charlie98210
Active Member
After reading the Farnsworth threads, I decided that I wanted one.
I didn't like the look of the blacked-out viewscreen, and I don't have the
expertise to wire up a backlight for it like one of the Farnsworths built by
one of the members here.
I also don't have any metal working tools or machines. Mostly I work with
plastics and--when my hands aren't working right--I used paper and cardboard and then laminate and paint so it looks like metal.
So: using the list, I assembled some parts.
Not shown in the phot are a bunch of other buttons, knobs, and
switchcovers that I have collected over the years.
I cut a faceplate from carboard and painted it with a textured metal
paint. The Wheatley fly case was painted Fusion Expresso Brown. I
then glued a print of a Dr. Who/Stargate t-shirt image where the
viewfinder would be and, after assembly, used an eighth inch thick
"o" ring as a finishing ring where the opening of the faceplate met
the curve of the magnifying glass lens.
The only thing I have left to do it put in the red "power" light lens
(which will go in the lower right corner).
Without the trim ring
with trim ring
I know the placement of the switches and the color of the faceplate
aren't right, but brass/gold paint never, and I mean never, looks like
metal. And, since the switches were different, I messed around and
used a little artistic license to get them to look good (to my eyes).
I didn't like the look of the blacked-out viewscreen, and I don't have the
expertise to wire up a backlight for it like one of the Farnsworths built by
one of the members here.
I also don't have any metal working tools or machines. Mostly I work with
plastics and--when my hands aren't working right--I used paper and cardboard and then laminate and paint so it looks like metal.
So: using the list, I assembled some parts.
Not shown in the phot are a bunch of other buttons, knobs, and
switchcovers that I have collected over the years.
I cut a faceplate from carboard and painted it with a textured metal
paint. The Wheatley fly case was painted Fusion Expresso Brown. I
then glued a print of a Dr. Who/Stargate t-shirt image where the
viewfinder would be and, after assembly, used an eighth inch thick
"o" ring as a finishing ring where the opening of the faceplate met
the curve of the magnifying glass lens.
The only thing I have left to do it put in the red "power" light lens
(which will go in the lower right corner).
Without the trim ring with trim ringI know the placement of the switches and the color of the faceplate
aren't right, but brass/gold paint never, and I mean never, looks like
metal. And, since the switches were different, I messed around and
used a little artistic license to get them to look good (to my eyes).
