Holey moley, that is fantastic!! When I was seven, I made a control panel with glue, cardboard, and buttons, and labeled the "controls" with a black permanent marker. That was maker tech to me, lol!
Did a smaller version for my lad 15 years ago, a load of old computer parts, switches and LEDs driven by TTL logic, as I didn't know how to use PICs and the Arduino and Pi were years away. It worked well, apart from the PSU board getting warm, though he didn't really use it much. Kids, eh? I'm now waiting for the granddaughters to play with it.
what a lovely project, a labour of love. In years to come, say 30 years from now, your lad wont remember much of the details of it, except for one thing... his Daddy loved him.
WOW! I don't even know what to say.....this is freaking amazing. You are an awsome dad to pull this off for your kid(s). This has given me so many ideas. Although my daughter is in her teens now. Maybe it will be more for me. Would be awsome to use a set up like this to run a home automation system. The Apollo 13 audio wired into the tank stir is priceless!!! You have my vote for dad of the year.
That's an incredible desk! Definitely a one of a kind desk that's sure to fulfill a little fellows love of NASA and space and fuel a lot of dreams! Way to go!
when my son was young i wrote games (disguised educational games) for him to play on our TRS Model III...it worked great as fast as he mastered them i had to write a more complex one...it helped his learning and my programing skills....
This project is simply amazing! Back in the days when when I was ~12 years old, I spent weeks building [what I then considered] an epic DIY mission control panel for myself - with a lots of switches and incandescent micro-bulb indicators, and even some barebone basic level analog logic behind it (e.g. three "pump control" lights had to be turned on for the "master pump" light to turn on, etc.). Burned my fingers so many times while soldering all those wires, but I was so proud about what I have made. But this - this is something I couldn't even have dreamed about those 25+ years ago... Great job!
Oh, buddy boy, if I had the resources, and a clear space (the attic above my garage..) I'd make a nerdy man-cave that actually has utilities such as Arduino board holders, control panels to control security systems, and many other things better than this puny little control panel. I'd build something better than the TARDIS console!
Ok, you win. You're the best dad in the world. You sure would be in my book. I'm 53, and grew up with vintage space, and it's one of the coolest toys I've ever seen, and it's hand made to boot. Impressive build.
Oh my gosh...It's like looking into the future for when I have kids. Accept no joke, when I have kids, one of my life goals is to make a life size and accurate as possible Lunar Module in my backyard, lol. This gave me a whole new world of ideas and possibilities to add to it, now there will be lights and sounds and interaction besides walls of buttons and switches, lol.
This is so cool!!! I work in the aircraft industry, MH 60 helicopters ,MH 47 and little bird, and you almost made the panels look like the line replaceable units in the helicopters (LRU). Very nice job. You only needed handles on the sides edges of the modules to make them look like there replaceable.
This is... Incredibly, incredibly gorgeous. A lot of care and craft went into this, and although this video is quite old, I hope it's still seeing good use!! It's stuff like this that inspires people to grow :)
Wow, this might be an older video but I just had to leave a comment! Great Job on this, sparking your son's creativity, imagination and interest in space and science fields with this is just awesome parenting on your part. Congrats on taking the time to do this for your kid. Respect!
Odd to discover that my youtube comments show up here automatically ... but it doesn't matter. Check this video out, it is fantastic and this fellow (Jeff High Smith) is an inspiration to any current or future dads! :)
Wow that is a great design. When our granddaughter was born built a toddler activity box for her with a mix of electronics and other stuff. In a few years you son ought to be able to help you build and code new projects.
I'm 29 and would happily play with this like a kid for hours. One thing I'd do differently though - I'd use incandescent indicator lamps instead of LED's.
Wow I think this kid is getting a job with Nasa. Great job. Can't believe how much work it put into it. Especially the sounds and videos connected to the switches. Magnificent is all I can say. Making some sci-fi videos in the coming future and wish you were working with me. Take care and happy spacing....
