Project started July 31, 2025.
Dalek posts
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Arming the Dalek.
January 20, 2026 I modeled the “plunger/suction cup” piece. My skills with SolidWorks continue to improve. The plunger was a great lesson in creating a profile and revolving it to create the basic geometry. I also modelled some “inserts” to hold the arms into the gun boxes. Printed up the 50% version, and they are…
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It’s all coming together…
January 17, 2026 I’ve started to switch modeling programs from Shapr3D to SolidWorks. It’s taken a bit, but I finally feel like I am starting to get the hang of SolidWorks for most things. I modelled the shoulder section and gun boxes using SolidWorks. I was still having issues trying to create the holes for…
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Fire the shrink ray!
November 2, 2025 I am now making a 50% scale Dalek, in parallel with the full size one. This is already becoming very handy with finding design problems quickly, and helping see how things will go together. To start, I laser cut the 50% skirt sections and panels in some 3mm MDF. After starting the…
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Pain in the neck.
September 20, 2025 Progress has greatly slowed on the Dalek. Partly due to other in-progress projects, and partly due to dreading attempting to 3D model the “shoulder” section. I did get the neck rings and “bolts” designed and printed. My big printer was a bit obstinate (as usual), and one of the rings failed midway…
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I have no mouth, and I must exterminate!
August 18, 2025 I built a Dalek voice modulator. I ordered some custom PCB’s from designs I found on the Project Dalek site (DVM7), and soldered up the digital/software version. This one uses a Teensy microcontroller and audio board for the audio processing and light controls. I am also going to try the analog/hardware version…
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Heads up!
August 15, 2025 Pretty big update on the Dalek, literally. You never really know how big something is going to be until you actually see it in physical form. Over the last two weeks, I’ve been modeling and printing the dome/head. This was the hardest thing for me to 3D model so far, since there…
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Eye and… “Ears”???
August 3, 2025 Next up, I modeled the eye-stalk front and pivot. It was designed to use an acrylic tube for the inside of the eye-stalk, which will carry the power for the eye’s LED. Then an aluminum tube will be cut up and slid over it. Next up was the gun arm pieces. These…
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Goals and initial steps.
July 31, 2025 Started on my next big project (over 5′ tall), a 2005 “New Series” Dalek from Doctor Who. This kinda bridges the line between Prop and Cosplay. If all goes well, I might actually be driving around inside it. Otherwise, I am planning on making it be fully remote controlled. One of the…