Tape Creations... - Page 2

Happy Monkey · 12-26-2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

Too cool. It looks like a couple of the ones you gave as gifts were ornaments. This makes me think that, now since you have the technology to light up your sculptures, you need to make a string of christmas lights with these. Blinky ones would be so awesome. You could sell them, and give 10% to charity (aka The Cellar). I'll be the first to put my order in for 3 strings, on the house of course since this was my idea ...

Unfortunately, LabRat is gone, but many years later, I finally made a string of them (the whilte ones are the new ones).

Lamplighter · 12-26-2010, 07:08 PM

Serendipity carries the day... that's a nice display

glatt · 12-26-2010, 08:21 PM

Most excellent!

kerosene · 12-27-2010, 01:03 PM

I love them!

Happy Monkey · 03-30-2005, 02:01 PM

That's been on my mind (Christmas lights, not selling) for a while. Unfortunately, I'd probably need to start now to get a decent string done by Christmas...

OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but my process is a bit too slow for commercial applications. To have the time to make enough to sell, I'd have to quit my job, and if I quit my job, I'd have to charge a couple hundred dollars per piece - and sell a lot of em. Plus, I'd need many more seasons of TV shows on DVD to watch while working.

On a noncommercial note, one thing I want to try now is minimizing the electronics so they fit in a ball, and only the power cables come out, so I can string them together on thin wires instead of having a big ugly box for each ball, attached with a thick, inflexible ethernet cable.

staceyv · 03-31-2005, 06:34 PM

You must get so high coloring those things, no wonder you keep making them.

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2005, 08:59 PM

Speaking of which, here are a few I haven't posted yet. Some of these are from the "gift" set, and others are older. It's several variations on the standard icosohedron.

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2005, 09:59 PM

And here's my newest one. This shows my prototype board and the resulting circuit, and then the circuitboard placed in the project box.

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2005, 10:02 PM

To assist in the accurate aiming of the LEDs, I placed each one on the face of a tape cube, and soldered on the wires of the ethernet cable which had been put through some heatshrink tubing.

I then constructed the tape ball around the cube, as usual.

Happy Monkey · 03-31-2005, 10:04 PM

Here it is in the dark.

And here is a movie of the blinking.

404Error · 04-02-2005, 12:58 PM

Here's some interesting shapes you might want to try your hand at, HM.

Happy Monkey · 04-17-2005, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 404Error

Here's some interesting shapes you might want to try your hand at, HM.

Ask and ye shall receive:

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404Error · 04-18-2005, 12:18 AM

It's the Buckyball, very cool indeed, HM! Nice work!

wolf · 04-02-2005, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

And here is a movie of the blinking.

That is absolutely beautiful!!

I admire both your patience and ingenuity.

Happy Monkey · 04-07-2005, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

That is absolutely beautiful!!

I admire both your patience and ingenuity.

Though I do sometimes wonder if it's patience or OCD...

03-30-2005, 02:01 PM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	That's been on my mind (Christmas lights, not selling) for a while. Unfortunately, I'd probably need to start now to get a decent string done by Christmas... OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but my process is a bit too slow for commercial applications. To have the time to make enough to sell, I'd have to quit my job, and if I quit my job, I'd have to charge a couple hundred dollars per piece - and sell a lot of em. Plus, I'd need many more seasons of TV shows on DVD to watch while working. On a noncommercial note, one thing I want to try now is minimizing the electronics so they fit in a ball, and only the power cables come out, so I can string them together on thin wires instead of having a big ugly box for each ball, attached with a thick, inflexible ethernet cable. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics] Last edited by Happy Monkey; 03-30-2005 at 02:20 PM.

03-31-2005, 08:59 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Speaking of which, here are a few I haven't posted yet. Some of these are from the "gift" set, and others are older. It's several variations on the standard icosohedron. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-31-2005, 09:59 PM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	And here's my newest one. This shows my prototype board and the resulting circuit, and then the circuitboard placed in the project box. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-31-2005, 10:02 PM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	To assist in the accurate aiming of the LEDs, I placed each one on the face of a tape cube, and soldered on the wires of the ethernet cable which had been put through some heatshrink tubing. I then constructed the tape ball around the cube, as usual. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-31-2005, 10:04 PM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Here it is in the dark. And here is a movie of the blinking. Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-26-2010, 07:08 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Serendipity carries the day... that's a nice display

12-26-2010, 08:21 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Most excellent!

12-27-2010, 01:03 PM	#4
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I love them!

03-31-2005, 06:34 PM	#6
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	You must get so high coloring those things, no wonder you keep making them.

04-02-2005, 12:58 PM	#11
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Here's some interesting shapes you might want to try your hand at, HM. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

04-18-2005, 12:18 AM	#13
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	It's the Buckyball, very cool indeed, HM! Nice work! __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

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