![]() Since the front of the front (as it were) would actually need to be the bottom of the print which is not always the best quality (at least when I print), I printed out a front facing panel and the grille separately. (I had made the case 3.2 mm thick so that the surround would be flush. ![]() The front would be in the form of a shallow box deep enough to fit into the case leaving half an inch for a surround of 1/2 inch by 3.2 mm (1/8 inch) aluminium strip. Having done this, I designed the front to be a tight fit into the case. I tend to design things as I go along so I decided to print the main part of the case first and go from there. Then I could place guidelines on the important parts of the image, remove the image and draw the front components snapping the lines to the guides. ![]() I could proportion the image so that the diameter of the lens matched my lens. In order to design the case for HAL, I borrowed an image from an ad for a very expensive HAL reproduction and loaded it into a 2D graphics program, in this case a very old version of CorelDraw (9) which I have used for many years. It could only have been bigger if the print had been rotated by forty five degrees and then not by much. It took about fifteen hours to print the case! Also, it’s quite close to the edge of the plate. Also, the size would be determined by the maximum size which can be printed on my printer and some of the component parts are right on the limit The unit has been scaled to work with the dimensions of the lens and is about half the size of the original, I would guess. ![]() The lens is from an old slide projector but an old 35mm camera lens would do. The Feather I am using has built in WiFi so it would be possible to control the unit remotely. An initial program enables HAL phrases to sound at random times. I have wanted to try to emulate the HAL 9000 computer interface with the famous glowing red eye for a long time and now, at last, I’ve gone and done it! In this 3D-printed project, HAL’s voice is generated using an Adafruit Feather and a Musicmaker Featherwing combination. Nevertheless, it is one of my favourite films. The ape men don’t tally with the latest theories about hominid evolution and the ending still slightly baffles me (I’ve read various explanations but like the definition of existentialism they never seem to stick). After all these years, the technology depicted still looks futuristic and the action equals the best that today’s CGI can offer (I would go as far as to say it looks more real than CGI). Auto-shutoff occurs after 2 minutes of inactivity, or it can be shut down manually by pressing any button on any IR remote.What a great film 2001 is. Illumination of HAL's eye and the interactive audio clips are now activated by twisting the lens bezel, replacing the previous version's concealed switch. This prop represents an upgraded version of the superb HAL replica previously released by SD Studios, with further accurization and tweaking of dimensions, materials, finish, and electronics. High quality audio, including 15 different professionally digitized HAL voice clips, randomly activated by sound or infrared remote. ![]() Custom CNC-stamped metal speaker grill, with the correct number and arrangement of perforations and corrugations. Custom ground glass lens and machined metal lens components, with orange-red gel filter and yellow-white LED, replicating the necessary elements of the original Nikkor fish-eye lens used to create HAL's distinctive gaze. Full-size metal & glass hero replica of the strangely disquieting face of HAL, the calmly homicidal supercomputer whose conflicted programming doomed the Discovery One Jupiter mission.īlack-satin etch anodized aluminum backplate, with accurate vinyl HAL 9000 logo. ![]()
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