#HAL 9000 REPLICA KIT UPGRADE#

There isn’t nearly enough 2001 merch available for fans, so when we see something nifty, we’ve gotta post it. I'm currently also thinking about building a new, improved version and I would appreciate if you could give links to your materials, like your aluminium plate.We’re big fans of 2001: A Space Odyssey around here. The effect is fantastic: if someone shows up in my office for a longer discussion, HAL contributes some 'words of wisdom' every now and then - and, surprisingly, his comments often fit the discussion. I built a HAL some time ago, based on the idea on the Adafruit page, using the plastic button (which is not great - but o.k.), and I included an Arduino-based circuit with a motion sensor, triggering the HAL sound clips (however, with a limit of not more than one sound clip per four to six minutes, to prevent it from becoming annoying). The numbering follows the one I used in the list of all HAL quotes on my blog. Not sure if you are aware of this: I have isolated and edited all of HAL's soundclips and you can get these at mawob/HAL9000. I'm especially looking forward to the photos that you promised. It's great to see another enthusiastic HAL 9000 build thread, and I'm looking forward to following this over the next. The glass lens fits into the original part extremely snugly and definitely won't be falling loose as I had initially feared. This evening I meticulously cut apart the Moebius plastic lens ring to accomodate the glass replacement lens and it went extremely well but it still needs more sanding. The question is where to place the remote sensor? (In the speaker grill?, hidden inside the lens? We'll see.) Unlike most HAL 9000 builds though, mine would be triggered with a small remote to play the sounds as opposed to a physical button on HAL. I'm currently getting a quote from an Arduino expert on Fiverr who may be building it for me. Regardless of what option I go with, the build will also have sound effects built in. (I have requests for quotes in progress.)

#HAL 9000 REPLICA KIT UPGRADE#

Upgrade the kit with a new faceplate AND an aluminum frame, AND custom machined aluminum lens enclosure rings.

(I've order a plate and it's enroute to me now.)

Actual metal brushed anodized black aluminum finish.

Vinyl wrapped polystyrene in a brushed anodized black aluminum finish (I've ordered and receieved the vinyl and it's ' ok'.).

Upgrade the kit with a new faceplate that is either:.

Build the kit as-is (painted plastic) with the replacement lens.

I'm still early in my build and moving slowly but my plan is for one of the following options:

HAL 9000 Panel (2001:A Space Odyssey) by AP 333.

Related threads I've participated in so far: I looked at what other people had done and then decided that maybe the plastic kit wasn't good enough and maybe I should replace much of the kit with upgraded parts (including metal)

Then I discovered other people's HAL 900 builds here on RPF. So I bit the bullet and bought two of the replica lenses off eBay (Now sold out) and two of the Moebius kits off of Amazon.

Then I remembered that my best friend is a huge 2001 fan and thought ' Hmm this might make a good gift idea for him.' which then turned into ' I should buy two of each so I can build one for him, and one for myself!' Building a super realistic HAL 9000 suddenly seemed in reach. This all snowballed for me after I accidentally stumbled upon some replica HAL lenses for sale on eBay and then got curious about building a HAL 9000 replica.Īs I weighed the thought of buying the lenses I started to research the Moebius models HAL 9000 kit that I'd never heard of before and were referenced in the lenses product description. I was starting to feel guilty about all my chatter about my own build in other people's threads so I figured I should start my own thread.

Hal 9000 replica kit