Hartnell Central Column help...

[Rassilons Rod]

Details in terms of what?

Didn't we end up agreeing that they are curtain rail finials, after a suggestion from Iz?

[Teletran]

Diameter of balls, distance from centre, that sort of thing.

_{Edit: is this thread coming out in paperback any time soon?}

[celation]

Didn't we end up agreeing that they are curtain rail finials, after a suggestion from Iz?

Whether they were curtain rail finials originally, I don't know - but we did decide (thanks to Iz's suggestion) that they made an excellent replacement part.

I was about to say that I hadn't tried this out yet - but I have actually drilled one of these and tried it on the end of an acrylic rod, and it seems to hold the weight fine. My thoughts are that the original was more lightweight, though. That said - perhaps the extra weight will help with momentum and counterbalance.

So - details as far as I can make out - 3/8 in acrylic rod with two ribbed spheres of approx 3 - 3 1/2 inches diameter on the ends. The whole bar is approx 12 inches in overall length (the basket at the bottom is about 11.5 inches diameter).
The central rod is 1 inch diameter.

[Teletran]

3/8 in acrylic rod with two ribbed spheres of approx 3 - 3 1/2 inches diameter on the ends. The whole bar is approx 12 inches in overall length (the basket at the bottom is about 11.5 inches diameter).
The central rod is 1 inch diameter.

Thanks, I'm just starting work on my pseudo steampunk secondary control console, which will have a lot of clockwork in the time rotor and I thought the pendulum would make a nice touchstone to the Hartnell console.

[dglucas2]

I Know I've Come to this thread a bit late, But Would anybody know Who Made the Veg Rack or If there is a 3d Printable file on the Internet anywhere.

[tony farrell]

Does this help?




Tony

[galacticprobe]

I Know I've Come to this thread a bit late, But Would anybody know Who Made the Veg Rack or If there is a 3d Printable file on the Internet anywhere.

I don't know if this will help, but there is some discussion on this rack starting here: http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=979.msg23328#msg23328. They do occasionally pop up on eBay if you search for any combination of "stackable fruit vegetable rack". Read through the thread, though; there might be mention of who actually made it.

Dino.

[dglucas2]

Thanks for the Information. I will reread the thread again and thank you for the Detail picture.

[tony farrell]

I don't know if this will help, but there is some discussion on this rack starting here: http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=979.msg23328#msg23328. They do occasionally pop up on eBay if you search for any combination of "stackable fruit vegetable rack". Read through the thread, though; there might be mention of who actually made it.
Dino.

The best person to ask who made them would be Jonathan (Markofrani) who owns the bottom (or middle, I'm not sure) tier of one of these elusive stacking vegetable baskets:



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[markofrani]

Sorry, the basket just says 'MADE IN ENGLAND'. Those were the days when we actually made something!

[kiwidoc]

Folks, this is now available on Ebay:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Retro-1960s-1970s-Red-Stackable-Vegetable-Rack-in-VGC-/391390623161?hash=item5b20b2f5b9:g:PogAAOSw~OVWwYSz

It's clearly from the same family as the original Column basket and with a little care you could join the ends of each oblong basket together to form a circle - it would simply have 4 legs instead of three.   Size isn't given but presumably it's in the same scale as the round versions.

I've been watching EBay for ages to grab one and this is the first I've seen but price+shipping to NZ for the entire thing is prohibitive.  If someone here snaps it up and is willing, I'd love to offer to pay you a fair price for the parts to make one basket up...

Cheers (and good luck!),  Glen

[davidnagel]

Cheers (and good luck!),  Glen

Ya know, I don't mind giving you a hand Glen. A Hartnell "mode" it something I've been planning for the console in my hands.

[galacticprobe]

Maybe if someone asked the seller who the manufacturer is (there should be some sort of stamp or maker's mark on one of these), then we would know what to search for, or at least have more ammo in our search arsenal.

And, wow; those really are oval! (Some surgery will be required to make one of those round.) That shipping is a killer! (Are they made of diamonds or platinum?)

And speaking of the Hartnell/Brachacki console and replicas of it - not meaning to deviate from this thread on the column, but just curious - does anyone know what happened to the "Doctor Who: Devious" replica console, which was also used for the making of "The Curse of Fatal Death"? I know "Devious" was never completed and bits of it ended up as an extra on "The War Games" DVD set, but what happened to the console? Did someone take it for their collection? Or (hopefully not) did it get broken up and tossed into the skip?

Dino.

[fivefingeredstyre]

What, you mean this one:



(I'm sure I have a better picture but i'm damned if I can find it!)

Its still around I believe. This was taken about 3 years ago at a scifi convention in Brighton. I was told by a friend of the owner that it was going to be there again this year; however I couldn't make it   

[tony farrell]

You look very at home there Steve - now remember, to dematerialise, you first turn the handle levers and then (simultaneously) you throw the three secondary levers!



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