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Hi all,
I have had the pleasure of being a member of this completely excellent site for only a couple of days but have discovered a real home here.
I have an interest in sci-fi weapons which began when I purchased a long coveted Star Trek TOS Art Asylum replica Phaser. I was massively disappointed, though, when I pulled the trigger for the first time and the pathetic blinking red LED winked from the emitter. I had seen a conversion on ebay where a laser module had been grafted to the little weapon. The laser didn't fire in time to the sound effects but it looked absolutely spectacular.
That was it. I determined to work out a way of fitting a laser to my Phaser and make sure it fired in sequence with the five sound effects.
As I knew nothing about electronics, it took me months to work out how to do it and also had to have precision brass components engineered to hold the module in place in the Phasers casings as space is at a serious premium. As the only power for the unit came from the three 1.5v button cells in the type I hand-held Phaser, I knew it wouldn't be up to the task of powering a quarter watt laser diode so I designed an Nimh rechargeable power pack which I fitted inside the pistol grip, with a charge socket set into the handles base. Blast the baddies until you run out of power, plug in the Nimh charger and within an hour and a half you're blasting baddies again. Beats the pooh out of replacing batteries every five minutes.
Replacing the plastic rear finning with a seven piece precision hand crafted brass one made a huge difference to the feel and balance of the Phaser too. it now weighs in at 279g and will cheerfully stand on its handles end all day. It feels like a proper weapon should do (I've worked in the firearms industry and an indistinct feel to any weapon is the death of accuracy).
I keep the Phaser in a dual lockable steel and aluminium foam lined flight case along with the charge adaptor. You better believe that you have to keep a class IIIb 240mW 532nm laser powered Phaser safe from people who cannot appreciate how dangerous a weapon it is.
I am now working on a design for a seven laser assault rifle (see Dr Brains post regarding Star Trek Phaser conversion for the latest) and have run into a bit of a financial block as I was made redundant in February and still out of work! There are only two of my Phasers in existence. One I sold to a Canadian trekkie collector for £300 and the other is my personal weapon. In order to further the R&D on the assault rifle I need to sell my Phaser. Costs for precision engineered parts, electronics, charge adaptor and secure travel case was a little over £150. I will happily accept offers over that figure. If anyone is interested in owning the coolest Phaser on the planet just let me know.
I have had the pleasure of being a member of this completely excellent site for only a couple of days but have discovered a real home here.
I have an interest in sci-fi weapons which began when I purchased a long coveted Star Trek TOS Art Asylum replica Phaser. I was massively disappointed, though, when I pulled the trigger for the first time and the pathetic blinking red LED winked from the emitter. I had seen a conversion on ebay where a laser module had been grafted to the little weapon. The laser didn't fire in time to the sound effects but it looked absolutely spectacular.
That was it. I determined to work out a way of fitting a laser to my Phaser and make sure it fired in sequence with the five sound effects.
As I knew nothing about electronics, it took me months to work out how to do it and also had to have precision brass components engineered to hold the module in place in the Phasers casings as space is at a serious premium. As the only power for the unit came from the three 1.5v button cells in the type I hand-held Phaser, I knew it wouldn't be up to the task of powering a quarter watt laser diode so I designed an Nimh rechargeable power pack which I fitted inside the pistol grip, with a charge socket set into the handles base. Blast the baddies until you run out of power, plug in the Nimh charger and within an hour and a half you're blasting baddies again. Beats the pooh out of replacing batteries every five minutes.
Replacing the plastic rear finning with a seven piece precision hand crafted brass one made a huge difference to the feel and balance of the Phaser too. it now weighs in at 279g and will cheerfully stand on its handles end all day. It feels like a proper weapon should do (I've worked in the firearms industry and an indistinct feel to any weapon is the death of accuracy).
I keep the Phaser in a dual lockable steel and aluminium foam lined flight case along with the charge adaptor. You better believe that you have to keep a class IIIb 240mW 532nm laser powered Phaser safe from people who cannot appreciate how dangerous a weapon it is.
I am now working on a design for a seven laser assault rifle (see Dr Brains post regarding Star Trek Phaser conversion for the latest) and have run into a bit of a financial block as I was made redundant in February and still out of work! There are only two of my Phasers in existence. One I sold to a Canadian trekkie collector for £300 and the other is my personal weapon. In order to further the R&D on the assault rifle I need to sell my Phaser. Costs for precision engineered parts, electronics, charge adaptor and secure travel case was a little over £150. I will happily accept offers over that figure. If anyone is interested in owning the coolest Phaser on the planet just let me know.
