The Wand Company TOS Tricorder is coming!

[Captain Dunsel]

I think I've worked out why adding super glue to my door worked.
Ideally a perfect door would have a smooth curve by the hinge but due to the molding most have a bit of excess plastic which jams things up a bit.
When I sanded mine it pivoted smooth but wouldn't lock in place.
A slight modification to the design would help make it so the door locks in place. It's basically what the super glue ended up doing.
Start of with a smooth curve then extend it slightly and end up at a flat section. When opening it will go smooth up until where it starts bulging then a bit of force will snap it to the flat section which will act to hold it in place. I've done a sketch to show the differences. The dotted line shows the original profile.

Dude… I recommend taking a second look at your pictures…

 

[drusselmeyer]

For the imperial metric debate :

In 1999 the NASA Mars Climate Orbiter crashed into Mars due to a problem with the software controlling the orbiter’s thrusters. The software incorrectly calculated thruster force in pounds of force where as a second program read this data assuming it was in the metric unit—“newtons per square meter” which it was indeed suppose to be. Not sure if this issue falls under “Its not rocket science”, or “Climate Change”?

I doubt if anyone really believes that NASA is not using metric.

 

[Tosfan1]

Yeah. it'll be an $800 phaser. That prototype is gorgeous though.

This FE phaser 2 has the same indent for the rear fins like the MR phaser pistol, which was scanned off the Jein. Never cared for the indent and fins not having the same angle. We also see that FINNEY has a tight fin & indent angle. Are there views of the business side of the ph2 and top view available?

FINNEY

JEIN

MASTER REPLICAS ph2 & WAND ph1 installed
I changed this a couple years ago and find it much better looking than the MR ph1.

FACTORY ENT

 

[boatman315]

Someone already mentioned something about prying off the ring.

Below shows how to do that….of course you can do that ….. without tearing down the tricorder but it shows other aspects of the moire assembly.


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Very curious. The area my moire disc was stuck/scraping over corresponds to the position of one side of the bracket holding the motor spindle to the disc. wonder if it had a mold seam or some kind of roughness in fit.

 

[Leinads]

Read this about the FE phaser ~

TOS Phaser Factory Entertainment SDCC

Sorry I could not get the other side. I haven't checked, is this the MR???

www.therpf.com

 

[Craqigbob]

So I decided to check my middle door angle when I saw all of the comments on them upthread.

With the lower door closed the middle door on my TWC Tricorder opens almost flat but with the same slight angle up. But with the lower door open as well, the middle door is at 90 degrees flat. See the images attached.

So I don't think the hinge is totally to blame. But the way the middle door interacts with the lower door.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

So I decided to check my middle door angle when I saw all of the comments on them upthread.

With the lower door closed the middle door on my TWC Tricorder opens almost flat but with the same slight angle up. But with the lower door open as well, the middle door is at 90 degrees flat. See the images attached.

So I don't think the hinge is totally to blame. But the way the middle door interacts with the lower door.

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I think your tricorder is just angry and rebelling because of the way that you insert the data discs.

 

[Leinads]

So I decided to check my middle door angle when I saw all of the comments on them upthread.

With the lower door closed the middle door on my TWC Tricorder opens almost flat but with the same slight angle up. But with the lower door open as well, the middle door is at 90 degrees flat. See the images attached.

So I don't think the hinge is totally to blame. But the way the middle door interacts with the lower door.

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This is exactly like mine; I am not bothered by it ~

 

[Leinads]

This is exactly like mine; I am not bothered by it ~

I consider it within Starfleet tolerances +-

 

[NakedMoleRat]

I consider it within Starfleet tolerances +-

You quoted yourself! Did you bother to fact check first?

 

[Leinads]

You quoted yourself! Did you bother to fact check first?

Yes I didn’t

 

[Leinads]

Did anyone get their first, or second (third?) tricorder this morning?

 

[Tosfan1]

Read this about the FE phaser ~

TOS Phaser Factory Entertainment SDCC

Sorry I could not get the other side. I haven't checked, is this the MR???

www.therpf.com

Thank you - this is good info!

 

[FANATICO]

Oh boy….here goes FANATICO again…….

Doesn’t the symmetry curve of the hood seem off when up against the curvature of the side? I’m thinkin the hood should be more curved and parallel the lines of the side…imo.

 

[Technoboots]

So I decided to check my middle door angle when I saw all of the comments on them upthread.

With the lower door closed the middle door on my TWC Tricorder opens almost flat but with the same slight angle up. But with the lower door open as well, the middle door is at 90 degrees flat. See the images attached.

So I don't think the hinge is totally to blame. But the way the middle door interacts with the lower door.

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That's basically what mine was like before I modded it. Check to see if there is any movement in the lower door when closed. You may find that the top of it can be pushed in very slightly allowing the middle door to open a bit more. If it has a bit of a spring to it it will then return to it's original position pushing on the middle door causing it to go back to having a slight angle up.

 

[Mr. E Man]

Well...I FINALLY got to order one from Amazon US today at 8:30am PDT. It arrived at my house less than 11 hours later at 7:25pm!


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[Simonized]

I wonder if backing it with a simple piece of white paper would work, as that would still let the light through if you turn it on, but would make it opaque if not.
I'm hesitant to try and pull mine out to take a look. Did you use anything to pry it?

You could just put a piece of white card behind the translucent plastic piece and it would still create the pattern but it would be static.

I had a fiddle but I didn't pop it off fully, it was getting late and I knew full well if I removed it I would be there all night playing around lol.

 

[Simonized]

If you all are taking the Moire device apart, please post some pictures. I would be interested to see what the backside looks like where it hits the motor spindle.

Just noticed there's a video up of a complete teardown, I've skimmed through but it looks like you have to break the trike down quite a bit to get to the whole motor unit.

 

[Simonized]

That poor Ba$tarD…..

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Good luck with that!

 

[Simonized]

So I decided to check my middle door angle when I saw all of the comments on them upthread.

With the lower door closed the middle door on my TWC Tricorder opens almost flat but with the same slight angle up. But with the lower door open as well, the middle door is at 90 degrees flat. See the images attached.

So I don't think the hinge is totally to blame. But the way the middle door interacts with the lower door.

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That's similar to how mine acts.