I'm in my 50's and some friends and I want to make a retro sci fi film that looks like the films and TV shows we grew up with when we were kids. This is some good ideas. We are all good at building miniatures pre Star Wars. Also good at building film sets. But the fit out has us boggled. So your advice regarding printing on clear and placing in toggle switches etc. Is really good to know. We are adding some reel to reel computers. But I sure learnt something watching this. Glad I stumbled on it.
Large touch-screen in front of you, where your keyboard would go normally. Have it turned off during flight, or change to display buttons/keybinds that you can customize. When in build or roam mode it would enable and render your game and touch input to navigate the UI (it could be streamed too if interfacing touch becomes heavy on processing power).
This is so perfect. I love the real world failures and alarms. Even when master bus B lost power during the Apollo 13 failure. Good detail. I would love to see your kid play KSP, seems right up his alley. Great job!
Coworker: "Hey, cute mug... did your kid give that for you for Christmas or something?" Dad: "Oh this? No, I won it at the 'World's Greatest Dad" award ceremony this year. I have a cupboard at home full of them."
Really like the panel! Always thought I'd like to build a control panel of some kind, but never sure how it would look or how to build it. You've given me some great ideas. THANK YOU for sharing!!
Even better, have it be programmable with little LCD screens on the action group buttons. Then depending on which craft you load, it modifies the buttons! Load up your B9 VTOL, AG1 now toggles the engine rotation. Your Interplanetary Tug? It toggles the solar panels.
This is pretty freaking awesome. After seeing everything that went into making it I feel greedy and want more, bigger. louder, more screens and what ever else this guy can imagine. Very well done. I liked this video and will share it. I'm not against those that disliked the video they are free to choose, but I wonder why they would dislike this video. What more could they want?!
You have one very lucky little boy - wow!!!! You could go in to business making these for other little boys - of all ages. It's also really interesting seeing how you made the board look so professionally made - I may borrow some of your techniques.
50 years ago, my father made me a radar screen, made out with an old record turntable shining a rotating slit through a marked green frosted glass, along with some fake switches and blinkenlights and controls, as well as a crystal radio with headphones. It’s amazing how technology has progressed in 50 years… :)
This is so amazing! This makes me want to build a TARDIS console with my computer embedded in it. And maybe actually control other things in my house O_o
Same, but I've scrapped the TARDIS console idea because of a certain actress named Jodie Whittaker. Oh, and because I'm making a movie with that space where I would have made a TARDIS console. It's going to be better than the TARDIS.
I was almost disappointed early on in the build, because he didn't men tion there were actual computers involved at first. I thought it was just going to be a fancy toy with lights and potentiometers and the like. That would have been pretty cool, but not really worth of Make, in my opinion. Then he got to the part with the RPi and the Arduino and he immediately became the coolest dad that has ever lived.
Yea, he kind of whizzed past THOSE details like an Apollo Command module off course to the Moon! Ahh, yea, just "throw in" a Raspberry Pi and Arduino controller and 'Make:' the "appropriate" connections (there in his head, not mine...) and then,... you will be all set! > Gee, why didn't I think of that?!? < Well done Dad! You've achieved Flight Status!
I can just see his next video, "My son got bored of playing... so I built him a real spaceship!" Why do I get the feeling your son will be the first man on Mars? Fantastic build.
This is great but, and I don't mean ANY criticism, I actually built a remotely controlled rocket ship for my daughter (don't have a son), with a narrow beamed, auto targeting, local display TV receiver (the rocket has a camera of course) with close to a half hour flight time and capability of reaching close to a 17 mile altitude (if she wanted guided retrieval) or a potential 40+ mile altitude if she'd be willing to possibly lose its tracking (done by a home made radar system that she can control, though I usually accompany her on that one). I really like this project and, for his age, it's probably perfect. My daughter is older.
If that's in the U.S., I'm sure she's very good at getting FAA clearances by now. Must have gotten the boffins at FAA a good chuckle when they first got the call from her, I'm sure. So, what you have is essentially a rocket powered glider, since stuff on parachutes doesn't take 25+ minutes to come down from 17 miles up. Care to give some more details about it?
I'm 30 years old, but maybe Jeff could still adopt me and make me one as well?
