Mastodawn

Feb 25

@jlc3dp OK, the one with LEDs will be nice.

This one is heavy 300g for ring and base. I have a ring in two parts to allow LED board.

I hope to do a video tomorrow, but already I have tweaked the design, thinner gate for a start.

I think I have it down to $50 for the 3D parts now (for one).

Feb 26

@jlc3dp Well, I have the PCBs, now to tweak coding for new layout.

The 3D model needs a revision. The glass is too thick.

"This gate, ..., is LEDs"

@jlc3dp I have the LED dialling sequence sorted now.

#stargate

All you need is 552 x WS2812 RGB LEDs, and a toaster.

Initial test video...
https://youtu.be/nBWNcLIz6cY

wikiyu Feb 27

@revk @[email protected]

Please remember that connecting with other civilisations and travelling across universe can be dangerous. Wear a helmet!

Kelvin n0mql EN35ld Feb 27

@wikiyu @revk
…and a condom.

fosdembsd Feb 27

@revk @jlc3dp amazing job, congrats !

fosdembsd Feb 27

@revk @jlc3dp In case you are interested there is a couple of sound effects available here : @revk @jlc3dp

David Cohen Feb 27

@revk @jlc3dp Just need to figure out the Skwoosh now. Excellent work!

Floating Onion Feb 27

@revk That’s a brilliant video!

anthropomorphic blast radius Feb 25

@revk @jlc3dp Alien invasion! Little green men have appeared 👾

@revk @jlc3dp uh oh, bow you’ve got me wondering if a 3D printed chappa’ai could be made to rotate using the same technique as hubless clocks.

@revk @jlc3dp apparently the answer is yes https://thestargateproject.com/making-the-stargate/

Feb 25

@gadgetoid @jlc3dp Way better than my effort. Impressive stuff.

@revk @jlc3dp it's quite a lot more advanced than anything I'd hoped to find! Which probably counts me out of finding the patience to build one.

Feb 25

@gadgetoid @jlc3dp I am not ruling out selling.

The PCB with LEDs, definitely.

But the 3D model uses some designs with non-commercial licences, so they may be OK to sell "at cost" based on what @jlc3dp charge me - I hope that fits within the licence.

Obviously I also publish the STLs to allow printing one's self.

And then a simple LED controller which I already sell.

Let's see how it goes.

@revk @jlc3dp oooh, I hadn't realised we were contemporaries in the selling-things-that-blink space (I'm not all there at the best of times). Though I had seen some of your other projects. It's a small world!

ahnlak Feb 25

@gadgetoid @revk @jlc3dp admit it, you're already warming up the 3d printer aren't you?

@ahnlak @revk @jlc3dp I think my 3D printer has done 99.9% pull-copters for the kids, and 0.01% random little widgets for some purpose or another. It deserves better! (doesn't help that it's so small)

Warm Signull Feb 25

@revk Would 3D printing legos end up cheaper than buying them? Would that infringe any licenses?

Looks amazing.

Theolodian Feb 25

@revk that reminds me, I paid a creator for the files for something like that many years ago and never built it. 🧐

Anton Piatek Feb 26

@revk @nivrig this is amazing!
Did you say you're selling the pcb? I don't need this, but I do want it

@sldrant @nivrig I may put the PCB on tindie. I have 5 boards at present, and trying to clean up the the 3D model. It is 552 x WS2813 style LEDs 3.3V/5V. But if you did all white it would be too much current for a typical USB charger port. But for the gate sequence I have it works fine.

@revk @jlc3dp 😍 🤤

@revk very cool!

You Made Me Look (it up, whether there was an official SG LEGO set, the minifigs are perfect!)

@flaki Daniel needs revised hair as the set is from the film Daniel.

tetchy af Feb 26

@revk @jlc3dp @shieldsy05 this is incredible.

AMS Feb 26

@revk Earth gate (the glyph at the top) on that platform?

@AMS indeed, so why on a stone platform. But I think any other gate would be odd, and the numerous other home symbols are not well documented. The plot line was a bit of a mess on that.

AMS Feb 27

@revk It's especially a mess once they get to the puddle-jumpers.