Hi Devin,
While working at Henson’s I was lucky enough to bump into Tim Blaney, who is not only a voice actor, he is also a Henson’s puppeteer…Tim was the voice of Johnny 5’s!!..I never plucked up the courage to ask him to say something in ‘J5’s’ voice 
He is such a nice guy!!
All the very best
Dave
Hi there,
Thank you so much for your comment.
I’ve been creating a complete set of CAD drawings from ref for the last few weeks…it’s been a slog, but a lot of fun to do :)…this stage normally doesn’t take as long as it has, but I’m going for hyper accuracy on this build.
As soon as I start the creation of the mould masters, and the internal linkages, servo mounts, and adaptation of the Wollensak lenses, I will start uploading videos to a new prop, and model making channel I’m starting on YouTube in the new year…more info to follow!!
All the very best
Dave
Hi Angus,
Devin Hatt mentioned in his post that there are 21 servos in the head…I’ve checked, and double checked, but can only find 20…Devin sure knows his stuff…I’m just waiting to hear back from him.
All the very best
Dave
Hi Dave, we will be using 21. Devin is correct!
1x Boom Microphone
2x “Whip” Antenna (1x rotation, 1x lift)
2x MFRC (Micro-Frequency Remote Control / Radar Dish, 1x rotation, 1x lift)
2x Blue Eye Vents (1x per)
6x Eye Up/Down & Left/Right & Iris (3x servos per Eye)
2x Lower Eyebrows (1x per side)
4x Upper Eyebrows (1x attached per side, 1x per brow in the small box)
2x Inside the Nose (1x rotation, 1x controls up/down of the small box)
Not counted is the “Eye Pop” effect which is not finalized yet
TRACKDRIVE-LEFT.PDF (1.8 MB)
FULL size Johnny 5 CAD they all are in Solidworks.
You guys are WAY beyond me, but I built a tank tread robot in the early '90s for one of the first episodes of Robot Wars on ESPN. My design used slightly cone-shaped hubs so that the treads would self-center as they always want to “climb” up the cone.
Fantastic!! Thank you so much for the heads up!
Just to be clear, each hub was two cones joined with the large section in the middle. The treads were self-centering as each half of the tread tried to climb the cone on its side.
[TDRV-RGHT-A-INNR-00] Side Plate (Right, Inner).PDF (404.1 KB)
[TDRV-RGHT-A-OUTR-00] Side Plate (Right, Outer).PDF (319.5 KB)
If you need any help on the electronics I do programming and I too like Jonny 5.
Hi Stephen,
So sorry for the delay responding!!
Wow, thank you so much for your offer of help, it’s much appreciated!!!
My client is still trying to get the cash together for the build…I don’t think he fully appreciated the cost of such a complex build!!
I’ll be in touch as soon as the funds come through!!
All the very best
Dave
I like to make stuff. I have a 3d printer and an X-carve now. So the sky is the limit. Of course there is a bit of learning to do.
Neither is Santa Clause but many still believe and he exists in spirit.
What ? You take that back. Johnny five alive! !!!
Watch out for the troll…
That was taken care on first thing this morning…