37 here & me too
***** ... and I'm 60!
Random Person I'm 12
make children and prepare it for them :-)
Exactly :D
I'm 19 and this looks fun as heck.
+WackyBroProductions bro same fucking here lol
Lol
+WackyBroProductions I am 20 and agree and so does my gf
Parrot_Warrior
same here
This would make a great console for KSP, especially when he's older and the two of you could make the necessary modifications together.
For KSP controlls you had to change the whole layout so you could simply make a new panel.
just like those people who build full cockpits for Flight Simulator. Genious!
correct
If only you knew. Eight years later, Matt Lowne would receive something similar.
Now make one for Kerbal Space Program.
+kociusz yes pls
it would probably spaz out and explode, killing the kerbal.
kociusz YESS
Jebediah is in good hands
HELL YEAH
And the winner of "Most Awesome Dad 2014" goes to Jeff High Smith.
tobortine you are so correct
Give out awards for everything
Thanks
Woho!!!!!!!!!! He wins
tobortine you are soooooo right
GIve him the title of GOAT.
*Me working in an office
*Boss: "Johnson, you finishing that report?"
*Me: "Yes sir"
*Pulls up control panel:
"Houston, we have a problem..."
Dad of the year for sure :)
More like dad of the century
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Hi
I can clearly see this kid in his 20s: "Daddy, daddy I just made a friend... do you I can also have my first girlfriend when I'm 30?"
FSXNOOB - GᗩᗰᕮS & ᗰOᖇᕮ I want one!
FSXNOOB - GᗩᗰᕮS & ᗰOᖇᕮ more like dad of the Common Era (basically since January 1st 1 AD)
This is possibly the best toy a kid could ever get. Its incredible.
Teacher: Why haven't you done your homework?
Boy: I was kind of busy flying to the moon and back.
congratulations, you just won the internet
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This guy is amazing! How great would this world be with more guys like him! Outstanding job!
This just screams Kerbal Space Program. If you could interface with that, infinite possibilities.
Holey moley, that is fantastic!! When I was seven, I made a control panel with glue, cardboard, and buttons, and labeled the "controls" with a black permanent marker.
That was maker tech to me, lol!
Okay, that's it. Pack your shit up and go home, other Dads. Dad of the century right here.
Did a smaller version for my lad 15 years ago, a load of old computer parts, switches and LEDs driven by TTL logic, as I didn't know how to use PICs and the Arduino and Pi were years away. It worked well, apart from the PSU board getting warm, though he didn't really use it much. Kids, eh?
I'm now waiting for the granddaughters to play with it.
Btw The IPhone 8 Came Out In The Future :p
Serious dadding
BestAtNothing agreed
SPYRONINE Watch your spelling; children look up to you.
Pack it up other dads its game over this guy just won for years to come.
what a lovely project, a labour of love. In years to come, say 30 years from now, your lad wont remember much of the details of it, except for one thing... his Daddy loved him.
That's amazing! That's one way to get interested in space exploration at a young age. I like how you incorporated what happened in Apollo 12 and 13.
you SIR are probably the BEST DAD on the planet earth right now.. you should feel proud of that
This would have blown my mind as a child. It's fantastic!
This is blowing my mind now! Brilliant!!
You wrote like an entire program, borderline game, and did some serious soldering and constructing. I'm truly amazed.
WOW! I don't even know what to say.....this is freaking amazing. You are an awsome dad to pull this off for your kid(s). This has given me so many ideas. Although my daughter is in her teens now. Maybe it will be more for me. Would be awsome to use a set up like this to run a home automation system.
The Apollo 13 audio wired into the tank stir is priceless!!! You have my vote for dad of the year.
That's an incredible desk! Definitely a one of a kind desk that's sure to fulfill a little fellows love of NASA and space and fuel a lot of dreams! Way to go!
I made my daughter a bed for her Barbies... now I feel like the world's worst dad...
Nah you are a great dad considering you care enough to put time towards your kids, keep up the good work!
