greatwazoo42
Master Member
Very, very cool!
Re-imagining the 11th Dr. Sonic screwdriver..
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tailgunner30uk
Active Member
Thanks, when I was much younger I thought about emigrating, but I'd miss the weather
I use Rhino for the drawings and Rhinocam for the toolpaths. Rhinocam is Visualmill implemented as a Rhino plugin.
I use Rhino for the drawings and Rhinocam for the toolpaths. Rhinocam is Visualmill implemented as a Rhino plugin.
sonicprops
Active Member
The Handel looks amazing I love the design of the screwdriver it is awesome
tailgunner30uk
Active Member
Just a quick update, something more substantial tonight.
The extending mechanism is moving closer to completion and testing, so soon we will know whether it was a fools errand or a momentary spark of sanity, I hope the latter.
A couple of pics will be provided for your amusement. Also a further update on the hitch hikers travels. I know, but tough I like writing them!
The extending mechanism is moving closer to completion and testing, so soon we will know whether it was a fools errand or a momentary spark of sanity, I hope the latter.
A couple of pics will be provided for your amusement. Also a further update on the hitch hikers travels. I know, but tough I like writing them!
tailgunner30uk
Active Member
Well here we are again.
As we step off into the mis-adventures of sonic building, a lonesome thought flits through the synapses of my brain. What ever shall I do when it's finished. I know, build another one...
So the last week hasn't been wonderfully productive. I have to admit that most of what is left to do is the boring stuff. There will be some wiring and fitting batteries. I also have to work out how to recharge the lithium batteries that are to go into the handle. There are some small parts to be made and some significant machining to do but the end is starting to hove into view.
This weekend it was the manufacture of the top of the centre column. This part has two functions. It acts as the support for the guide rods for the extending part of the screwdriver. And it functions to actuate the claws when the mechanism extends. To make it a piece of Aluminium 25.4 mm in diameter was faced and turned down to 25 mm in the lathe. This was then drilled 6 mm and a pocket bored 15 mm for the inner acrylic column and outer tube. Once this was done the piece was parted off and an arbour turned in the lathe 15 mm. The cap was fitted to this and the top basic profile machined. The part was then transferred to the mill. The piece was machined to form the cross profile and 4 pockets milled to improve the look. Finally four 3 mm holes were drilled for the threaded bars and guide rods.
Once this was complete the two threaded bars were cut down to the correct length and the ends turned down to 2 mm using ER collets to hold them. Two brass bushes were fabricated to fit into the cross piece for the threaded bar and essentially that is it. The top cap for the centre tube is made. Of course the mill decided to play up again. I am not sure what happened but the finish on the cross piece was to be quite frank, atrocious. But to be honest, some judicious filling has resolved most of the problems, and the part is mostly hidden inside the extending mechanism. I did however go on to test the mill, and all seemed to be well with another piece of aluminium, both pocketing and milling the outside. I have come to the conclusion that the problem was tool chatter and the part flexing on the arbour as it was being milled. We shall see.
Almost at the pictures.
Yes, you knew it was coming, your upper lip quivering in dread, an icy shiver assaults your spine.. He's back...
More of the adventures of the Galactic Hitch hiker.
... So I was travelling on a rather rusty old space freighter, the captain of which had agreed to drop me off at Golgafrincham. I had heard rumours that this was quite the happeningist of places after the population had, with some aplomb rid itself of the least useful third of the population. Anyway after a few weeks there I had to move on. I did however develop a terrible case of Arcturian Mega-Flu whilst I was there. I remember one particularly fearsome bout of sneezing in a telephone box...
The pics, and about time too...
As we step off into the mis-adventures of sonic building, a lonesome thought flits through the synapses of my brain. What ever shall I do when it's finished. I know, build another one...
So the last week hasn't been wonderfully productive. I have to admit that most of what is left to do is the boring stuff. There will be some wiring and fitting batteries. I also have to work out how to recharge the lithium batteries that are to go into the handle. There are some small parts to be made and some significant machining to do but the end is starting to hove into view.
This weekend it was the manufacture of the top of the centre column. This part has two functions. It acts as the support for the guide rods for the extending part of the screwdriver. And it functions to actuate the claws when the mechanism extends. To make it a piece of Aluminium 25.4 mm in diameter was faced and turned down to 25 mm in the lathe. This was then drilled 6 mm and a pocket bored 15 mm for the inner acrylic column and outer tube. Once this was done the piece was parted off and an arbour turned in the lathe 15 mm. The cap was fitted to this and the top basic profile machined. The part was then transferred to the mill. The piece was machined to form the cross profile and 4 pockets milled to improve the look. Finally four 3 mm holes were drilled for the threaded bars and guide rods.
