stapleton13
Well-Known Member
I was fortunate enough to get in on the 2nd run of The SD Studio's Cage laser, and got started sooner than I thought I would.
My plan was to add the guts from a playmates Cage laser.
I gutted the toy, and learned that you could probably fit the board, speaker, and a Ipod shuffle battery into the inner tube, but I wanted a bit more room so that I could add a selector button so that I could use both sounds from the circuit. One when the barrel is at rest, and the other sound when it is extended.
First I removed the resin plug from the body so I could install the aluminum plug. I also trimmed the edges of the playmates circuit board so that it was as small as it could be.
I then took my dremel, and routed out a cavity into the laser body for the circuit to fit inside the body. This had one disadvantage. The 2nd screw used to hold the plug to the body could no longer be used. I took the one screw hole I would be able to use, and embedded a brass machine screw insert into the resin with adhesive so that one larger screw could be used to support the metal parts, and drilled a smaller hole in a different location so I could add a smaller screw so that it would not turn. I belive this is the most important reason for two screws. For now I may or may not use the second screw, because when I glued in the insert. I sprayed the aluminum plug with release, and attached it to insure the brass insert would be correctly located, and some of the glue got into the other hole, and when I removed The plug I discovered this small peg of adhesive kept the plug from moving.
Next I desoldered the orange trigger button wire from the circuit, and soldered a longer wire for the trigger, and fished it back to the trigger position along with a second trigger wire, and slid the circuit into the body.
I then cut the speaker, selector switch, and ran the wires through the aluminum plug, and attached it to the body.
I cut a small piece of plastic to mount a speaker on, and made it the length if the inner tube. I also soldered a Ipod shuffle battery, and a RC servo connector for charging, Sound selector switch, and LED.
I then glued the the plastic to the plug, and located the selector switch so that the screw that retains the rotating barrel would press it when its closed. I also made sure the screw holding the plug to the body could be accessed. I also attached the charging port below the switch, and attached the inner barrel.
Thats as far as I got with the electronics for now I'll update more as soon as I can.
My plan was to add the guts from a playmates Cage laser.
I gutted the toy, and learned that you could probably fit the board, speaker, and a Ipod shuffle battery into the inner tube, but I wanted a bit more room so that I could add a selector button so that I could use both sounds from the circuit. One when the barrel is at rest, and the other sound when it is extended.
First I removed the resin plug from the body so I could install the aluminum plug. I also trimmed the edges of the playmates circuit board so that it was as small as it could be.
I then took my dremel, and routed out a cavity into the laser body for the circuit to fit inside the body. This had one disadvantage. The 2nd screw used to hold the plug to the body could no longer be used. I took the one screw hole I would be able to use, and embedded a brass machine screw insert into the resin with adhesive so that one larger screw could be used to support the metal parts, and drilled a smaller hole in a different location so I could add a smaller screw so that it would not turn. I belive this is the most important reason for two screws. For now I may or may not use the second screw, because when I glued in the insert. I sprayed the aluminum plug with release, and attached it to insure the brass insert would be correctly located, and some of the glue got into the other hole, and when I removed The plug I discovered this small peg of adhesive kept the plug from moving.
Next I desoldered the orange trigger button wire from the circuit, and soldered a longer wire for the trigger, and fished it back to the trigger position along with a second trigger wire, and slid the circuit into the body.
I then cut the speaker, selector switch, and ran the wires through the aluminum plug, and attached it to the body.
I cut a small piece of plastic to mount a speaker on, and made it the length if the inner tube. I also soldered a Ipod shuffle battery, and a RC servo connector for charging, Sound selector switch, and LED.
I then glued the the plastic to the plug, and located the selector switch so that the screw that retains the rotating barrel would press it when its closed. I also made sure the screw holding the plug to the body could be accessed. I also attached the charging port below the switch, and attached the inner barrel.
Thats as far as I got with the electronics for now I'll update more as soon as I can.
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I was up into the wee hours a couple of nights as I was so excited to put this thing together.
