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TARDIS Builders :: TARDIS Exterior :: TARDIS Builds :: Doctor IZ's TARDIS Page 1 of 16 » Jump to page   Go     Author Topic: Doctor IZ's TARDIS (Read 12,965 times) DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Doctor IZ's TARDIS « Thread Started on May 3, 2006, 4:20am » The Tardis construction began on 29 April 2006, a fine Saturday afternoon. Phase 1, the base construction took approximately a day and a half to complete. I am off to Phase 2 now. I'll post pics as I go and I am sure I will be needing assistance as I go. The base was not too bad, I made a small mistake with the base plywood, cut the wrong side and was too short. Whoops! I am glad I ordered extra. How do I upload pics to this site? How do I place or find an icons for under my name? « Last Edit: Jun 15, 2009, 4:18am by DOCTOR IZ » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged jasonyork Guest Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #1 on May 3, 2006, 2:26pm » Glad to see another american in the mix. I hope you have no trouble in your build. I look forward to seeing it. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Sorvan Castellan Senior Member member is offline "STOP SAWING THE TABLE" Joined: Oct 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 428 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Karma: 150,159 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #2 on May 3, 2006, 2:47pm » Hi Jon, This site doesn't actually store images, so everyone uses either personal webspace or online services to store their images. Many of us here use a free service called Photobucket to store our images. When you've uploaded pictures to Photobucket, it gives you a variety of options for linking to the picture. In the case of this board, you want to copy everything in the IMG box and paste it into your message. To place an image under your name, click on the "Profile" button (found under the Tardis Rebuilders logo... home, help, search... profile). It shows your profile and you can click on "Modify Profile". If you don't have a picture of your own, you can select an "Avatar" from the drop down menu. If you want your own picture what you need to do is upload one that is 100x100 pixels or less to the Internet somewhere (eg Photobucket). You can then select the "Avatar" to "none", but underneath that indicate the URL for the avatar that you've uploaded (starts with http://) and indicate the size of this image in the next two fields. There's lots of other things you can modify there too. Good luck with the build! Colin Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #3 on May 3, 2006, 11:37pm » Hey guys, thanks for the support and the info. I'll work on the photobucket site and get some pics uploaded. I can't wait to see how this all comes together. Jon Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #4 on May 4, 2006, 3:02am » I have uploaded pictures of my base building to tardis builders guild. I am working on up loading pics to photobucket tonight. Where are you guys getting all the kewl tardis icons under your user names? I am starting the corner posts this weekend. Can't wait. Thanks for the support. Jon Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Sorvan Castellan Senior Member member is offline "STOP SAWING THE TABLE" Joined: Oct 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 428 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Karma: 150,159 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #5 on May 4, 2006, 3:17am » Hi Jon, The stuff under your name (currently in my case "Stargate User" and three stars) are indicators of how many messages you've posted to the list (just over 150 for me). It appears that the TARDISs start appearing after 200 posts. Of course, Dale (the administrator) may change all the tags and icons without warning (he's done it a few times already). Colin Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #6 on May 4, 2006, 3:34am » Thanks for the reply Colin. Learning as I go. Sorry about the number of questions. Saturday and Sunday, I am starting the corner posts. I am sure I am going to have some questions to post for the corners. How did you guys mount the posts to the base platform? I found the post about the corrected production of the corner posts on the site. I can see how the seam is hidden on the revision compared pic in the Tardis manual. That manual is a god sent! Glen has been good enough to offer advice and encouragement. I am really glad to get to know you guys. I'll keep you guys posted with pics. Jon Pics off photobucket, let's give it a try. « Last Edit: Jun 12, 2006, 2:19pm by purpleblancmange » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Tom Chancellor member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 684 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Karma: 33 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #7 on May 4, 2006, 1:35pm » Quote: How did you guys mount the posts to the base platform? Jon Check out this link to see the assembly of the actual current prop. This is exactly how mine goes together. T « Last Edit: May 4, 2006, 9:35pm by Tom » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Timegirl Administrator member is offline Joined: