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« Thread Started on Oct 22, 2007, 8:26am »

Following on from this thread, I have started making EPS files to upload to www.ponoko.com so I can start making the central bits. So far I have made the rings and some square bits from the rotating part (and the one and only ring on the static part).

I have also found this site that seems to do acrylic rods at a reasonable price (£10ish for 2 meters). If anyone finds a better site please feel free to share the info here :).

On that site I found rods at useful sizes of 5mm and 8mm diameter (I was originally working at 5mm and 7.5mm so I will need to to adjust my EPS files). I also need to figure out how big the central pole is, as I have forgotten since I made the 3D model :) lol

My next step is to create the white and black plastic parts (including the flags at the top). I will post more here later when I get home, including some screen grabs of my EPS files.

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« Reply #1 on Oct 22, 2007, 6:42pm »

Here is a JPG of the first file (still needs a bit of tinkering).

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The big circle is for the static section, the outer rim is 23cm and the inner is 21.5cm (diameters) the holes are 5mm dia.

The 2 smaller circles are for the paddle cage. The outer and inner rims are 14cm and 12.5cm respectively. Also the holes are again 5mm.

The square bits are 1.2cm wide and 20cm long. The holes are 8mm diameter, but I forget for the moment how far apart they are. These pieces support the rods for the rubber paddles.


The next stage is the black and white things that I've been calling rulers on the sides where the mesh is. That should be simple enough.

Also I have a cunning idea about how to do the flags at the top :)

More to come on this... Hope people find it interesting.

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« Reply #2 on Oct 23, 2007, 8:09am »

Bugger... Photobucket is on maintenance...

Oh well, while the numbers are in my head... the rulers are 21cm long by 2.5cm and the black ones have 2cm square holes in the centre.

The flags are 11.5cm by 9cm...

Images to follow.

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As you can see, this template is a bit big for whats happening inside, but the smaller one is just too small... I suggest that if using these templates it would be best to modify them so that they could cut out more pieces and the cost could be shared between more people who want to make one of these... So if anyone is interested give me a yell ;)


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« Reply #3 on Oct 25, 2007, 12:12am »


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More to come on this... Hope people find it interesting.

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Great stuff Marc!!! :o I find it very interesting. Keep the posts coming.

Only thing I am curious about is how the whole thing is supposed to move once assembled. ;D
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« Reply #4 on Oct 25, 2007, 7:04am »

Well I narrowed it down to about something like this

up - 2 seconds
pause--1second
down - 2 seconds
pause--1second

and the roatatey thing takes about 12 seconds to go round...

something like that :)

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« Reply #5 on Oct 25, 2007, 9:12pm »


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Well I narrowed it down to about something like this

up - 2 seconds
pause--1second
down - 2 seconds
pause--1second

and the roatatey thing takes about 12 seconds to go round...

something like that :)

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I get that bit. What I meant was the actual mechanics involved to be able to make the whole thing not only go up and down, but to spin as well. What drives the beastie???

But what you have for timing seems logical, the interior spin would take about twice as long as the up and down movement. So every time the column completes one up and down movement the interior makes half a turn.
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I get that bit. What I meant was the actual mechanics involved to be able to make the whole thing not only go up and down, but to spin as well. What drives the beastie???

But what you have for timing seems logical, the interior spin would take about twice as long as the up and down movement. So every time the column completes one up and down movement the interior makes half a turn.


Well I reckon there's an old record player in the middle with a few gears to slow it down. Plus the usual crank affair underneath :)

To quote Dave Lister... I dunno, but its gonna be fun finding out :)

On the subject of timing though. I don't think the rotation time is actually divisible by the time taken to go up and down... I just remembered that I had to adjust it to make the animation easier.

I think the rotation takes slightly longer than 2 ups and downs...

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« Reply #7 on Oct 26, 2007, 5:18pm »

I would definately be interested in getting bits for a future rotor build depending on cost. What is it looking like to get this stuff laser cut? PM me or post here, I am VERY interested.

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« Reply #8 on Oct 26, 2007, 5:30pm »

It ran to about £70 for the first image I think...

Could get the cost down, but the problem is that you need 3 different materials and 2nd two won't fit on a smaller template.

However if we make the template good for several people to cut their bits out (ooh er!!) then it might make it more ecconomical.

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EDIT: I think it would certainly be easy to make the 2nd two templates good for 2 lots of parts. And maybe if we go for the biggest of the 3 templates, we could get the cost down even more.

