Made this 'Electro Staff' for a costume for a competition down at Forbidden
Planet. I added the lighting at somewhat short notice at the behest of a friend of mine, in his words "Hey, that would look great with a glowing thing on top!" Cheers Ian.
It’s made from steel
and aluminium bike parts with a quartz crystal at the top mounted on a walking pole with a
leather grip. Lots of copper wiring used in this, was going for a cobbled together science look with it.
This was my first attempt at doing something electrical
inside, and as a combination of short notice and lack of soldering iron (Now
rectified) the wiring is mainly held together with sticky tape with little or
next to no insulation.
However, it does give a lovely tingle when you turn it
on! Since it was a personal prop that wasn’t so much of an issue though I have now discovered the joys of both solder and electrical tape.
Awesome
ReplyDeleteCheers man, got to get the wiring sorted out at some point, break the staff out again!
ReplyDeleteawesome :) some blueprints would be enven better :D if i don't ask too much :P
ReplyDeleteHi Damian, thanks very much! Unfortunately, the staff was put together very much without sketches so no blueprints but I'm happy to answer questions if you've got any.
DeleteApologies for the late reply, haven't been keeping up with the blog properly!