Ron Weasley's Deluminator

[PHArchivist]

It seems these have a real following in their own right, I guess it depends on how old each piece is.

Yeah - I was bidding on a red one. Looked just like the green one. I thought I had it nailed at about $165, but I am pretty sure I got sniped.

I don't really understanding the sniping software game with eBay.

But I had placed a bid of about $125, and scored the highest bid about 30 minutes prior to the end of the auction. With no other bids coming in, I slowly increased my max to $140, then $150, then $165.

In the last 30 seconds I was going to bump my bid up a few more dollars, but the auction ended with another bidder winning at $166.

It looks like we don't have to hack it appart to make it accurate though which is good! I guess these things will always keep their value.

My intent was to mold the glass portion, and cast it (perhaps in a tinted clear resin), and use the original caps. If the cast of the threads is good enough, teh caps should thread on to a resin cast.

With a resin cast, I could mess with it - cut a slot in the side for the slide switch that Dumbledore uses.

 

[ATL Kenobi]

With no other bids coming in, I slowly increased my max to $140, then $150, then $165.

My intent was to mold the glass portion, and cast it (perhaps in a tinted clear resin), and use the original caps. If the cast of the threads is good enough, teh caps should thread on to a resin cast.

With a resin cast, I could mess with it - cut a slot in the side for the slide switch that Dumbledore uses.

PHArchivist - It seems that the caps open in two different ways - hinged or screw on. I believe the top cap of the deluminator is of the hinged type but a "double" bottle may have 2 hinged caps, two screw caps, or one of each.

The caps are made of several different metals: brass, silver plate, sterling silver, gold plate, and gold.

The screw caps come in 2 flavors: the glass itself is threaded, or a threaded ferrule is cemented to the glass.

There seems to be 2 types of hinged tops also; ones that simply snap on, or ones that have a slick little push button.

For the cap for my veritaserum repro, from eBay, I got what turned out to be a double bottle that had been cut-in-half probably because it was dropped and busted on one end. I got it for around $40. I bought it soley for the cap. I tried many things to remove the cap. Solvents like lacquer thinner, acetone, xylene, and methylene chloride had no effect. I tried heating it (gently) with a torch, and even putting it in the freezer:wacko. Just before I was about to hit the thing with a hammer, I tried the following:

I made a hardwood clamp that fit snuggly around the brass top, found a dowel that fit just inside the cap, tap the dowel with a hammer, and it came right apart. There was a motar/plaster like cement holding it together (which is removed in the above picture).

FYI - I have since bought additional caps (only) for $20 each from the same person I got my "deluminator" type bottle, so they can be had for a reasonable amount. You may want to go to some local antique/flea markets or shops and talk to collectors (in lieu of eBay).

For the "actuating" deluminator with the slide, I believe your idea of resin casting is the right approach. If you'd like to borrow the "half" bottle pictured above - send me a PM. Look forward to seeing that project evolve!

ATL

 

[Oubliette]

the sort of cigarette light it reminds me of is the old 60's / 70's ones with huge glass bodies that were meant to sit around looking pretty

 

[ATL Kenobi]

I believe the following sequence of sketches illustrate the action of the mechanical portion of the deluminator that Professor Dumbledor opens in "Sorcerer's Stone" as seen
at about 33 seconds into this video clip. It looks to me like the cap is already open before the slide and the "mechanism" are actuated. At about 56 seconds he flips the
cap closed.
View attachment 41296

I may not have the bell shaped part quite right.

Here's a cross section of what I'm designing, hopefully to be built soon. I intend to make the body out of wood and apply a dark-green faux marble finish.
(I still believe the Deathly Hallows prop is cobalt blue ) The upper cap will be a silver one from a perfume bottle, the lower one I intend to make out of
wood as well and cover it with "silver" leaf.
Cross Section
View attachment 41317

ATL

 

[UnusualWizardry]

Hey guys. I hate to burst your bubble, but whil the Dh does look to indeed have been made from the double-ended perfume bottle, there is a slider on it as well. NO Push button, there's a slider....i'm more than positive I saw one when i watched it, and Rupert doesn't just hit a button and it pops open...if you watch closly it "slides" open as well. Actually if you watch closely in the movie, it doesn't work like you'd think it would and they have Rupert do a little "trick" to make it LOOK like it does. He slides the switch up, and the lid pops open, but when he slides the switch back down, in order to close the lid he has to flick his thumb back up to snap the lid shut. So...yeah *sigh* If it were me, and i was just going to use the prop as display i'd just glue a switch to side. Lol, but if you want a fully functional one, than it's going to need more work.