Once this was complete the two threaded bars were cut down to the correct length and the ends turned down to 2 mm using ER collets to hold them. Two brass bushes were fabricated to fit into the cross piece for the threaded bar and essentially that is it. The top cap for the centre tube is made. Of course the mill decided to play up again. I am not sure what happened but the finish on the cross piece was to be quite frank, atrocious. But to be honest, some judicious filling has resolved most of the problems, and the part is mostly hidden inside the extending mechanism. I did however go on to test the mill, and all seemed to be well with another piece of aluminium, both pocketing and milling the outside. I have come to the conclusion that the problem was tool chatter and the part flexing on the arbour as it was being milled. We shall see.
Almost at the pictures.
Yes, you knew it was coming, your upper lip quivering in dread, an icy shiver assaults your spine.. He's back...
More of the adventures of the Galactic Hitch hiker.
... So I was travelling on a rather rusty old space freighter, the captain of which had agreed to drop me off at Golgafrincham. I had heard rumours that this was quite the happeningist of places after the population had, with some aplomb rid itself of the least useful third of the population. Anyway after a few weeks there I had to move on. I did however develop a terrible case of Arcturian Mega-Flu whilst I was there. I remember one particularly fearsome bout of sneezing in a telephone box...
The pics, and about time too...
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NakedMoleRat
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So, as I was finishing up the final act on our fan movie to be filmed this winter, I decided to take a quick break and write some poetry. I felt inspired to write a short poem about something I ran into wile stepping out of the shower this morning. I will recite it here for you.
"Ode to a lump if green putty I found in my arm pit one mid-summer morning...."
But then I remembered, SONIC! And I knew I must come look and see. That sonic is amazing and would look great as THE SONIC in said fan movie being filmed this winter! :love
"Ode to a lump if green putty I found in my arm pit one mid-summer morning...."
But then I remembered, SONIC! And I knew I must come look and see. That sonic is amazing and would look great as THE SONIC in said fan movie being filmed this winter! :love
sonicprops
Active Member
that is amazing truly AWESOME i was just wondering what design you are working from
TimeyWhimyStuff
Well-Known Member
GERONIMO.. that is beautiful!
tailgunner30uk
Active Member
Thanks for the comments, I was in two minds whether to post the "assembled" pictures, as the screwdriver is not nearly finished yet.
I can see measures will have to be taken to protect the sonic, to this end I have now employed a crack team of Ninja Meerkats to provide security
Grunthos the Flatulent would be proud of your interpretation of his legendary work, N.M.R.:cool I will however refrain from a reading from Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings collected works as I would not want to bring about the apocalypse.:eek
The initial idea was to produce a facsimile of the 11th Dr.s sonic, but, well, something happened, and things got changed, however all is not lost. I have been talking to some friends at MegaDodo publications, and they have agreed that I can have it sent back in time to before the creation of the Rubbertoe sonic and claim mine is the original. :lol
I can see measures will have to be taken to protect the sonic, to this end I have now employed a crack team of Ninja Meerkats to provide security
Grunthos the Flatulent would be proud of your interpretation of his legendary work, N.M.R.:cool I will however refrain from a reading from Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings collected works as I would not want to bring about the apocalypse.:eek
The initial idea was to produce a facsimile of the 11th Dr.s sonic, but, well, something happened, and things got changed, however all is not lost. I have been talking to some friends at MegaDodo publications, and they have agreed that I can have it sent back in time to before the creation of the Rubbertoe sonic and claim mine is the original. :lol
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NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
One of the great literary giants. (He was in all actuality not very tall, by comparison). The only problem is after about three minutes of reading my eyes begin to bleed. The only thing more damaging to my body parts is Barry Manilow!
tailgunner30uk
Active Member
N.M.R. your favourite I believe.
Mmmm.. Barry Manilow, I only know one of his mighty refrains. it went something like this, "Her name was Lola, but he called her Rover" at least I think that's how it went?!!
More work at the weekend, Cutting a pocket in the Aluminium for the switches, reaming out the holes for the guide rods, making a gear for the motor. Cutting the guide rods to size, all minor but important stuff.
Got to order the batteries. Thinking about the charging of them and how to make them removable.
Mmmm.. Barry Manilow, I only know one of his mighty refrains. it went something like this, "Her name was Lola, but he called her Rover" at least I think that's how it went?!!
More work at the weekend, Cutting a pocket in the Aluminium for the switches, reaming out the holes for the guide rods, making a gear for the motor. Cutting the guide rods to size, all minor but important stuff.
Got to order the batteries. Thinking about the charging of them and how to make them removable.
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Wow. Wow. Wowzers. Wow.
NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
N.M.R. your favourite I believe.
Mmmm.. Barry Manilow, I only know one of his mighty refrains. it went something like this, "Her name was Lola, but he called her Rover" at least I think that's how it went?!!
More work at the weekend, Cutting a pocket in the Aluminium for the switches, reaming out the holes for the guide rods, making a gear for the motor. Cutting the guide rods to size, all minor but important stuff.
Got to order the batteries. Thinking about the charging of them and how to make them removable.
That reminds me of the time I was traveling through the swamp and ran across a mattress with wierd ambitions....or was a Galgraphincian librarian?
