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The Holotape Deck - Part 1 - They see me rollin'

A project log for Fully Functional* Pip-Boy™ 2000 Mk VI

*with varying degrees of function

vincentVincent 06/22/2020 at 19:520 Comments
So the initial plan was to source some of those mechanical roller counters (believe me, I have tried every term on AliExpress to find these!). I got them in the mail this week, and today I decided to check if this plan would hold up. Turns out the Holotape Deck is smaller than I imagined.

If you take a look at what's needed for these rollers to actually work, you can see it's never going to fit this way. And static or 'roll your own date and watch it wiggle' digits are a no-go for me.The inset at the top-right of this picture is where the holes would be to show the numbers.
The whole thingamajig with the gears in the middle left is the stuff that makes those numbers roll over.
There is no way I can get this to work functionally I think.

If you look at the stickers, it seems the numbers would be off in size as well:

Unless I can source smaller rollers, let's hope the OLED screen(s) will fit when they come in!

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