Tofty's Various Tritium Beads

[toysareforboys]

I'll take two of the one on the bottom in this pic:



In Titanium if available, and if not, polished stainless (green trits).

Thanks!

-Jamie M.

[tobrien]

good ideas!

[moeman]

Love that pedal design! I like both versions, Tofty!

[Tofty]

Thanks guys,
Not really much to show yet as the order is far from being completed and sent to me but a bead does now exist in the real world.



THe surface looks quite pitted but thats because i ordered it unpolished.

[Essexman]

You know I like these already, great work matey!

What material is the prototype? I kinda like that rough finish.

[calipsoii]

Very cool Tofty! How about a few close-up shots of your unpolished bead? I'm sure I'm not the only one interested in seeing it.

Will be watching this thread with interest!

[Tofty]

I should have explained, that picture was sent to me from Shapeways as they were querying whether the shiny area in the middle would be a problem or not.
This bead is part of a larger order that will not be delevered for some time. Pictures will be posted as soon as the items do arrive though.

The bead is silver, the problem with the rough finish is that it will never be consistant over the whole surface, but i agree that it would look cool, a bit like a damascus layer pattern.

Although i haven't got any beads yet i did get a package from shapeways today......

[Essexman]

Is that an Tofty Ag whistle!!

[Launch Mini]

These do look very cools. I would most likely be in for 1 or 2, or 3...
Subscribing to this thread.

[Empire]

I'll take a birdcage,

[nfetterly]

@nfetterly: am i right in assuming you were thinking along the same lines as tgwnn?

Yep that is exactly what I was thinking. Picture says it better...

Somehow I didn't subscribe to the thread before, corrected that and I'm in for some.

[moeman]

I like it Tofty!

[wyldthng]

Awesome bead Tofty!!

[derfyled]

Thanks guys,
Not really much to show yet as the order is far from being completed and sent to me but a bead does now exist in the real world.



THe surface looks quite pitted but thats because i ordered it unpolished.

Tofty,

Get yourself prepared to seal some envelopes and train your thumb for putting stamps. I'm sure you will sell tons of these here.

Fantastic work, I like it a lot, even with that finish.

[fl0t]

I like the bird cage and the pedal.
I would like to see all of those trits on the bird cage together at night, it must be bright...

[Tofty]

Thanks everyone, yesterday was a good day:






Gold plated brass and sterling silver.




Gold plated brass from i.materialise.




Raw sterling silver from shapeways.




Stainless steel/bronze from shapeways.




Purple plastic from shapeways.




Red plastic from shapeways.




All these parts ended up different sizes so different sized models will be needed for each material choice so i've got some modifying to do.
The gold plated brass pedal bead from i.materialise is the only model that will not need changing at all and will go up on their site shortly, the sterling silver pedal bead from shapeways is good enough but could do with being a tiny bit larger.
The other models are too small for the tritium vials to fit into and the centre hole is so tight it makes fitting the paracord difficult.

[moeman]

I like the look of the SS/bronze one and if you didn't plate the brass one I would be happy with that one too. I don't mind the texture at all. Like it.
Looking awesome Tofty!!!

[toysareforboys]

The gold plated one! OMG SEXY!

-Jamie M.

[smarkum]

I like the look of the SS/bronze one and if you didn't plate the brass one I would be happy with that one too. I don't mind the texture at all. Like it.
Looking awesome Tofty!!!

+1.
Really cool stuff there!

[127.0.0.1]

wow stainless steel/bronze

[Ualnosaj]

Let's get rolling! I'm certainly in. Those slots look massive for trits...



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[wyldthng]

Yikes! I think I'm going to have to get a few of these! Silver is very appealing...

[Ward]

How about a design to be printed in the transparent resin? Maybe the birdcage would look cool in see-through resin..

Then again, it would probably look a whole lot better in titanium!

[derfyled]

How about a design to be printed in the transparent resin? Maybe the birdcage would look cool in see-through resin..

Interesting idea, very interesting. Something like polycarbonate would look great and the visibility of the trit would be improved.

[Tofty]

Thanks guys,
The tritium vials used are 2.5x10mm and the fit in the various beads was either good or the bead holes were too small.

I got a shipment of various vials a few days ago, here's the first pair set:











More to come.....


My 'tritium pedal bead' with the side cut-outs is now available on the i.materialise website for purchase in gold plated brass.
Both designs, either with or without side cut-outs, are available for purchase on shapeways in a full range of materials (some models are specific to a certain material due to over-sizing requirements).
In fact all the beads shown in the first post are up on shapeways, just search for 'tritium'.

The padal bead can be ordered in frosted or supposedly transparent fine detail plastics but these probably nowhere near as optically clear as polycarbonate.
I have ordered something in the transparent plastic so i'll be able to assess it once it arrives (in a month or so).

In a few months time i plan to get 100 or so pedal beads cast in proper stainless steel then offered as a finished item (with trits installed).
If this turns out to be successful then perhaps a titanium version might arise.
No idea on prices yet though.

[127.0.0.1]

If this turns out to be successful then perhaps a titanium version might arise.

Get a load of this guy.... IF they are successful. Sheesh ! ya think ?

[climberkid]

I'll have to wait until you get a bunch made with trits put in. I don't have any norland nor a UV light capable of curing it.


-Alex

[the_guy_with_no_name]

Tofty!!

The photos look fantastic. Well done!

The polished/plated brass one looks just fabulous!

tgwnn

[wyldthng]

Beads ordered Tofty!

[toysareforboys]

Beads ordered Tofty!

Where? How? I don't understand!!

-Jamie M.