greatwazoo42
Master Member
Everybody has THEIR prop. The one that they google search a few times a month. The one that they have multiple replicas of. The one that they carry or covet or can't stop thinking about.
For me it is the classic sonic screwdriver. I have toys, wood replicas, metal replicas...I can't stop. Then I found a custom design by an artist from down under that goes by the name of Teletran:
sonic screwdriver diagram by ~teletran on deviantART
Such a perfect fusion of old, new and unique was too amazing to pass up. I contacted him via a forum we both belong to and got his permission to have one, just one, and only one made for myself. Around that time Straker posted his brag thread about his custom sonic made by Simplyprop.
I threw the dice and opened a dialog with Simply about the design. He loved it, felt it was a serious challenge to his skills with the use of multiple materials and multiple moving parts. We talked price and design and details and came to an agreement. Over the last several months we have emailed, discussed, and evolved the design from virtual reality to what is sitting on the desk next to me looking smugly awesome.
The sonic is designed with a manual screw drive that allows the top section's resonance chamber to extend or retract by rotating the end cap. It also has the traditional pull down thumb ring but with a modern change in that only the sleeve and thumb ring move down. The ribbed setting ring section stays in place so that setting adjustments can be made while the device is in use. The mix of aluminum, derlin, brass and acrylic give this prop some serious heft. It feels like a real craftsman tool in the hand.
Pictured here are my new Teletran inspired SimplyProps sonic along with my RogueScout, ParksSabers and Millennium F/X sonics.
Enjoy!
For me it is the classic sonic screwdriver. I have toys, wood replicas, metal replicas...I can't stop. Then I found a custom design by an artist from down under that goes by the name of Teletran:
sonic screwdriver diagram by ~teletran on deviantART
Such a perfect fusion of old, new and unique was too amazing to pass up. I contacted him via a forum we both belong to and got his permission to have one, just one, and only one made for myself. Around that time Straker posted his brag thread about his custom sonic made by Simplyprop.
I threw the dice and opened a dialog with Simply about the design. He loved it, felt it was a serious challenge to his skills with the use of multiple materials and multiple moving parts. We talked price and design and details and came to an agreement. Over the last several months we have emailed, discussed, and evolved the design from virtual reality to what is sitting on the desk next to me looking smugly awesome.
The sonic is designed with a manual screw drive that allows the top section's resonance chamber to extend or retract by rotating the end cap. It also has the traditional pull down thumb ring but with a modern change in that only the sleeve and thumb ring move down. The ribbed setting ring section stays in place so that setting adjustments can be made while the device is in use. The mix of aluminum, derlin, brass and acrylic give this prop some serious heft. It feels like a real craftsman tool in the hand.
Pictured here are my new Teletran inspired SimplyProps sonic along with my RogueScout, ParksSabers and Millennium F/X sonics.
Enjoy!
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