I'm in the UK now so I don't have any of my stuff with me... = Can't make any more templates until I get back to Finland (Will be back in play on Nov 5th).
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« Reply #9 on Oct 26, 2007, 7:21pm »

Well keep me in the loop on this, I had intitially wanted to try a hartnell rotor for my build but decided against it as it seemed to complicated at the time. But I am interested in attempting this at some point. I'll keep an eye out but PM me if I ever miss anthing

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« Reply #10 on Oct 26, 2007, 8:00pm »

Absolutely :)

At the very least, when I come to get the pieces printed for myself I'll see if you're ready to make a deal :)

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« Reply #11 on Oct 26, 2007, 8:13pm »

PS, Have to say... I'm really glad you guys are interested in this. I put a lot of work into the research and it makes me feel great that its appreciated :)
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« Reply #12 on Oct 27, 2007, 5:51pm »

Oh trust me, it is..I for one am glad you are taking the time to do the research on this. It really benefits everyone and for that I am grateful.

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« Reply #13 on Mar 9, 2008, 10:57pm »

I suppose you guys probably have these screen shots from "The Time Meddler" but thought you might like a look as they are the clearest I have seen of the inards. Shows some damage even by this relatively early time. Looks something like sellotape on the outer housing and I don't know what that spare rod is doing?

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« Reply #14 on Mar 10, 2008, 12:21am »

Nice captures, new to me. Cheers.

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« Reply #15 on Mar 10, 2008, 7:48am »

One of the flags is flipped (that happened during season 1 (inbetween The Aztecs and The Sensorites). And I notice there is a strip of plastic covering the join in the sheet of that makes the big tube... But that may have been there from the start and I just haven't realised yet (due to poor quality grabs).

There is mostly damage to the console in the beginning. i.e. (not that its real DAMAGE as such... the paint is scratched off the bulbs in the panels in early episodes of Season 1.

What other damage are you seeing in these grabs?

Great quality btw... I'm considering revising the shapes of some of my innards again now! lol :)

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« Reply #16 on Mar 10, 2008, 8:21pm »

I think the join is actually a split that has been repaired with sellotape from what I see, cos it does not look very regular. Does anyone know if it was a perfect tube or it was joined in the first place? But I can't make out what the extended rod is doing, unless it was a repair unfinished?
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« Reply #17 on Mar 11, 2008, 7:42am »

Which extended rod?

Oh I SEE... Hmm it looks like just hasn't been cut off yet or something... unless there's a similar one on the other side...

I really didn't notice that on first viewing...

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Oh I SEE... Hmm it looks like just hasn't been cut off yet or something... unless there's a similar one on the other side...

I really didn't notice that on first viewing...

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I have just seen the thing in The Sensorites and also in The Mind Robber.... This makes me think it must be part of the design and we have only managed to see one of them (I can't believe they would only do one like that on purpose...).

It makes me question wether or not the top ring had dropped or not by the time it came to Inferno and Ambassadors... I'll have to check my grabs from those stories again!

And here it is again in The Crusades!

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I think the join is actually a split that has been repaired with sellotape from what I see, cos it does not look very regular. Does anyone know if it was a perfect tube or it was joined in the first place?


Although I've not really said anything on this subject, I'm more than convinced that the outer column is a wrapped sheet with a join down one side. All the later ones up to The Five Doctors had this too... with some very obvious tiny bolts on either side of the join.

If you look at the top plate of the early column, you'll see that the sheet is screwed to it - this is the cheapest way of producing the full outer tube. Even today you're looking at well over £1000 to get an extruded tube and back in '63 there would not have been the budget to cover such an outlay.

Sometimes this join has a clear strip running down it (with bolts) and also tape as shown above - in the late Pertwee period, there were two aluminium strips which were so obvious, I think it was actually made into a feature.

I know this doesn't really move the research forward, but there you go anyway.
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« Reply #20 on Mar 11, 2008, 11:46am »

Marc,

This thread is really great research!

One quick check - are you sure you have those numbers right? The numbers seem like values for the radius, not the diameter. 5mm, for example, seems *really* thin for the thin rods.

If they were radii, it would be closer to my estimates - half inch for the thin rods (13mm), and an inch for the thicker (26mm).

Sorry to pick, but I'd hate anyone to be getting something laser cut, only for it to be half scale! :)

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« Reply #21 on Mar 11, 2008, 1:09pm »

Thats true...

I'm away from friday, but when I get back, I'll find time to go over the measurements again.

Not looked at it for a while so its not fresh in my mind......

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« Reply #22 on Mar 11, 2008, 9:09pm »

This image shows no extended rod unless hidden by the flags and given that my original screen caps show the light tubes (which don't move?) in the same position?

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This one shows the join?

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It could be the distortion of the grabs from my first post but the taped seam in my original pics looks like a split to me, in addition to the seam? It does not appear in the first picture posted here where the light tubes appear to be in the same position.

