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Building a wooden frame for an LCD

mahto — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:06:40 +0000

I’m making a wooden frame to house and protect an LCD computer monitor, so that it can be hung on a wall at the museum. The monitor will display the ferrous wheel program, hopefully helping guests to understand the relationship between magnets and sound. The idea is that if you don’t understand how the piece works, you can look at the display and see what the vision system is doing.
At any rate, I got to play with some scrap wood and power tools, so I am satisfied. I’ll post an update after the frame is painted, the monitor is mounted, and the whole thing is hung on the wall. If you want to build your own; here are the plans!

Spinner Synth, Part 2

mahto — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:13:51 +0000

Here are some photos of my second spinner synth prototype. I’ll make up a video demonstration soooon. Click any of the photos for a larger version.

Also, it’s short because it is for children

Articulated Arm Prototype

mahto — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:08:29 +0000

Here is a little prototype that I am working on to learn about the shop that I will be building my installation in. I used a few pieces of scrap wood and some wire to attempt to make an articulating tower. I think that if I revisit this concept, I will need to find some uninsulated wire so that it doesn’t get bound up in the wood so easily, and I will need to play with the sizes of the components to achieve a better motion profile.

Oh, I know there are some toys/other things that use this concept, but I can’t think of what they are called. If you know of some, I would appreciate some leads.