No You are the best dad you ACTUALLY to the time to do this so yes you are
It's not about the complexity of the project...it's about spending your precious time with your child. That's what they care about.
when my son was young i wrote games (disguised educational games) for him to play on our TRS Model III...it worked great as fast as he mastered them i had to write a more complex one...it helped his learning and my programing skills....
dad, that thinks about his child, and does stuff with it, is The Dad :)
This project is simply amazing! Back in the days when when I was ~12 years old, I spent weeks building [what I then considered] an epic DIY mission control panel for myself - with a lots of switches and incandescent micro-bulb indicators, and even some barebone basic level analog logic behind it (e.g. three "pump control" lights had to be turned on for the "master pump" light to turn on, etc.). Burned my fingers so many times while soldering all those wires, but I was so proud about what I have made. But this - this is something I couldn't even have dreamed about those 25+ years ago... Great job!
I am a 34 years old engineer and would love to play with that panel. What an awesome and cool dad!
I love how creative this dad is!!!
Fantastic Log I'm seeing a kid and a bigger kid in this video. :-p I will say great project though.
I am impressed beyond words!
February and the title Most Awesome toy/Mission Control are taken.
This is cool parenting!!
Oh, buddy boy, if I had the resources, and a clear space (the attic above my garage..) I'd make a nerdy man-cave that actually has utilities such as Arduino board holders, control panels to control security systems, and many other things better than this puny little control panel. I'd build something better than the TARDIS console!
Ok, you win. You're the best dad in the world. You sure would be in my book. I'm 53, and grew up with vintage space, and it's one of the coolest toys I've ever seen, and it's hand made to boot. Impressive build.
The the first Dad of the century award goes to THIS GUY AND ALWAYS WILL BE
Dad of the century. Thanks for making me feel super inadequate. Wow!
Wow, you are the #1 dad. You're making it hard for the rest of us.
No matter the age, a man would still love this, that is why, you should make one for me, in all serious, it's a great build!
Oh my gosh...It's like looking into the future for when I have kids. Accept no joke, when I have kids, one of my life goals is to make a life size and accurate as possible Lunar Module in my backyard, lol. This gave me a whole new world of ideas and possibilities to add to it, now there will be lights and sounds and interaction besides walls of buttons and switches, lol.
My ten year old inner child just called. He wants one.
OH. MY. GOD. I didn't expect that level of awesome at all.
This is so cool!!! I work in the aircraft industry, MH 60 helicopters ,MH 47 and little bird, and you almost made the panels look like the line replaceable units in the helicopters (LRU). Very nice job. You only needed handles on the sides edges of the modules to make them look like there replaceable.
This is... Incredibly, incredibly gorgeous.
A lot of care and craft went into this, and although this video is quite old, I hope it's still seeing good use!!
It's stuff like this that inspires people to grow :)
Best Dad EVER!
You are the coolest dad ever!
Wow, this might be an older video but I just had to leave a comment! Great Job on this, sparking your son's creativity, imagination and interest in space and science fields with this is just awesome parenting on your part. Congrats on taking the time to do this for your kid. Respect!
My dad built me a plywood spaceship when I was a kid -- this brought back a lot of memories!! Thanks, and great work!
Odd to discover that my youtube comments show up here automatically ... but it doesn't matter. Check this video out, it is fantastic and this fellow (Jeff High Smith) is an inspiration to any current or future dads! :)
I've seen lots of cool things but this. is. just. plain. cool.
I'm 52 & I want one please. :)
Love from Scotland 5*
Amazing project - even in 2022! Tnx for sharing and bringing a big smile to my face 👏😎
Wow that is a great design. When our granddaughter was born built a toddler activity box for her with a mix of electronics and other stuff.
In a few years you son ought to be able to help you build and code new projects.
You could use the phone intercom so you can talk to your son through the desk and his headset ;)
If I was making this for a child of the same age, by the time I had finished he probably be in his 40's
I'm sure your grandchild will enjoy it.
In awe of the ability of folks. And envious I must admit. Bravo.
I'm 29 and would happily play with this like a kid for hours.
One thing I'd do differently though - I'd use incandescent indicator lamps instead of LED's.
Well my dad taught me how to build a snow fort so ha
Techommentary lol
Lol
haha nice
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I can make 7 layer dip, Hah!