Anyway, on to more sonic topicness!
tailgunner30uk
Active Member
Hi all, just another quick update, a full progress report to follow at the weekend.
For once, even though other matters imposed themselves, I managed to complete all of the work I set out to do. The drive pinion is made, the two extending mechanism screws are cut to length and machined. The two guide shafts are similarly done, there is some work to do on the outer tube guide holes. The mechanism seems to work as planned, all that is left for the mechanism is the wiring and batteries. I will order them at the end of the month. So next will be a housing for the LED that illuminates the head, making the battery compartment accessible, slots to machined in the emitter head, some detailing work. Then strip, polish and final assembly. After that time to move on to the next project.
Pictures at the weekend. See you soon my Hoopy Froods.
For once, even though other matters imposed themselves, I managed to complete all of the work I set out to do. The drive pinion is made, the two extending mechanism screws are cut to length and machined. The two guide shafts are similarly done, there is some work to do on the outer tube guide holes. The mechanism seems to work as planned, all that is left for the mechanism is the wiring and batteries. I will order them at the end of the month. So next will be a housing for the LED that illuminates the head, making the battery compartment accessible, slots to machined in the emitter head, some detailing work. Then strip, polish and final assembly. After that time to move on to the next project.
Pictures at the weekend.
See you soon my Hoopy Froods.
tailgunner30uk
Active Member
Also strangely, quirkily sub-titled "It gets better if you rub some cream on it" :behave
Hi there everyone, another update in the increasingly convoluted guide on how not to build a sonic screwdriver.
Lesson one. That's never going to work...
I would have got more done, but my better half has been nagging me for the last few weeks to fix their work computer. Well someone else had had a go and well and truly fixed it. So format and reinstall Windows, hopefully thisngs will be working properly. I also hid the Internet Explorer icon, after all I don't want to have to do this again!
So what got done. Not much unfortunately. Mostly now this build will consist of trying to get the various parts to fit together, and finishing the machining of some parts, test assembly, wiring installing the batteries.
I have literally as I have been typing, decided that I will remake the gearbox. I was never happy with the design as there was too much misalignment in the various parts, causing the gears to bind. I will draw up the design this week and start the process of making it next week.
What did get done. The slots that allow the claws to engage the emitter have been milled. The switch housing is complete, although there might be a small change as there is currently insufficient clearance for the wiring.
Things that need to be addressed, fabrication of a battery holder, finishing off of the pommel.wiring up the motor and testing.
All in all this has been a frustrating process. The part that has been the most aggravating has been the switch housing. It was known that this would be a problem, due to the change in the motor. This meant that there was a lot less space available, and may well require some remedial machining of the aluminium part of the handle to provide sufficient space for the wiring.
Anyway, here is a short and very boring video of the pockets being milled in the switch housing.
Milling pockets in Delrin, using a 1.5mm Endmill - YouTube
And Pictures
After a brief **thank goodness** I hear you all sigh. Message from our sponsor.
The University of Maximegalon, houses some of the interesting minds, in the universe, not always the brightest though. In a short visit, I bumped into a couple of professors, you know the type, never get invited to interesting parties. Anyway they were quite excited. It seems that they had just come from an after awards party, the winner has been beaten to death with his award, after inventing the infinite improbability drive.
Hi there everyone, another update in the increasingly convoluted guide on how not to build a sonic screwdriver.
Lesson one. That's never going to work...
I would have got more done, but my better half has been nagging me for the last few weeks to fix their work computer. Well someone else had had a go and well and truly fixed it. So format and reinstall Windows, hopefully thisngs will be working properly. I also hid the Internet Explorer icon, after all I don't want to have to do this again!
So what got done. Not much unfortunately. Mostly now this build will consist of trying to get the various parts to fit together, and finishing the machining of some parts, test assembly, wiring installing the batteries.
I have literally as I have been typing, decided that I will remake the gearbox. I was never happy with the design as there was too much misalignment in the various parts, causing the gears to bind. I will draw up the design this week and start the process of making it next week.
What did get done. The slots that allow the claws to engage the emitter have been milled. The switch housing is complete, although there might be a small change as there is currently insufficient clearance for the wiring.
Things that need to be addressed, fabrication of a battery holder, finishing off of the pommel.wiring up the motor and testing.
All in all this has been a frustrating process. The part that has been the most aggravating has been the switch housing. It was known that this would be a problem, due to the change in the motor. This meant that there was a lot less space available, and may well require some remedial machining of the aluminium part of the handle to provide sufficient space for the wiring.
Anyway, here is a short and very boring video of the pockets being milled in the switch housing.
Milling pockets in Delrin, using a 1.5mm Endmill - YouTube
And Pictures
After a brief **thank goodness** I hear you all sigh. Message from our sponsor.
The University of Maximegalon, houses some of the interesting minds, in the universe, not always the brightest though. In a short visit, I bumped into a couple of professors, you know the type, never get invited to interesting parties. Anyway they were quite excited. It seems that they had just come from an after awards party, the winner has been beaten to death with his award, after inventing the infinite improbability drive.
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