Sonic Screwdriver GoodFET enclosure
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Published on August 22, 2010
This thing was Featured on August 23, 2010
Description
This nascent thing is intended to be an enclosure for a GoodFET and parody of the ubiquitous Doctor Who plot device. So far I've only designed half of the enclosure and none of the moving parts.
All the design files are in Sketchup. There's one STL that I was not able to successfully print. (Maybe you can!)
Description of the files:
* 11th_Dr_v1.skp: Imported image of the screwdriver, traced in Sketchup.
* 11th_Dr_v7.skp: Half outline of screwdriver, hollowed out components.
* 11th_Dr_v9.skp: Hollowed out components arranged for printing.
* 11th_Dr_v9.1.stl: The prior file exported as an STL and cleaned up for printing.
* 11th_Dr_v10.skp: New approach to hollowing out and connecting components.
Any help you can offer in improving the design is appreciated. Also, the parts are not exactly to scale.
For a LOT of posts about this design, check out makerblock.com/?s=sonic
All the design files are in Sketchup. There's one STL that I was not able to successfully print. (Maybe you can!)
Description of the files:
* 11th_Dr_v1.skp: Imported image of the screwdriver, traced in Sketchup.
* 11th_Dr_v7.skp: Half outline of screwdriver, hollowed out components.
* 11th_Dr_v9.skp: Hollowed out components arranged for printing.
* 11th_Dr_v9.1.stl: The prior file exported as an STL and cleaned up for printing.
* 11th_Dr_v10.skp: New approach to hollowing out and connecting components.
Any help you can offer in improving the design is appreciated. Also, the parts are not exactly to scale.
For a LOT of posts about this design, check out makerblock.com/?s=sonic
Instructions
1. Print.
2. Fit pieces together in a manner TBD
2. Fit pieces together in a manner TBD
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Anonymous
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August 23, 2010
said:
Just as an FYI, the STL is very much a draft. It won't hold together well until I make some of the changes I discussed here http://makerblock.com/2010/08/...
I wanted to post these pre-beta drafts in the hopes others could offer comments, suggestions, criticisms, and even propose their own improvements. :)
License
Sonic Screwdriver GoodFET enclosure by MakerBlock is licensed under the Attribution - Creative Commons license.
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printed it. Had to scale it 120% to get the walls thick enough to print without holes, but it turned out well enough. Unfortunately it didn't print thick enough to survive coming off the raft. With a light coat of JB Weld it seems to be holding together. I'm going to be cobbling the rest of the good Doctor's tool using this as a base if I can.
Please share a picture! I would love to see it! I'm in the middle of making an OpenSCAD version of this same model. If you're working on your own version, please be sure and send me a preliminary draft so we can compare notes.