Indiegogo Campaign

My latest project has been in the works for over 3 years now... about $10k shy of finishing it up.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dropship-simulator-paragalactic-attractions

Sorry folks, we had disappointing experience with our textile printing company Fabric On Demand and are no longer accepting orders for fabric or Zentai suits. I am really not interested in finding another vendor at this point since I only see about $4 per yard for the trouble.

Vote4Lunch

New website project of mine... trying to make daily lunches with coworkers easier to coordinate. Please try it out and tell your friends! Let me know if you encounter any problems or if you have any cool ideas!

Parts Sale

I have the following parts left over from my mod project.  Flat $5 shipping to USA.

These are original factory replacement C-rings 
Rinzler C-ring replacement: $8.32 (2 remaining)
Sam Flynn C-ring replacement: $8.32 (2 remaining)

These are factory replacement blades (still have flanges/tabs attached)
Rinzler Blade replacement: $29.46 (2 remaining)
Sam Flynn Blade replacement: $29.46 (8 remaining)

These are factory replacement stands
Sam Flynn replacement stand: $16.64 (2 remaining)

These items are brand new but commonly don't include packaging as they are purchased bulk OEM
Arduino Nano 168: $23.75 (2 remaining)
USB A to B data cable: $1.25 (4 remaining)
LiPo battery: $10.56 (4)
LiPo charger: $17.49 (4)
LiPo cable: $3.20 (4)

Please contact me with the type and quantity you want and your address and I will send you a PayPal invoice out right away.  All these items are ready to ship.

eBay FTW!

I have buying on eBay parts for the discs and parts for my simulator project for the past year.  I have haven't bought anything recently or had any trouble but IMHO I am a model eBayer.  I am assuming it is an error but I don't have the time or the energy to appeal it.

I am also not interested in spending time finding alternative sources for the identity discs so I am not accepting purchases for identity discs or kits until this 90 days is over.

Fabric sales are unaffected.  We have one disc mount that is not claimed which can be handled by invoice through PayPal.

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Disc Mounts

I have gotten requests to show the disc mount construction steps and the finished product.  I am working on four (4) of them currently (only one is not currently spoken for).

Tops cut, 70mL of epoxy poured inside lid

Lids removed to reveal solid surface

Plastic primer applied

Plastic primer cured

Next steps are to PlastiDip and install the magnets.  More pictures to follow in about a week!

I posted these to the BitBucket site tonight for those of you doing the SMD kit version.

Prepped and Switch Installed

Battery Holders Installed

Completed

These are up for grabs.  My daughter is no longer interested in being Quorra for Halloween and there is no reasoning with a 3 year old... ;)  She wants to be a rocket ship now even though I have all these molds for Tron stuff.

Update: The listing expired. You can still see the pictures and video on eBay but if you are interested make me an offer using the "Contact Me" link on the top right in the site map.

Update: These were sold.

Halloween

Sorry I haven't updated you guys in a while.  No big technological breakthroughs to report.  Molds have been holding up nicely.  You guys have been keeping me especially busy the past month or so probably because you realized we are closing in on Halloween.  Sorry to say I am booked on complete custom mods through Halloween (took the last pre-Halloween order today).  Parts and kits are still available with a 1 month backlog, fabric has a 2 week backlog.

I have been getting the assembly line syndrome here churning out all this goodness for you so I dropped a couple projects (Virtual Rain Sensor and Knetic Group) to work on a new project - a flight simulator.  I know, it is completely unrelated but it gives me new problems to solve and to my RPF fans it will be a replica of the Aliens Dropship UD-4L.

Gibson Identity Disc

Just got back from our lake vacation but wanted to show you another custom job that I did for a customer before I left.  The options to get the green cast parts are now available on the Identity Disc commerce page.

Mobile Support

I am happy to announce that we have added the mobile templates for my blog this afternoon.  You can find out more about which phones are supported and learn more about the features supported by visiting their blog post.

New Fabric Print

Based on some feedback from cosplayers I have tweaked the print slightly.  Orders placed after 6/1 will receive this new print.  If you ordered a sample previously send me an email and I will ship you a new sample free of charge!

One of my customers is trying to decipher my wiring diagram.  I haven't figured out how to color-code the wires yet but the program (called Fritzing) is free to download and use... and it's open-source!

You can download my Sketch.fz (XML) file that can then be loaded into that program. You can click on a wire and it will make it bold which should help you a great deal following the diagram.  Feel free to push it back to the bitbucket site if you make improvements!

Wiring completed except for the controller... will do that tonight.  Also need to add some black construction paper to keep the light from bleeding front to back or vice-versa.

Picture with the battery mounted.  Please be sure to remove the sticker from the bottom of the battery before you mount it otherwise the glue will be sticking to the paper and it will peel off.  Observe the space under the battery which allows the light from the LED to reach the inner-C ring.

Completed first layer (back) inner-C LED mounting and connected the row wire.  I like this approach better because it spaces things out more (KAKAKAKA vs. AKKAAKKA).

I installed the replacement DPST switch in the factory slider switch location.  You have to be mindful not to glue in the channel where the plastic switch slides (ruined my first switch this way).  The LEDs in this location are slightly wider then where they should be so I angle them slightly so you can't see a difference from the outside.  I tack it in place with hot-melt glue for speed and then fill in and around with E-6000 again not getting any inside the switch mechanism.

Some of you have been asking for a better picture of the recharging port connection.  Basically I mirror the hole for the factory slider switch on the opposite side just big enough for the port to easily fit through.  I then attach the supplied extension/connector cable to it to hold it in place.  I then apply E-6000 from the inside and let it dry overnight.  Note that the battery is not mounted yet in this picture.

Some awesome pictures of a custom disc we did at Singatronic (Singapore).

 

One of these does not belong!