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  1. Welcome to the Project Dalek Forum

    1. Information for Guests

      What you need to do to join

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  2. Project Dalek Essentials

    1. Project Dalek Main Website   (98,915 visits to this link)

      Click there to access the front page of the Project Dalek website.

    2. Dalek Builder's Workshop Manual   (85,228 visits to this link)

    3. Downloads: Dalek Plans And Other Essential Reading   (108,766 visits to this link)

      All plans and other downloads are supplied in Adobe PDF format. To access them, validated members can follow the links from here.

    4. Members' Build Diaries   (27,935 visits to this link)

      Quick link to the heart of the Forum.  This is where all our Daleks are created. Start a Build Diary here to document your progress and get help and support.

  3. The Latest

    1. Hello & Welcome

      Members can use this section to introduce themselves and find out who's building Daleks near them. Please post in the sub-forum that relates to your location and also supply a town or regional location.

      When introducing yourself, you might also want to add your location to the Member Map. This will greatly increase your likelihood of finding friends and help, locally.

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      • First Neil
      • By First Neil,

    2. Frequently Asked Questions

      New members start here.

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      • RepeatedMeme
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    3. Newsflash

      Essential information, forum business etc.

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      • John
      • By John,

  4. Project Dalek Technical

    1. Technical Questions

      General Forum (software) technical questions. Problems searching, posting, downloading or opening files? Ask here.

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      • JonnyAlpha
      • By JonnyAlpha,

    2. Downloads Talk

      Download discussions and download news. Note: the downloads themselves are accessible by clicking on the links in "Project Dalek Essentials", at the top of the page.

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    3. Plans Discussion

      Problems with plans? Disagree with dims?
      Frank open discussion welcome here.

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      • RattyVulcan
      • By RattyVulcan,

  5. Member's Daleks

    1. Builders Progress Diaries

      Superb 'hands-on' reference material for new builders. When you start to build your (full size) Dalek, please join in by contributing your build diaries and photos here.

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      • talisman
      • By talisman,

    2. Dalek Showcase

      A place to show off your finished Daleks. Please share your photos with us here, even if you've already completed a build diary.

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    3. Davros

      An area for all things related to building (full size) Davros.

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      • RepeatedMeme
      • By RepeatedMeme,

    4. Active Members Area

      Information, plans, downloads etc for active Project Dalek members

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  6. The Workshop: Dalek Construction & Design Discussions

    1. 1: The Dome

      Making a dome from scratch? Need help? Ask here.

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      • Mike Aubert
      • By Mike Aubert,

    2. 2: The Neck

      Cutting the rings and making the struts. Assembling the neck cage and neck bin.

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      • aiden schooling
      • By aiden schooling,

    3. 3: The Shoulders

      Gun box positions, collar/slat placement etc

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      • RepeatedMeme
      • By RepeatedMeme,

    4. 4: The Skirt

      To split or not to split? Hemis, panels, disasters.

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      • RattyVulcan
      • By RattyVulcan,

    5. 5: The Base

      Movie and new series fenders. Classic bases and DIOE doubles.

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      • Dave Jeffrey
      • By Dave Jeffrey,

    6. 6: The Appendages

      The dome lights, eye-stalk, gun and arm. Making & modifying. Irises, water guns and CO2.

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      • Chris Moliere
      • By Chris Moliere,

    7. 7: Finishing Off

      Colour schemes, detailing, finishing touches.

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      • John Kelly
      • By John Kelly,

  7. Build Techniques

    1. Working with GRP

      Problems with fibreglassing or moulds? Ask here.

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      • John Kelly
      • By John Kelly,

    2. Working with Wood & MDF

      Working with wood. Making wooden sections. Problems and solutions.

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      • General Zod
      • By General Zod,

    3. Working with Metals

      Collars, slats and mesh. Best materials, cutting and shaping.

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      • AeroSpaceNSD
      • By AeroSpaceNSD,

    4. Plastics

      What type and when to use it. PETG, acrylic, polystyrene. Vac forming and pressure forming etc.

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      • Pascal
      • By Pascal,

    5. Paint

      Paint types, compatibility, priming, spraying techniques, finishing and polishing.

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      • Dominic Goodall
      • By Dominic Goodall,

    6. Other Materials

      Post here for help with materials not covered above!

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      • Dalek Norvic
      • By Dalek Norvic,

  8. 3D Printing, Scanning, Laser Cutting & CNC

    1. 3D Design, Development & Finishing

      General discussions about models and files for 3D printing, CNC and laser cutting. Topics related to parts development and post-print finishing techniques etc.

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      • John
      • By John,

    2. 3D Printer Discussions

      Discussions related to 3D printer hardware and software. 3D scanners and scanning. Printers rated and reviewed. Troubleshooting, upgrades, tips and tricks.

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      • hallam
      • By hallam,

    3. Printed Part Showcase

      Upload photos of your work to showcase your creations. Don't forget to share your files by submitting them to the Downloads section. 

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      • TheHeadHunter
      • By TheHeadHunter,

  9. Electronics & Electrical

    1. Voice Modulators

      All voice-mod related questions, reviews, research and development in here, please.

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      • Aussie Kev
      • By Aussie Kev,

    2. General Electronics & Electrical

      Non voice-mod electrical topics such as wiring, lighting etc.

