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« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2009, 03:09:16 PM »

i'm afraid i don't like it at all ... you should send it to me for disposal






no didn't think you'd fall for it , total visual wonderment , a piece of sculpture
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« Reply #26 on: August 18, 2009, 10:40:55 PM »

Thats amazing Herr Döktor  Grin exellent paint job/design, where did you get those small rivets from?
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« Reply #27 on: August 18, 2009, 10:47:54 PM »

I know for some cameras you can get plastic casings to make them water proof. Maybe those could easily be painted and have rivets added.
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« Reply #28 on: August 18, 2009, 11:03:31 PM »

Indeed they could, Atterton, and most of those water-tight shells are a bit more generic, and might not have to fit just one specific camera.  

Crap... am I gonna have to squeeze out one more project before dragoncon?  Thanks, bub, thanks a lot!  Wink

And yes, Herr Doktor, I think trying to make these for all the various camera models out there would be a very quick road to a very small room with very soft walls.  But that doesn't make the casemod any less pimp.
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« Reply #29 on: August 18, 2009, 11:18:36 PM »

Brilliant work! You will cause a sensation every time you take a picture.
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« Reply #30 on: August 18, 2009, 11:48:06 PM »

I know for some cameras you can get plastic casings to make them water proof. Maybe those could easily be painted and have rivets added.

Now that's an excellent plan. Many of my own makes are based on dirt cheap items from the £1 stores which Glasgow is awash with. Perhaps actually a cheap camera could be pulled apart for some of the necessary panels etc. I know what tomorrow's lunchbreak is going to be taken up with.

The camera case is amazing, I was sure he had used a laser cutter (which if santa happens to be reading this, is my top want), so the fact that he has done it with a craft knife is even more staggering. How on earth do you get such perfect circles? The hatchdoor is the best bit and of course rivets improved anything. BTW I found a big copper rivet in George Square (our main city centre square) today, how weird is that?
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« Reply #31 on: August 19, 2009, 12:04:13 AM »

Cutting perfect circles in sheet material is easy, if you have one of these beauties:



The Olfa compass cutter, click on the image for more details! It's a doddle to use, and indispensable! A pair of old fashioned spring dividers with sharpened points works very well for thicker plastic and larger diameter circles.

While I'm here the rivets are self adhesive 'pearls' from Hobbycraft:

http://www.docrafts.co.uk/asp/products/product.asp?id=70208

Not particularly cheap, but you do get several sizes in a packet.

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« Reply #32 on: August 19, 2009, 12:22:51 AM »

wow, i have done a couple digital camera mods, i have seen plenty, but this is great,d my favorite aspect is that it encases the camera rather than gluing bits to the camera.....  the whole project is a winner
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« Reply #33 on: August 19, 2009, 12:23:54 AM »

sir - you have inspired me so much that i have just researched styrene sheet/plasticard and can't wait to attempt something with it. i had never even heard of it until now.

thank you very much. your work is amazing.
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« Reply #34 on: August 19, 2009, 01:37:47 AM »

i am envious of  your skill, my good man. beautiful work, as always.
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« Reply #35 on: August 19, 2009, 03:21:58 AM »

Herr Doktor, you have yet again upped the ante and caused me miles of untold grief now I must try to do something like you have achieved here! Well Done Sir!  Again I think I speak for all of us when I say "Thank You for keeping the aesthetic standard high, the functionality an imperative, and the inspiration forthcoming. 

Sincerely,
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« Reply #36 on: August 19, 2009, 04:01:09 AM »

Herr Doktor, I just went over your website again, and I think you should start an instructional regarding how you make the amazing things you make.  Your space helmet is truly beautiful, and this camera is amazing.  Your spaceship model is so breathtaking that I want one in real life.  I would encourage you to share your techniques with the world.

You are a true artist sir!
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« Reply #37 on: August 19, 2009, 06:08:54 AM »

Herr Doktor, I just went over your website again, and I think you should start an instructional regarding how you make the amazing things you make.  Your space helmet is truly beautiful, and this camera is amazing.  Your spaceship model is so breathtaking that I want one in real life.  I would encourage you to share your techniques with the world.

