case you were wondering
Where's that thread you were going to post BTW? looking forward to some pics.
And Honus...awesome...awesome to the max. I'm viewing this thread from the 80's in case you were wondering
I'll post pics this weekend. I have to borrow a camera. I only have a 35mm SLR. I know, I know, get with the 21st century and get a digital already!
Maelstrom
Sr Member
I'll post pics this weekend. I have to borrow a camera. I only have a 35mm SLR. I know, I know, get with the 21st century and get a digital already!
:lol
Ground_Trooper
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Wow!! Now that is SWEET!!
missileman
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Got any tips for soldering those surface mount LEDs ?
I am a pretty decent solderer, however I've never done any surface mount stuff.
Looking great BTW.
I am a pretty decent solderer, however I've never done any surface mount stuff.
Looking great BTW.
Honus
Sr Member
Got any tips for soldering those surface mount LEDs ?
I am a pretty decent solderer, however I've never done any surface mount stuff.
Looking great BTW.
These little guys aren't too bad to solder. I've never really done any surface mount stuff before either. While a reflow oven is ideal for SMD stuff you can do it with a good soldering iron with a small tip.
I use this soldering station (it's awesome)-
http://store.sra-solder.com/product.php/6363/22
And this is the tip I use-
http://store.sra-solder.com/product.php/6397/0
Sparkfun has a series of surface mount soldering tutorials-
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=36
I'll be making a controlled reflow hot plate soon when I start working on the production pieces. Hopefully I'll get a hot air station soon- maybe for Christmas! I've got some fun electronics stuff in the works for people that want to add animatronics to props...
Jerome
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Beechy McFly
Sr Member
Absolutely awesome..
PlasticineNinja
Member
Amazing!
Excellent work! I wish I could afford one of these!
This looks exact to the Film-used Arc Reactor! :thumbsup
This looks exact to the Film-used Arc Reactor! :thumbsup
Honus
Sr Member
Thanks guys- glad you like it! All in all there's 26 stainless steel parts, 32 laser welded joints, 40 soldered joints, 3 acrylic lenses, 2 machined aluminum parts, 50 micro sized brass hex head bolts, 6 allen head bolts, 50ft. of copper wire, 9 surface mount LEDs, 9 surface mount resistors, 2 circuit boards and 1 brass mesh piece in each reactor- whew!
At some point I'd still like to get a kit going but I'll probably wait until the new movie comes out.
At some point I'd still like to get a kit going but I'll probably wait until the new movie comes out.
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