I made my pops a stargate for Father’s Day.
Here it is normal
Here’s what it looks like lit.
Also for any fans out there, I just read that Roland Emmerich will be making a new stargate trilogy after the new Independence Day movie
Woohoo. Really nice.
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Very cool!
The lighting is great with that texture!
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I can’t like this enough!
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Are you kidding me? This is AWESOME!! I am sure your dad will love it. You made a second one for yourself, right?
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Love it! Stargate was one of my first sci-fi shows. It has a special place in my heart. Haha
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Thats epic!! Very nice on the texture, I like how it diffused and redirects the light flow.
Lucky Dad…lol.
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Wow–gorgeous!
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This is really cool, and looks fantastic lit up! Question: what did you use for the blue disc? Was that two layers of acrylic intentionally bonded ‘badly’ to trap bubbles?
It is a single piece of acrylic that was etched on both sides. I made the design from an image ripped from actual footage. It took quite a bit of post-processing to make the ripples show up, but It came out almost exactly as I wanted.
The back side has a more even gradient which gets lighter/more dense towards the center. This causes it to give a nice smooth dispersal to the light, while the front side is similar, but the water ripples are much more pronounced, giving it quite a bit more of a turbulent look.
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Thanks! Soon! I’m waiting on a collet adapter for a very accurate German endmill, but it’s taking longer than expected to get here. I’m gonna make a whole gate in full 3D. V2 you could say
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This is Awesome! I am a super fanatic when it comes to Stargate,
My first project with the glowforge will actually be a mechanically working Stargate that dials.
I had no idea there were other Stargate fans here. 
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There’s probably quite a few of us 
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I was wondering how large a model stargate would need to be to fit all the mechanical and lighting effects into the ring. Will you make a control console to activate the “gate”?
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The work on the acrylic is amazing! Turned out perfect. Great job exploring technique!
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I was thinking about making a DHD for it, but I think phase one will just have a button on the gate itself that will trigger it to dial the home address. Another idea I had was to build a portable jumper console that would remotely control it.
I plan on making it a wall art piece so it will be fairly large anywhere between two feet in diameter to four feet in diameter. I am not sure how large yet, but I will be beginning the designs very shortly and I will keep you guys in the loop.
If this is anything like my Catan project I will get pretty obsessed with the details really quick.
Now I just need my Glowforge…
Seriously though, @takitus You have inspired me to begin the design of my project. Again, great work on this, its pretty fantastic!
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Ok… That is just freakin awesome… Nice work.
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This is what laser-cut gearing is for.
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Thanks man! I saw your catan tiles way before I joined this group, and Ive loved them the moment I laid eyes on em. Cant wait to see what you do with a bigger arsenal at your disposal!
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Very nice job on the acrylic! I see a fly that is about to get transported to another world. 
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