This is a recipe for procrastination :) Great job though! Amazing work.
Wow I think this kid is getting a job with Nasa. Great job. Can't believe how much work it put into it. Especially the sounds and videos connected to the switches. Magnificent is all I can say. Making some sci-fi videos in the coming future and wish you were working with me.
Take care and happy spacing....
You have made what i have been planning in my head for my 3 yr old. THANK YOU! I'm grabbing all these resources for the future build.
You should have hooked some of those switches and buttons up to things in his room like lights and fans and clocks and stuff like that.
Julien Meyer That's a very good idea!
Hook up the switches & stuff to control a virtual spacecraft? You know, just enough software to make the readouts mean anything.
The dad of the year award goes to....
You are one Awesome Dad... Cant wait to see your version of the Space Capsule...
That is the coolest thing I've ever seen a Dad build for a child. Bravo!
Interface with kerbal space program
Very nice. You should sell them. I'm 50 and would gladly take one!
I'm 34 and I'd buy one
I'm a fetus and I'd buy one
My clone is liking the idea of using masonite and how he made the controls. He is going ot make one and connect it to a flight simulator.
I'm not even born yet but I already want to buy one.
I am 58 and want one.
I'm in my 50's and some friends and I want to make a retro sci fi film that looks like the films and TV shows we grew up with when we were kids. This is some good ideas. We are all good at building miniatures pre Star Wars. Also good at building film sets. But the fit out has us boggled. So your advice regarding printing on clear and placing in toggle switches etc. Is really good to know. We are adding some reel to reel computers. But I sure learnt something watching this. Glad I stumbled on it.
**MADE** !!! Most Awesome Dad Ever! I hope the little guy appreciates the effort his dad put in on this project.
This is fantastic! Looks like a lot of work.
Awesome. One of those will certainly wow the Board of Directors. Let's see a budget proposal.
Imagine this tied into a PC as a controller for KSP.
+ibshortkid94 That`d be awesome. though it`d only work for flying the spacecraft. not making the ships.
Large touch-screen in front of you, where your keyboard would go normally. Have it turned off during flight, or change to display buttons/keybinds that you can customize. When in build or roam mode it would enable and render your game and touch input to navigate the UI (it could be streamed too if interfacing touch becomes heavy on processing power).
ibshortkid94 that's cool
It would be... EPIC.
No matter how old you are, nothing beats the thrill of a bank of Toggle-Switches! BRAVO. 🎯🚀👏👏👏👏
This is so perfect. I love the real world failures and alarms. Even when master bus B lost power during the Apollo 13 failure. Good detail. I would love to see your kid play KSP, seems right up his alley. Great job!
You, sir, are a cool dad. :)
Now interface that with Kerbal and I think you'll have a TRUE control desk.
Needs more struts.
Coworker: "Hey, cute mug... did your kid give that for you for Christmas or something?"
Dad: "Oh this? No, I won it at the 'World's Greatest Dad" award ceremony this year. I have a cupboard at home full of them."
LOL.
Really like the panel! Always thought I'd like to build a control panel of some kind, but never sure how it would look or how to build it. You've given me some great ideas. THANK YOU for sharing!!
World's best dad.
You are a great father.
Definitely a contender for a coolest dad in history award :) Hell, I'm 26 and I think this looks strangely fun and satisfying...
Dude, that is amazing, even 7 years later.
Dad of the year..
No guessing what this kid wants to be when he's old enough :)
Please tell me you'll make this interface with Kerbal Space Program eventually
This would be godly. The covered switches would be all just staging.
You'd have named action groups etc. This is better than CCP.
Even better, have it be programmable with little LCD screens on the action group buttons. Then depending on which craft you load, it modifies the buttons! Load up your B9 VTOL, AG1 now toggles the engine rotation. Your Interplanetary Tug? It toggles the solar panels.
I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw this. Epic KSP interface.
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This is pretty freaking awesome. After seeing everything that went into making it I feel greedy and want more, bigger. louder, more screens and what ever else this guy can imagine. Very well done. I liked this video and will share it. I'm not against those that disliked the video they are free to choose, but I wonder why they would dislike this video. What more could they want?!