May 2005 Gender: Female Posts: 989 Location: not in a galaxy far far away Karma: 106 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #8 on May 4, 2006, 5:55pm » Wow, that base is great DrIz, looks like you know what you're doing! And what a dream workshop Must exhaust you, just walking from one end to the other TG Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Latest animation: 2001: A Who Odyssey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXnV1UNbTuM DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #9 on May 5, 2006, 12:03am » Tom Who - thanks for the link, very kewl indeed. I still can't get a good shot of how they mount/screw the corners in. Do they use L-brackets mount corner to the base? Pics are worth a thousand words. On the corners posts, I am using 1" x 12" x 16' stock Southern Yellow Pine Timber. I plan to cut the posts in length to 89" then rip the 89" sections down to 5" and 4" width. It looks like I need three 4" sections and one 5" section per post to make up the 6" corners. Does that sound right? Did you use angle iron stock on the inside or just construction adhesive with clamps or both? Timegirl, the base turned out good. This is the first time I have really worked with wood at this level. The workshop is bigger on the inside than the outside - lol. I agree that there is a Tardis in everyone. Thanks for the compliments. I appreciate everyones input and comments. Does anyone no where I can download a picture of a sonic screw driver. I thought I could use that as my pic under my usser name on posts. Looking for ideas, searched the net for 2hours yesterday without any luck. « Last Edit: May 5, 2006, 12:07am by DOCTOR IZ » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Tom Chancellor member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 684 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Karma: 33 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #10 on May 5, 2006, 1:59am » Quote: I still can't get a good shot of how they mount/screw the corners in. Do they use L-brackets mount corner to the base? Did you use angle iron stock on the inside or just construction adhesive with clamps or both? With my TARDIS, there are two dowel screws sticking out of the bottom of each corner post. These fit into two corresponding holes on the base. No L-clamps, nothing. I want it to be able to be taken apart and put back together fast. And my corner posts are just glued together, no fancy biscuit joins, no dowels, no L-clamps, no nothing. Cheers T Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #11 on May 5, 2006, 2:57am » Tom, Thanks. I see now, you just set the screws that are threaded into the corner posts into the corresponding holes. They do not thread in! How do you stablize the walls then? Brackets? What diameter screws did you use? Going to prime the base tonight. Keep you guys posted. Jon « Last Edit: May 5, 2006, 2:59am by DOCTOR IZ » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Tom Chancellor member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 684 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Karma: 33 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #12 on May 5, 2006, 3:27am » Quote: How do you stablize the walls then? Brackets? What diameter screws did you use? The walls are likewise held onto the corner posts with dowel screws, but in this case wingnuts hold them on. I don't remember the diameter, but they were the biggest ones the hardware store had. I'll shoot some pics tomorrow! Cheers Tom Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Tom Chancellor member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 684 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Karma: 33 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #13 on May 5, 2006, 11:42pm » Quote: How do you stablize the walls then? Brackets? What diameter screws did you use? Jon In this pic you can see how the walls are held on to the corner posts with dowel screws, washers and wingnut. Likewise, the sign boxes. Probably not the best system out there. Oh yeah, do NOT put your corner post dowel screws at the same height like I did! You need to leave room for the wingnuts to spin around! Just a sepia pic of my TARDIS I liked. Looks nice and straight huh? Hard to believe 90% of it was cut with a circular saw... T « Last Edit: May 7, 2006, 4:04am by Tom » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged karsthotep Time Lord member is offline Joined: Mar 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 60 Location: Vermont Karma: 6 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #14 on May 6, 2006, 6:47pm » Wow, you are doing an awesome job, I am glad you joined up and you really look like you have a handle on this project, good job, I am eager to see more of your progress, You are going to be completed before my fiberglass one is even done. Rockin job. We need to have a North America TARDIS rebuilders get together. I am in Vermont, I really need to post more its just tough with work, planning a wedding, buying a house..etc. Anyways good job. What plans are you using by the way? Standard season 18? Karsten Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #15 on May 6, 2006, 9:11pm » Tom thanks for the pics that helps. Your Tardis