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      • RattyVulcan
      • By RattyVulcan,

    3. Motorisation

      Adding motors, batteries, control units, PIR etc.

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      • Pascal
      • By Pascal,

  10. Alternative Dalek Building

    1. Scale Daleks

      Just getting into dalek building? Decided to build a scale model before you attempt a full size version? Talk about it here.

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      • SketchTwitch
      • By SketchTwitch,

    2. Virtual Daleks

      A place for the discussion, development and display of CGI Daleks and CG Dalek related items.

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      • Prydonian
      • By Prydonian,

    3. Speculative Dalek Projects

      Are you considering building Dalek that's a little different? Plans still on the drawing board? Post here for discussions, advice and help.

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      • MondoJon
      • By MondoJon,

  11. The History Channel

    1. A History Of The Dalek Props

      A detailed, in-depth look at the History of the Dalek props.

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      • Drew Wolford
      • By Drew Wolford,

    2. The Family Album

      Did you or someone you know meet/photograph a Dalek in the 60's, 70's or 80's? Did you take photographs of Daleks at a fete or at the Blackpool Doctor Who exhibition etc? PLEASE email or share your pics here.

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      • Mark Smith
      • By Mark Smith,

    3. The Oddballs

      Exhibition Daleks, stage Daleks, Edwin Hall Dalek ride etc.

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      • Chris Moliere
      • By Chris Moliere,

  12. Project Dalek Community

    1. Events, Conventions and Meet-ups

      Now you've built your Dalek, why not get involved?
      Create events or let others know about events you're planning to attend. Sign up for and chat about existing events. It doesn't matter if you're not the organiser... if you're attending you can tell everyone here.

      Events will be publicised and shared across our pages on social media.

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      • Alan R
      • By Alan R,

  13. The Dalek Basement

    1. Talking Daleks

      Dalek-related exhibitions, news, websites, suppliers and other items of interest to Dalek builders. See the sub forum (inside) for Dalek toys, models & DVDs.

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      • Mike Aubert
      • By Mike Aubert,

    2. Downtime

      Dalek related but not build related, (no fiction). Post it here and we might let it stay, if it's interesting!

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    • RepeatedMeme
      Gunbox Angle Query

      By RepeatedMeme · Posted

      @SoniaEliseo While it looks as though the triangle should have sides 145, 140, and 46mm long.. If you want to draw the implied triangle, because of the angle, the 145 needs to be 147mm. I cheated - see image below that tells you the angles (if that's what you need to know).     This doesn't really solve the query, but it gives you some angles to work with.
    • talisman
      Talisman's NSD - !scot

      By talisman · Posted

      So, Let's toss up some pictures of what I have so far.    First up is what I am using these days for the dome lights (ears): Next is the partially done long slats.  I did these in plywood and they just need a finish up on the outside to get the slats looking good.  Going to try and work on that one of the weekends soon, as I am trying to save my filament for the dome parts. As you can see the insides look okay after the wood putty and sanding, so paint should help out on those pretty well, but the sides need that finish.  Also one thing I found just recently is that a grease gun may have leaked a bit on a couple of these as I had them stored.  Depending on how the paint takes it will keep going on the 'battle-worn' look that !Scot seems to have. So my first 3d print was for the wide short slat up front.  I was loving how it looked while it was printing as I checked remotely every so often.  Had no idea that it was just dumb luck that got an almost reasonable print out.  Still from the front not bad enough for me to toss it and reprint at this point.  Next up I started on the small slats as you can see turning on supports worked so much better.  I printed these on the side instead so the trees attached to the inside of the bevel and the holes for the attaching bolts.  Then I moved on to gun and plunger surrounds and neck blocks.  Hoping next weekend to start attaching those to the neck setup I have (no support needed for those).  Finally I printed out a cowl that came in two parts.  I will have to do some sanding though to get it looking better.   And then I started on the Dome from Dalek Garlic (found on this site - Dome + Motorised eye mechanism 1.0.9 under 3d print tools.  My first part (P1) went great, but what I did not know is that P2 and the trees is a big part, and I had run a bit of filament already.  so you can see where I started attaching them together how I had to do what I said above and switch filaments.  On the other hand I got more bronze on order so the gold swath looks kinda nice.     But in between the two initial dome parts and my other five dome parts I printed up some ears using.  I was able to get by printing the dome jars without support when I turned them over.  was not sure it would work, but the support would be minimal that way instead of inside the entire jar.  I tested the jars with a flashlight (they glow nicely) and the cages came out great:   Hopefully next time I post will have the dome finished and put together along with the cowl as well as updating the long slats.  Right now I'm printing the Eye Discs, and I made an attempt to print out some of the gun parts.  My filament tangled on that one as a storm blew through so I stopped the print (need to get the 3d printer on a UPS).  It will be really interesting to see how the hand made wood slats come out vs the 3d printed ones.  I know which will look better, but if I can get them looking close it would be really nice. TTFN.  
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      Gunbox Angle Query

      By SoniaEliseo · Posted

      Revisiting an old topic…where am I going wrong and why does Pythagorean not work?
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      Great progress!   Always nice to see a new west coast (USA) Dalek.

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