You have one very lucky little boy - wow!!!!
You could go in to business making these for other little boys - of all ages.
It's also really interesting seeing how you made the board look so professionally made - I may borrow some of your techniques.
This whole video is like a set of IKEA instructions.
I'm 46, but if you'd like to adopt me, I'd be fine with that.
Nostradormouse happy 50th 😂👍☕🍰
Your kid does not know how amazing this is.
50 years ago, my father made me a radar screen, made out with an old record turntable shining a rotating slit through a marked green frosted glass, along with some fake switches and blinkenlights and controls, as well as a crystal radio with headphones.
It’s amazing how technology has progressed in 50 years… :)
Even if I'm way too old, I WANT IT TOO!!!
Now I wish that my dad did stuff for me like that when I was little...
All you need now is some sort of simulator closed dark room with large displays. This is AWESOME
Dude that looks better than most electronic enclosures! Forget the kid, us adults would love something like that too lol
This is so amazing! This makes me want to build a TARDIS console with my computer embedded in it. And maybe actually control other things in my house O_o
Same, but I've scrapped the TARDIS console idea because of a certain actress named Jodie Whittaker.
Oh, and because I'm making a movie with that space where I would have made a TARDIS console. It's going to be better than the TARDIS.
I was almost disappointed early on in the build, because he didn't men tion there were actual computers involved at first. I thought it was just going to be a fancy toy with lights and potentiometers and the like. That would have been pretty cool, but not really worth of Make, in my opinion.
Then he got to the part with the RPi and the Arduino and he immediately became the coolest dad that has ever lived.
Yea, he kind of whizzed past THOSE details like an Apollo Command module off course to the Moon!
Ahh, yea, just "throw in" a Raspberry Pi and Arduino controller and 'Make:' the "appropriate" connections (there in his head, not mine...) and then,... you will be all set!
> Gee, why didn't I think of that?!? <
Well done Dad! You've achieved Flight Status!
I can just see his next video, "My son got bored of playing... so I built him a real spaceship!"
Why do I get the feeling your son will be the first man on Mars?
Fantastic build.
I've watched this video several times and it always impressed me. I would love to know how things worked out with it after 10 years.
This needs to be used with Kerbal Space Program.
All I can really muster is "WOW"!
Making a reference to the "WOW!" signal?
I’m 63 and i want one!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, this Dad gets 5 gold stars.
Me too! are there any blueprints? I've always wanted to own such a control panel or build it myself
You are one great father. Happy to see fellow geek dads out there.
I could make this plug into my computer, with an added joystick and throttle. Then it would be perfect for playing Kerbal Space Program!
This would not be to hard to mod for KSP . There is already mod to interface the arduino with the game
that is what i was thinking
I can do that.
Hold my beer.
I can do something better, supply me with an adequate space and resources, and hold my mountain dew.
You deserve the Coolest Dad of the Year Award!
These kids are so lucky to have a great dad
he missed the cigarette lighter
This is great but, and I don't mean ANY criticism, I actually built a remotely controlled rocket ship for my daughter (don't have a son), with a narrow beamed, auto targeting, local display TV receiver (the rocket has a camera of course) with close to a half hour flight time and capability of reaching close to a 17 mile altitude (if she wanted guided retrieval) or a potential 40+ mile altitude if she'd be willing to possibly lose its tracking (done by a home made radar system that she can control, though I usually accompany her on that one).
I really like this project and, for his age, it's probably perfect. My daughter is older.
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Really? You just got trolled, it didn't even make sense.
If that's in the U.S., I'm sure she's very good at getting FAA clearances by now. Must have gotten the boffins at FAA a good chuckle when they first got the call from her, I'm sure. So, what you have is essentially a rocket powered glider, since stuff on parachutes doesn't take 25+ minutes to come down from 17 miles up. Care to give some more details about it?
lazurm Can you give me a link to make this? I would LOVE to make this.
Minecrafting in the closet Sorry but its design is in my head and I've, since, improved it. I've been working more with drones.
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Great job Dad!
you're... the best dad iv'e ever seen !