Peter’s Raw Materials

Category: Construction

  • Building of Fringelab

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    It all started with Dave Weber’s drill press. After last Winter (2016), I thought I should build a little rack to stack the firewood in our crowded basement. This was from a neat plan in Popular Mechanics magazine. Among other things it required some easy metal working. When I asked my friend Dave what drill bits would best drill through metal he said: “Here, I have this old drill press. Do you want it?” After taking the big, heavy hunk of tool home…

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  • 3d Turn-O-Trope

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    0. Introduction1. Basic Operation2. The Conversion Overview3. The Conversion Details4. Main Components5. Schematics6. Arduino Code 0. Introduction A project to convert an old record player into a controllable turntable for physical 3D animations. What’s a zoetrope? After typing “what is a zoetrope” into Google the first result is this: zo·e·trope a 19th-century optical toy consisting of a cylinder with a series of pictures on the inner surface that, when viewed through slits with the cylinder rotating, give an impression of continuous motion. This…

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