EDIT: Did the best photoshop work I could to try and up the quality but it was a SMALL photo...Look closely, see that glint of silver on the side? That's a switch. I guess they still wanted it to be remotely like the one in PS:

Don't forget that little trick they did that i mentioned above. It seems that there's no way to get the lid to come back down WITH the switch itself, so if you're going for a fully functional, then all you need to do is get this switch to be able to push the cap open, and have the switch itself and whatever opened the lid slide back down again.

 

[CharmedOne14]

Thats very interesting, I am going to play around with it and see what I can do

 

[VortexRunner]

Noble Collection has released the Deluminator, ships August!!!!!love:love

 

[Pete SSS]

Good spot VR. I guess we weren't far off were we?

 

[PepMaster]

I don't see why someone here could just sculpt the parts to put one of these together and cast the pieces, instead of looking for one of these double ended perfume bottles.

 

[VortexRunner]

Well, the thing with the perfume bottle theory, IMO, was only just a theory. I think the prop was a custom made piece. But I am glad they are finally making these, I thought Noble would release it after part 2!!

 

[Serenity]

There is an excellent photo of the real deal at 38:32 into the Maximum Movie Mode on the DH Pt 1 Blu-ray... I can't take a proper screengrab of it, but maybe someone else can.

 

[DrConstantine]

i say this while trying to find green lantern stuff ie a ring and power battery

The Noble Collection: Deluminator

you guys might be interested in this

 

[PHArchivist]

i say this while trying to find green lantern stuff ie a ring and power battery

The Noble Collection: Deluminator

you guys might be interested in this

That is exceedingly cool. I was prepared to bid $100 - $200 on eBay for a vintage bottle...

Now just have to wait until August! :angry

Testament to one thing I've learned in this hobby - all good things come to those that wait...

 

[DrConstantine]

That is exceedingly cool. I was prepared to bid $100 - $200 on eBay for a vintage bottle...

Now just have to wait until August! :angry

Testament to one thing I've learned in this hobby - all good things come to those that wait...

glad to have helped
:lol

 

[DrConstantine]

noble collections has updated there Deluminator page:

The Noble Collection: Deluminator

 

[ddude1173]

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how to make Ron's Deluminator from Deathly Hallows? I'm thinking it may be inspired by a cigarette lighter but I'm having trouble finding a base to modify or anything similar. Any suggestions?? Thanks!

Hey, i'm interested in a deluminator, too. i was looking for a 1 watt led light that i could put in the top: the one from Noble has a very small led, not even bright enough for a flashlight. the one watt bulb looks slightly modern, but if it is turned on while the cap is open, the light will be bright enough to create a blinding glow around the light, just like in the movie, and thus hide the bulb from view. i'm not sure a AAA battery could handle a 1 watt bulb, so you may want to go with a 1/2 watt. an idea for a base to build upon: a match holder, the metal kind which you can purchase at many hardware stores or somewhere like REI. the lid will already be hinged, and while it may not be quite as sturdy as machining one your self, if you're like me, you don't have access to a machine shop and this is the best option. for the switch, get a cheap, appropriately colored and sized momentary switch, and you could just wire it directly a battery holder. the rest of the parts could be made relatively easy, without a workshop, aside from the hexagonal case which for me would present a problem. of course, unless you devise a rather finnecky mechanism, you would have to trigger the light manually at the same time as opening the cap, bu that shouldn't present too much of a problem. another way to go would be to buy and modify an existing deluminator from Noble, but it may not be quite sturdy enough. i haven't handled one, so i'm not sure to it's durability or hackability, but if you can get your hands on one that would be the easiest way to go.

 

[Mechamaniac]

Got my Noble Deluminator today. It's a very nice little piece, especially for the price.

Here's a mini-review.

Build quality is nice. The top and bottom caps are metal. Not sure what the body is made of, but it feels solid. The sliding switch that raises and lowers and activates/de-activates the LED is plastic.

The internal moving bits are metal.

The LED is SUPER BRIGHT. Bright enough to blind anyone who might be looking at it when you trigger it.

The bottom end cap is threaded on, and covers the battery compartment. It has some nice weight to it when removed. The Deluminator is powered by 3 G13-A (LR44) 1.5 Volt coin cell batteries.

My only gripe is the lid. It flops open if you turn the device over, and when you activate it. I know that's screen accurate, but I think I'd like it a little better if the lid was slaved to the LED mechanism, and/or had a magnet to hold the lid shut.

This would keep the lid from flopping open in your pocket, and IMHO, make the whole thing a little more elegant if it raised and lowered with the mechanism. Nothing a little dab of hot glue can't cure.

Overall, a very nice little piece, especially given the price point.

 

[jazzygeoffery]

^^PICSPICSPICSPICSPICS^^
Please!?

 

[Mechamaniac]

I'll do you one better...

YouTube vid in post 62

 

[jazzygeoffery]

Darn quicktime wont work :I could you upload to youtube or something?