Phelan Kell
New Member
Hi everyone.
Initially i just wanted to respond to a great thread here in this forum (PipBoy 3000 by bbroerman) but after adding the first few pictures it felt like hijacking his thread.
So here is my thread. Please don't judge too hard. This is my first throw in ages, and i am altering everything all the time to see if it could work out. I hope that the endresult is a proof of concept for my changes to the original models (The original model from YTEC and, again, bbroerman) and, of course, new .stl files to create a fine looking version.
Ok, enough talk!
Let's start wich my screenframe. Since my filamentprinter isn't the best anymore (or never was?) the original printed "Pip-Boy" was ugly as hell. So i did a bit of drilling, cutting and sanding to create a cavity for a LED plus Diffusor. The cable is routed through the "Hat" and the Front screen bezel to the hole for the top right LED. The writing you see here ist just another "diffusor" and not the final one.
The final plate was printed with my liquid resin printer, made of leftover resin from a previous print. Translucent, tinted with a few drops of "clover" pigmentation.
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Here it's placed in position. I gave it quite some angle as you might can see (original is aligned flat to the screen). The upper edge leans towards the wearer, because i think i'll never look at the screen in an 90° angle where the original orientation of the writing makes sense. Just like nobody looks straight down onto his mobile.
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Next is the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. After looking at the printed lower screen part it dawned to me that i will use a regular 18650 battery for convinience. The Print had no holes, exept for nuts and bolts, now it has. * quietly hides powerdrill*
With the spring as contact it fits perfect. The open side will be completely covered by another printed part. Not sure yet if i will securet he B+ contact there or simply place it on the battery and squeeze it in place with the joining part.
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To get juice in and out of the battery i organised some of those cheap charging circuits with USB-sockets. After an thorough inspection the USB is no more to save space. Ah yes! Please ignore my gruesome soldering results, that's unfortunately something i will never learn. But be not afraid, there is always a fire extinguisher at hand! The board completely slides into a opening i created in the handcuff where the screen assembly will throne on upon. It will get some ventilation openings to make sure nothing gets to warm ;-)
That's it for now. Next thing will be ordering an receiving an orange pi 2W for driving the display i have sitting around. And of course, the other printed parts are waiting for lights, sound, switches and decoration.
The green in the first pictures will be the final coating with some weathering to let it properly look banged up.
Thanks for reading! Sorry for boring you, it will happen again.
Initially i just wanted to respond to a great thread here in this forum (PipBoy 3000 by bbroerman) but after adding the first few pictures it felt like hijacking his thread.
So here is my thread. Please don't judge too hard. This is my first throw in ages, and i am altering everything all the time to see if it could work out. I hope that the endresult is a proof of concept for my changes to the original models (The original model from YTEC and, again, bbroerman) and, of course, new .stl files to create a fine looking version.
Ok, enough talk!
Let's start wich my screenframe. Since my filamentprinter isn't the best anymore (or never was?) the original printed "Pip-Boy" was ugly as hell. So i did a bit of drilling, cutting and sanding to create a cavity for a LED plus Diffusor. The cable is routed through the "Hat" and the Front screen bezel to the hole for the top right LED. The writing you see here ist just another "diffusor" and not the final one.
The final plate was printed with my liquid resin printer, made of leftover resin from a previous print. Translucent, tinted with a few drops of "clover" pigmentation.
View attachment 1915927View attachment 1915929
Here it's placed in position. I gave it quite some angle as you might can see (original is aligned flat to the screen). The upper edge leans towards the wearer, because i think i'll never look at the screen in an 90° angle where the original orientation of the writing makes sense. Just like nobody looks straight down onto his mobile.
View attachment 1915930
Next is the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. After looking at the printed lower screen part it dawned to me that i will use a regular 18650 battery for convinience. The Print had no holes, exept for nuts and bolts, now it has. * quietly hides powerdrill*
With the spring as contact it fits perfect. The open side will be completely covered by another printed part. Not sure yet if i will securet he B+ contact there or simply place it on the battery and squeeze it in place with the joining part.
View attachment 1915931
To get juice in and out of the battery i organised some of those cheap charging circuits with USB-sockets. After an thorough inspection the USB is no more to save space. Ah yes! Please ignore my gruesome soldering results, that's unfortunately something i will never learn. But be not afraid, there is always a fire extinguisher at hand! The board completely slides into a opening i created in the handcuff where the screen assembly will throne on upon. It will get some ventilation openings to make sure nothing gets to warm ;-)
That's it for now. Next thing will be ordering an receiving an orange pi 2W for driving the display i have sitting around. And of course, the other printed parts are waiting for lights, sound, switches and decoration.
The green in the first pictures will be the final coating with some weathering to let it properly look banged up.
Thanks for reading! Sorry for boring you, it will happen again.
