Hobby Room Remodel - Star Trek Themed
1November 5, 2020One of a few "inspiration" photos for the theming.
2November 2, 2020A "before" picture of my hobby desk (and work-from-home office) after everything was removed.
3November 2, 2020Ready for destruction!
4November 2, 2020One of the "stash" closets ready for destruction (had to empty hundreds of kits from it).
5November 2, 2020Carpet and padding removed.
6November 2, 2020Carpet, padding, and closet doors removed.
7November 5, 2020Prepping for new paint is always the most time-consuming, patching all the holes and re-texturing.
8November 6, 2020Door casings will need trimmed for aligning with wall base to accommodate the new flooring as well as a uniform bottom edge around the room.
9November 7, 2020Casings are trimmed around the room (necessary for the new flooring).
10November 7, 2020Wall texture is applied over all the patched areas. Won't know for sure how well it turned out until primer is on, but luckily much of it won't be visible anyway.
11November 10, 2020TOS studio set color "Online" versus "Distant Star" color.
12November 10, 2020The walls are painted Behr MQ5-31 "Distant Star".
13November 10, 2020The OEM closet handles are brass. Haven't been able to find these in satin nickel without "universal" nail holes in them.
14November 11, 2020Yes! Finally starting to get that Star Trek look! Closet doors painted Behr P180-7 "Top Tomato"
15November 13, 2020Main door is painted Behr PPU13-9 "Tahoe Blue".
16November 13, 2020These are the 3 color sample cards in overcast natural light.
17November 15, 2020Carpet tiles preview. Using tiles for durability, chair and cart castors rollability, ability to swap out single tiles if damage occurs (since it is a hobby room after all), and for a Star Trek look.
18November 15, 2020Laying out tiles before applying adhesive so everything can be pre-cut and fitted.
19November 15, 2020Naturally, the plywood flooring is now suddenly lava!
20November 17, 2020Laying out carpet tiles. The pattern is "Fast Lane" color 6674.
21November 16, 2020Carpet tiles are all dry-fitted and looking good.
22November 16, 2020Shelving has also started going back up.
23November 17, 2020"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!"
24November 18, 2020My side of the room, new desk hasn't arrived yet.
25November 18, 2020Wife's side of the room, ready to rehang the large peg board and second shelf.
26November 18, 2020Front of the room ready for doors, which will start triggering the theming.
27November 19, 2020Doors are installed, need to see about a different bottom guide for the closet.
28November 22, 2020Wife's side of the room is put back together and started packing in all her crafting stuff back in.
29November 22, 2020Too many? That's just one closetful to be sorted out and put away. The other kits are in another room.
30November 27, 2020Vintage rocker switches (the same kind used on the original "Star Trek" series) and laser-cut black plastic bezel.
31December 4, 2020Vintage Honeywell 12MA6 Micro Switch, which has a 1.5" diameter bezel (not very "micro", but the exact kind of switch used on the original "Star Trek" series).
32December 4, 2020Screen-accurate intercom fabric, available on eBay.
33December 5, 202012" x 12" x 1/4" red acrylic from U.S. Plastic Corp.
34December 14, 2020Wall intercom red alert solid resin block.
35December 14, 2020Intercom push-button switch replica.
36December 18, 2020Ugh! New furniture doesn't match the wall color. Gotta repaint the walls!
37December 23, 2020New paint color is significantly darker, but matches the new furniture color.
38December 23, 2020The darker gray looks much better, and more-importantly now matches the furniture color.
39December 23, 2020Custom color-matched gray paint.
40December 28, 2020Shelving is being painted from white to match the gray walls.
41December 29, 2020The "Top Tomato" color is much too bright for the new gray color.
42December 29, 2020The original red doors were darker, so a different paint color will be needed.
43December 29, 2020Painting new smooth-faced closet doors a better color of red, Behr PPU2-16 "Fire Cracker".
44January 14, 2021Applying silver chrome striping to the walls.
45January 14, 2021Finally starting to bring in the new furniture!
46January 14, 2021The larger desk piece had to be disassembled to fit through doorways and getting upstairs.
47January 14, 2021The wall color matches the furniture nicely.
48January 15, 2021Wall base needs to be removed in order for the new desk to fit.
49January 15, 2021Testing the new desk's fit before starting modifications.
50January 16, 2021Lot's of hobby space now!
51January 19, 2021Assembly completed for the initial furniture shipment. The tackboard will be customized for matching the wall panels seen in crew quarters.
52January 19, 2021Evaluating paint colors for the desktop's 8 rocker switches.
53January 27, 2021Red acrylic is too dark and prop panel from Trek Props & Stuff is the wrong size, so going to make my own panel from MDF.
54January 27, 20211" Clear Reed glass for the red alert light.
55January 26, 2021Holes cut into walls for intercom panel and red alert light.
56January 31, 2021"Some assembly required."
57January 31, 2021A quick light test just for fun.
58January 31, 2021The red alert light and wall intercom panel will be powered by a nearby AC line inside the wall.
59January 31, 2021Evaluating gel filters for behind the red alert glass. A diffuser will also be needed.
60January 31, 2021Tackboard ready for fabric and paint.
61February 12, 2021Closet doors are repainted to better match with how the doors looked in the TV show.
62February 12, 2021Red alert light box under construction.
63March 6, 2021Test fit of the red alert light box. Magnets at the corners will hold the glass and frame in place.
64March 18, 2021One of the 3D printers is running again, and already making a part for modifying the Elegoo Saturn.
65March 18, 2021A Wham Bam flexible magnetic build plate will be installed on the Saturn, which meant making a spacer for its Z-stop to compensate for increased platform thickness.
66April 26, 2021Designing a chamber for UV curing of resin prints.
67April 26, 2021UV curing chamber being made from MDF wood.
68April 26, 2021Preparing the UV curing chamber's electronics.
69October 25, 2021UV curing chamber's main circuit board assembled.
70October 25, 2021UV curing chamber's main circuit board backside (designed, printed, etched, and masked myself).
71October 25, 2021Painting the UV chamber's cabinet and front panels.
72November 12, 2021Assembly finally begins on the UV curing chamber.
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It's time to remodel the "man cave" (although half the room is also my wife's hobby area). I have been granted permission to theme the room as inspired-by the original Star Trek series, including props such as a desktop intercom concealing a Google Mini voice-activated assistant.