You are a true artist sir!

i would love to learn a bit about working with the styrene (sp?) myself
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« Reply #38 on: August 19, 2009, 05:48:16 PM »

Superb ! Your finishes are amazing . You might enjoy my digital conversion of a 1900 Rochester  Cycle Poco ,
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« Reply #39 on: August 19, 2009, 07:58:52 PM »

Superb ! Your finishes are amazing . You might enjoy my digital conversion of a 1900 Rochester  Cycle Polo ,
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No plastic , all wood ,brass & steel.



A mervel sir!
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« Reply #40 on: August 19, 2009, 08:06:40 PM »

Superb ! Your finishes are amazing . You might enjoy my digital conversion of a 1900 Rochester  Cycle Polo ,
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No plastic , all wood ,brass & steel.


I'm impressed! I did wonder how you mounted a digicam in the bellows camera, now I know!

Lovely, lovely work- but mine is pocket sized!

Wink
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« Reply #41 on: August 19, 2009, 11:50:14 PM »


I'm impressed! I did wonder how you mounted a digicam in the bellows camera, now I know!

Lovely, lovely work- but mine is pocket sized!

Wink


Yes , that why I'm trying figure out how to get a digital into one of these :
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A Speed Graphic press camera and Beau Brownie are in the works now as is a shoulder bag digital printer.
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« Reply #42 on: August 19, 2009, 11:55:39 PM »


I'm impressed! I did wonder how you mounted a digicam in the bellows camera, now I know!

Lovely, lovely work- but mine is pocket sized!

Wink


Yes , that why I'm trying figure out how to get a digital into one of these :
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A Speed Graphic press camera and Beau Brownie are in the works now as is a shoulder bag digital printer.


Now, that is an ambitious project! let me know how you get on!

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« Reply #43 on: August 20, 2009, 12:00:21 AM »


I'm impressed! I did wonder how you mounted a digicam in the bellows camera, now I know!

Lovely, lovely work- but mine is pocket sized!

Wink


Yes , that why I'm trying figure out how to get a digital into one of these :
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A Speed Graphic press camera and Beau Brownie are in the works now as is a shoulder bag digital printer.


Now, that is an ambitious project! let me know how you get on!

Smiley

I once saw a tiny digital camera that would fit in there, picture quality was probably terrible but it was ridiculously tiny!
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« Reply #44 on: August 20, 2009, 01:52:42 AM »


I'm impressed! I did wonder how you mounted a digicam in the bellows camera, now I know!

Lovely, lovely work- but mine is pocket sized!

Wink


Yes , that why I'm trying figure out how to get a digital into one of these :
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A Speed Graphic press camera and Beau Brownie are in the works now as is a shoulder bag digital printer.


Now, that is an ambitious project! let me know how you get on!

Smiley

I once saw a tiny digital camera that would fit in there, picture quality was probably terrible but it was ridiculously tiny!

I'm thinking of adapting one of these :
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but they might work better in the Expo/Ticka watch camera arrangement :
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« Reply #45 on: August 20, 2009, 11:25:55 PM »

For those with pretty much bottomless wallets, note that Datamancer is selling off some of his keyboard frames to fund his trip to Oxford. I just got an email to that effect, but I cannot justify $400 on a keyboard frame, even tho it is clearly actually an artwork.
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« Reply #46 on: August 23, 2009, 08:25:35 PM »

Given it a chain now:



So I'm calling it DONE.

If anyone wishes to buttonhole me at the Asylum, I'll be happy to chat about all aspects of making- but it's best done over a drink or two.

Or gunpoint.

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« Reply #47 on: August 23, 2009, 08:44:12 PM »

Ah the good doktor yet again wows and amazes!!!
congratulations to that man!!
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« Reply #48 on: August 23, 2009, 09:07:05 PM »

So I'm calling it DONE.

Excellent work, as usuall!
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« Reply #49 on: August 24, 2009, 09:18:47 PM »

Well, maybe I lied, but it's definitely done now:



I've treated the brass chain and nuts'n'bolts to age them, looks more 'whole' now!

Smiley

PS: I accidentally over wrote Jenny Wren's above post, I've reconstructed it as best I can, Sorry!  Embarrassed
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