zenix

knobs are here

i made the knobs. they get to my house monday. i still have to make the faceplate but we're almost ready

yea sorry I haven't updated. I've been working on my TK armor, and socializing. I was waiting to hear back from the 'manager' of the machine at my university and he didnt get back to me yet. I'll email him again today, or maybe stop by the campus. If not, I'll use an alternate method of creating the knobs. the faceplate is done and just needs to be hardened. I'll see how far I get on it this week. Its worth the wait. npppp0000.BMP

probably hollow knobs, 1/4" thick flat faceplate, glued to the ~3" vacuum formed box. not much weight... maybe a pound total heavier than just vacuum formed?

I think we'd lose all the details if we just vacuum-formed it... resin seems more accurate, yet more expensive. I'll get back on it soon. we've got Thanksgiving this week here in the states

Here is the 3D printer printing the model: This is a model being dug out of the powder: This is the two models in the depowdering chamber full- and half-scale: This is the two models, after depowdering, shown with a quarter for size reference: Next step is to make the mold! The knobs are already modeled, but not printed. They will be created with another method. I may redo the faceplate printing with the other method, anyway. Its an expensive and slow process, compared to this one. It only took 2 hours to print the large model.

I'm printing the master today/tomorrow. I'll have it tomorrow night.

Nice job. I never learned Inventor. Maybe I should...

I'm not 100% sure what you're asking. I made the model from photgraphs of the Sonix Victory 75 using AutoCAD solid modeling. I think this is the answer for your first question. I do not understand your second.

I'll make a mold of this next week. Probably Tuesday. What other starwars parts need to be modeled?

its the radio...