[Mr. Volt] mentions that some of the commenters on his videos believed that he shouldn’t be making large, retro computer themed communicator watches. He believes they are wrong, naturally we are compelled to agree with him.
In his latest build he has produced a rather well-built and large cell-phone watch. After the untimely death of an Apple II cellphone watch, he decided to up his game and make one that could take more of a beating. The case is 3D printed, which is hard to believe given the good finish. He must have spent a long time sanding the prints. Some wood veneer for looks and aluminum panels for strength complete the assembly.
The electronics are a Teensy and a GSM module. It looks like he places calls by calling the operator since the wrist communicator only has four inputs: a red button, a blue button, and a momentary switch rotary encoder.
The communicator appears to work really smoothly, and it would certainly draw attention to him were he to wear it anywhere other than the Wasteland. Video after the break.
Mr. Volt probably once had a Siemens Xelibri 3. I can assure you it wasn’t an easy phone to use!
It’s so cumbersome, I think I like it for party wear. I mean, I don’t think it looks much like a pipboy, but doesn’t matter, had wrist-mounted shit. XD
May be the rotary encoder is how he makes call – like old fashion phones that dials one digits at a time.
Almost. He does type in the number to call using it.
he calls 411 at 35 seconds into the video
It looks like he places calls by calling the operator since the wrist communicator only has four inputs: a red button, a blue button, and a momentary switch rotary encoder.
It looks like Gerrit didn’t watch the video as he places a call by moving around a menu selecting digits.
This reminds me of a GoBots wrist walkie-talkie I had in the ’80s.
It’s like a speakerphone… on your wrist.
Love it!
Dont need to sand it to get that finish. Sandblasting and then a textured paint will do that easily.
And some Acetone :)
Ok, so who else thinks this is just what a ’70s Apple Watch would have looked like (well, maybe it would have been beige.)
If you watch the last part of the video, you can see the (very much beige) Apple II watch that I made last year. Thanks for watching :)
I liked the retro elevator music at the end.