Working time machine model from 1960 movie "The Time Machine" based on book from H.G. Wells

[Snohoman]

I decided to take a stock Time Machine 3D model from Etsy and add lights, sound and motion to it. I used three ESP32 microcontrollers for this project. One controls 5 LED's and the spinning disk in the back section and one controls 5 LED's in the control panel. The last microcontroller is an ESP32 Media Kit and plays 4 different sound snippets off of a MicroSD card that are from the original movie with Rod Taylor. The original 3d model was heavily modified to get the wires through various sections and to add a 30 RPM geared down motor. The entire unit runs on a 9VDC battery with two DC-DC circuits to provide 3.3VDC and 5VDC to the various controllers and motor. All software was written in Arduino C.

All 3d printing was from an FDM printer along with a vacuum former for some of the parts with transparent sections. Video of it operating is on YouTube at:

 

[publiusr]

Truly a work of love

 

[Apollo]

Awesome!

 

[jheilman]

That is amazing!!

 

[rocketeer25]

Great movie and amazing replica! I've always thought one of those would look great on a mantle