Presumably the bolts holding the top on were transparent ones at first and then they became an obvious black?

Maybe they replaced the outer cover at some point fairly early on?

I hope I am not asking questions that have already been answered?

I don't know who owns these pics so apologies for no reference and I'll take them down if the owner minds!

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« Reply #23 on Mar 14, 2008, 12:59am »

I'd also point out (as you may already realise) that the top flags are each made up of four right-angled triangles of plastic - two black and two white. The original set-up had the black ones on the inside top and bottom, and the white on the outside top and bottom.
There's a small gap between the upper and lower triangles on each side, which results in that strange offset look that they have. I imagine they were made out of sheet styrene.

As the console rotates, the black triangles appear to flip from the inner top to the inner bottom, as we're seeing the two different sides.

There seems to be a general theme of black to white and vice versa on this console's column. The six "rulers" with the square mirrors attached seem to be black on one side, and white on the other.

I'll post up some pictures when I sort out uploading. I've got a build in its *very* early stages. And I can tell you - that acrylic rod's a bit pricey! :)
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« Reply #24 on Mar 16, 2008, 3:17pm »

Another couple of items of research...

The pilot episode gives a few useful clues to the construction of the final column. The pilot episode column looks somewhat anaemic, as it's missing any of the black and white detailing, which must have been added before the second version of Unearthly Child was made. In place of the two flags at the top are two clear pieces of acrylic. This leads me to believe that the black and white triangles were added on the outside of this to give the final look - making a kind of styrene/acrylic/styrene sandwich.

The "mesh" area which has been confusing me for some time is also just visible, but without the three attached rulers. The meshwork itself isn't visible, but what is apparent is a piece of clear acrylic spanning the area taken by the three rulers. From looking at other reference, it seems that the black and white rulers were sandwiched (again) either side of this acrylic sheet, which is itself scored with a cross-hatch design. It may be that the sheet was used originally to stabilise the ring structure of the central column.

Incidentally, in contrast with what Marc has posted, I'm beginning to feel that the two inner rings aren't actually made from cut flat acrylic (as is the outer one), but from bent circular rods; i.e. they're circular in cross section (a torus) rather than rectangular. If anyone can provide an image to contradict or support this, I'd be very grateful.

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« Reply #25 on Mar 17, 2008, 2:37am »

I noticed watching Seeds of Doom, that said one of the B&W triangles was flipped upside down, with black on top and white on the bottom. So it seems they were removable (or came loose).
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« Reply #26 on Mar 17, 2008, 10:35am »

Hi Bill.

Yes - this happens some time before Web Planet. At some point the internal mirrors which were symmetrical at first become flipped on one side. This all brings me to believe that the flags/mirrors were on rods stuck into each side of the central rod, rather than a single rod threaded through. Still not sure, though! :)

Well, I've bitten the bullet and gone for circular cross-section rods for the two inner rings, and I successfully bent two 8mm rods into rings last night. I also unsuccessfully bent another into an interesting U shape with a nice bubbly texture where it got too close to the flame in the oven. ::)

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Yes - this happens some time before Web Planet. At some point the internal mirrors which were symmetrical at first become flipped on one side. This all brings me to believe that the flags/mirrors were on rods stuck into each side of the central rod, rather than a single rod threaded through. Still not sure, though! :)

Well, I've bitten the bullet and gone for circular cross-section rods for the two inner rings, and I successfully bent two 8mm rods into rings last night. I also unsuccessfully bent another into an interesting U shape with a nice bubbly texture where it got too close to the flame in the oven. ::)

Hopefully pictures soon...

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I've assumed the rings to be cut from flat perspex...

I'm looking forward to seeing your pics :)

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That was my thought originally, too - and that's exactly how I did my CG console build (much less accurate than yours, BTW). The outer ring is definitely cut from flat, which is what made me assume the inner ones were too. Looking over the reference, though, I started to wonder, and haven't seen anything to contradict it so far.

Also, if you take a standard 36" (900mm - ish) length of acrylic rod, it makes a ring approx 11.5" in diameter, which seems pretty much the diameter of the "paddle wheel".

I'd be (fairly!) happy to be proved wrong - although it would have cost me £13.20. :'(

It looks fairly round to me in the Inferno pictures that were posted in your original Hartnell Column thread, particularly compared to the obviously flat one above.

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« Reply #29 on Mar 17, 2008, 8:50pm »

What a great picture! – from Inferno?, I’m so pleased to see the console in a Nissen hut, fantastic!
I now have a valid reason for living in a Nissen hut – I’m exiled to earth ;D.
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