looks totally awesome. I'll make sure the dowel screws are at different heights to avoid wing nut collisions. LOL. DId u use wing nuts on the bottom the corner posts to lock them down like the walls? Karsten, I took all the plans that you gave me an sorted thru them. I am using Doc Neals plans for demensions, then using the Tardis Manual for the rest. I am looking at the plans that you sent that had the soccer ball night light for the lamp fixture as well. I did get the fresnel light, I had to buy the whole light for like 60.00 US. I also per your recs got the Yale 706 Night latch from the UK, which was about another 60.00 US. I am starting the corner posts probably tomorrow. Tom was nice enough to send me some pics of how he mounted the posts to the wall. The people on this forum are absolute the nicest people I've talked to in a long time. I agree about a North America Tardis Rebuilders get together. We will all wait until your live settles down a little. I've been there, it's a bit crazy for a while, then life settles down some! I'll keep you posted on my progress and I apologize up front to everyone for my long posts and questions. Jon Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Tom Chancellor member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 684 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Karma: 33 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #16 on May 7, 2006, 12:06am » Quote: DId u use wing nuts on the bottom the corner posts to lock them down like the walls? No, those screws just slot in, the whole rest of the box (I hate calling it that) just sits on the base. Quote: The people on this forum are absolute the nicest people I've talked to in a long time. Jon I think we all subconsciously want there to be as many replica TARDISes as possible so the rest of us don't look crazy/daft/mad etc.!!! T Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Sorvan Castellan Senior Member member is offline "STOP SAWING THE TABLE" Joined: Oct 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 428 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Karma: 150,159 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #17 on May 7, 2006, 3:20am » Quote: We need to have a North America TARDIS rebuilders get together. It's an interesting idea, but I don't think it's terribly feasible. Perhaps an east coast or west coast gathering, but I'd be pretty surprised if any of us were willing to travel half way across the continent for a little get-together. The UK has it easy because it's such a tiny little country. Sure, they did manage to rule a large portion of the world at one point, but the US is 39.3 times the size of the UK and Canada is 40.7 times. My home province (Manitoba) is 2.6 times the size of the UK by itself. It might be nice to meet some of you at some point, but I imagine that any such meetings would be as a result of other activities which would draw me into the area. I can imagine that the Pennsic War might draw me into Pennsylvania one day and a stop in Erie might not be out of the question. It's also theoretically possible to go to Washington state while visiting my parents in BC. I can't think of any reason that I'd be going near Vermont, though. If anyone is passing through Winnipeg for some reason, let me know. One thing that I don't think has been mentioned here before is the Frappr Map that someone on the Tardis Builders Guild set up to see where the various builds are located. There are a few people listed, and it shows how far away they are. Colin Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Sorvan Castellan Senior Member member is offline "STOP SAWING THE TABLE" Joined: Oct 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 428 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Karma: 150,159 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #18 on May 7, 2006, 3:23am » Quote: I think we all subconsciously want there to be as many replica TARDISes as possible so the rest of us don't look crazy/daft/mad etc.!!! Um... Tom... Is that you in the Darth Vader costume, with your kid running around in the Cyberman helmet? I think it's too late for you to start worrying about that. Colin Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Tom Chancellor member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 684 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Karma: 33 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #19 on May 7, 2006, 4:01am » Quote: Um... Tom... Is that you in the Darth Vader costume, with your kid running around in the Cyberman helmet? I think it's too late for you to start worrying about that. Colin lol! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #20 on May 8, 2006, 3:12am » I have to agree with Colin on the North America Tardis Rebuilders get together. It's a great idea but hard to do. The only thing I can say is that if anyone is traveling through Northwest Pennyslvania, I welcome the visit and that's all I got say about that! LOL. Jon Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #21 on May 8, 2006, 3:44am » I started on the corner posts this evening. I basically got the materials cut to dimension and started setting up the corners. Suggestions, should I use four clamps along the length of the post, use Liquid Nails, then tightly clamp then wait and drill pilot holes then screw corners together for additional support? Here are some pics. LEFT PICTURE: The left side of the left picture shows 12 planks of 4" x 89". On the Right side of the left picture shows a total of 4 planks of 5" x 89". All Pine is 1" thick. I used this in place of MDF. RIGHT PICTURE: Jon and Tim ripping 1" x 12" x 96" Yellow Pine to make corner pieces for the picture on the left. Corner Construction: I have yet to use Liquid Nails and screw corners together. Anyone with final advice before I glue and screw these pieces together. I am first starting with the 5" butted up against the 1" side of the 4" wide plank. I then will add the remaining 1" x 4" to make the 6" corners. Inch by inch life's a cinch, yard by yard, it's very hard. I am taking this one step at a time. Jon « Last Edit: Jun 12, 2006, 2:20pm by purpleblancmange » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Tom Chancellor member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 684 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Karma: 33 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #22 on May 8, 2006, 12:46pm » Quote: Anyone with final advice before I glue and screw these pieces together. Jon I'd drill all the screw holes first, glue, clamp, then screw. If you let the glue dry, then install screws the glue seam will crack, defeating its purpose. And you have to drill holes for the screw to pass through the first piece of wood, or it will just push the two pieces apart. I had about 7 screws running down one half of one corner post. T Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged purpleblancmange Guest Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #23 on May 8, 2006, 12:51pm » Adding to Tom's comments, I'd also stagger your screws left and right so that they don't run the length of your corner posts in a straight line. Having them in a straight line can cause problems later on, with the swelling and contracting of the timber, cracks can form and having the screws in this formation will allow the crack to grow. Staggering them tends to prevent this from happening. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #24 on May 9, 2006, 1:42am » Tom and Purple, thanks for the advice. I'll post some more pics when the corners are done. Peace, Jon P.S. - Tom I love ur new pic! LOL « Last Edit: May 9, 2006, 1:42am by DOCTOR IZ » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged creativeguy Gallifreyan member is offline Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 48 Karma: 0 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #25 on May 9, 2006, 8:27am » I used to live not too far from Erie, about 40 miles south of it really. If I still lived there now I'd come up and give you a hand. This thing is looking great! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #26 on May 9, 2006, 2:09pm » creativeguy, wow, it's nice to know someone knows where Erie PA is located. Did you live near Meadville? Man, if you were still living around here, I would certainly welcome the help. I'll keep posting pics so you can see my progress. Where abouts are you now? Thanks for the compliments. Thanks, Jon Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged creativeguy Gallifreyan member is offline Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 48 Karma: 0 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #27 on May 10, 2006, 7:58am » For a while I lived about 20 minutes from Meadville outside of a little town called Linesville. I'm way down in South Carolina now. Please take lots of progress pics I wish I could be there in person to help and to learn how to build my own. Which version of the Tardis is this? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged DOCTOR IZ Chancellor Senior Member member is offline Getting into the TARDIS - next stop England... Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 764 Location: Near a large body of water Karma: 1,914 Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #28 on May 11, 2006, 4:55pm » I have definitely herd of Linesville, just never been there! South Carolina weather is much nicer than up north. I'll keep posting pics as I go. I am playing on finishing the corners this weekend if possible. As far as the what Tardis version goes, I am using Doc Neals plans for demensions and Glen's Tardis Manual. I believe that Glens Tardis is based more off of season 18 - I think! I'll check into it and let you know. So don't hold me to it! « Last Edit: May 11, 2006, 4:57pm by DOCTOR IZ » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged purpleblancmange Guest Re: Jon's Tardis Build - Erie, PA (US) « Reply #29 on May 11, 2006, 5:52pm » Quote: As far as the what Tardis version goes, I am using Doc Neals plans for demensions and Glen's Tardis Manual. I believe that Glens Tardis is based more off of season 18 - I think! I'll check into it and let you know. So don't hold me to it! Both the Manual Plans and the Doc Neal plans are based on the same model of generic TARDIS, mine. Doc Neal's has the roof with more steps (like my build), the manual variety has one less step - which was the original intension for my build. 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