Sonic Disintegrator Draconian V

[elkad]

Reference: http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=7464.0

Guerilla Version: http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=9705.0

Its similar to the Guerilla Version but slight differences here & there.

Measuring out the emitter capacitor crystal aria.



Using as piece of tape to measure out the center of the tube helps out alot.



Lining up the emitter with the fin has to be straight.



Emitter cap pipe pieces.



I made a test PVC hole in some scrap to see how much of the fin's tab I had to cut off.



Barrel battery pack cap.



Measuring out were the fins go on the barrel.



Emitter light crystals.



I was thinking of using a tape gun handle, but I decided to use a toy revolver.

[Volpone]

You know it's going to be an exciting build when the micrometer comes out.  Can't wait to see how it turns out.   

[elkad]

You know it's going to be an exciting build when the micrometer comes out.  Can't wait to see how it turns out.

How true..

[elkad]

For the battery pack, its difficult to line up the hole of the cap, barrel & battery pack to drill a straight hole. BUT! There a way to line it up. Take the cap, put a scrap piece of pipe that's the same as the barrel, smaller in length of the battery pack. Put the battery pack together with the cap & scrap, add some paper or double sided sticky tape to hole it temporary & drill as far as to get threw one half of the pipes. Stick the holding pin in that half to hold it & drill the other side. "TIP", if you take it apart, mark both the cap & battery pack to make sure the pin lines up right.



Next we make the battery pack elements. First drill a hole in the center of a dowel then Lathe it down to fit in the pipe.



I used some CAT cable copper wire, ( I forgot the gauge,). Sanded it down, wrapped in a spiral for the negative element. To make a better contact I soldered the element. (I'm glad I got solder paste, this helps out allot. Without it I would have burnt the wood dowel just to get the solder on.)



For the other element, I stretched out a spring & soldered that.



I measured out my first disintegrator target barrel brace to make another for this one.



I'm trying to figure out how to mount the gun handle to the barrel. Not easy. I stenciled out the handle in paper & worked out the holes & anchor points...... Now what...? (Thinking.... )

[elkad]

I forgot to mark the center line of the bottom of the gun. And mark the emitter target center line.



I made two PVC slits to mark out space out the extra PVC connecting the gun handle to the barrel. If I don't the PVC will stick to the battery pack inside or be lop-sided.



I made out a cardboard template for the triangle like spacer for the barrel. (its like the square space of the other disintegrator, that looks like revolver body.)



I cut fore 9 1/2" 1/8" wood dowel for the decorative metal rods on the side of the gun, set in pair's.

[elkad]

Measure out the target emitter with half way marks & the mount line, then cut.



I'm make out some temp spacers, to see If I got my measurements correct. (You know the old adage, Measure 300 times, cut once.)



Cutting a gap in the line helps in folding & you don't need to use much heat to fold it. Once yo fold the PVC, cut another gap & fold again to the desired angel. When you know you have the correct angel, PVC glue it to hold the shape.



I put some stenciled panels to cover the big gaps in the gun.



Lets see how it looks. Nothing glued yet.

[Davros Skaro]

Looking great! This is coming along really great, your doing a great job on this, keep up the good work.

Chris.

[elkad]

Glue a little decoration on the side, the spacer & barrel & off to the emitter crystals.




The correct process in putting acrylic rod in PVC tube is. Scale down to fit, mark out the rib lines, lathe ribs, mark out a half line around the capacitor crystal, cut a line below the half line then, & drimmel down to the cut mark. (the cut in half crystal is to let the light wires free access to the emitter ends.

[KIT-KAT]

Your really good at these

[elkad]

Thanks 

[elkad]

Made the acrylic emitter target. Lathed it on my drill to the rib point. I also made some pieces to slide the emitter on to the gun barrel. (I plan to make into a flash cotton tube igniter.)



Little tip, painting should be the last step in making a prop....& I forgot...
I curled a piece of cardboard in the target emitter & put it on a wood dowel to keep the inside from being painted.



I made some more rings with a hole saw & lathed them down. Then I added a lip plated to cover over the barrel's insert cut for the emitter to slide on.



(Believe it or not this page has reached 100 pics. from this point.  Boy..! I am a bit of a shutter bug.)

Now I need to make the acrylic window on the back of the target emitter. I used the leftover acrylic from my Brainwashing Earphones prop.



I needed to make a brace for the window & emitter. I didn't have the right size acrylic rod on hand so I lathe down the smallest rod. I marked out the spot ton the window, drilled it & inserted the brace rod.

I still have to work on the electronics, lighting & flash gun. And glue the silver wood rods on the side.

[Davros Skaro]

This is looking great! Don't worry about the number of pics you've put up, with out them we wouldn't know what you meant when describing what your doing. Also we love pics. 
Keep up the good work & pics.

Chris.

[Volpone]

Hear, hear.  Too many of us (myself included) try to document a build and, in the heat of problem solving, forget to stop and take pictures.  Or we're too busy to complete a thread we started.  So someone who takes the time to document a build is always welcome. 

[elkad]

This is looking great! Don't worry about the number of pics you've put up, with out them we wouldn't know what you meant when describing what your doing. Also we love pics. 
Keep up the good work & pics.

Chris.

Well as the saying go's, "A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words", in this case..(DALEK CALCULATOR IN PROGRESS)....107000 words...give or take a few verb's.

Hear, hear.  Too many of us (myself included) try to document a build and, in the heat of problem solving, forget to stop and take pictures.  Or we're too busy to complete a thread we started.  So someone who takes the time to document a build is always welcome.

Thanks.. I keep my camera next to me wile I work. I sometimes wish I had one of those wall mounted cameras I could swing around & record video of my progress, but I don't have any space around the house. So, make do with what you got. 

[elkad]

It's always the same, when it comes to the wiring I need to add more holes to lead the wires. I found where the wires go in the back. They were rubbing up against the battery cap & needed to make a side cut on the brace to give the wire & cap room. I looked closely at the prop screencaps & it has the same cut.



I wired up the igniter to the LED lights. Neither the lights or igniter wire lit up. (short) So, I'm going to add a toggle switch at the brace of the handle to change it from light to igniter. Unless someone here can tell me how to wire 2 AAA batters to a pare of LED's & a nichrome wire igniter?



It's going to take awhile to research an LED/Nichrome Flash Gun wiring setup. Anyway, Here's a pic of the gun so far.