"Dave Blandston" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> That's what I would really like to do. But when we moved to our current home I
> sold most of my woodworking tools. At the moment I don't have room for even a
> small workbench.

You should see my 2nd floor apartment.  :D

> The online laser cutter looks awesome
> and I'm glad you pointed it out but their limit for wood thickness disqualifies
> them for this project unfortunately.

Does it though?  Just stack multiple identical sheets.

(what about foam-core board? With a cardboard shipping tube for the rounded
edge.)

 The POV model (without the artwork and
> controls attached) shows all the cuts and holes that are necessary so that may
> help me convince someone to take on the job.

I might know a guy. ;)
We've cut fairly thick pieces of wood, but I'd say best would be 1/4" max.
Also cut plastic, and engrave glass, and granite tile.
Dunno what the shipping from NH would be.

But to go off on a - tangent - you may have noticed some of Mikhail's influence
on some of my modeling projects . . .  maybe 80% ;)

> ... I'm astounded that you were able to
> program a game with an Arduino! That sounds like quite an accomplishment!

Well, I didn't write the whole thing myself, it was part of a kit kinda thing.


 My
> first experience with an Arduino was just a few days ago - I plan to use one to
> control the LEDs on the arcade control box. Very simple, especially compared to
> writing an entire game! How did you manage to display the graphics?

Like I said, it was a toy game, on an, IIRC, 8x8 pixel display.

I've programmed a lot more complicated stuff on Arduinos, and likely have the
"sketches" saved somewhere.  Bluetooth-enabled interface with menu, PID process
control, bunch of other stuff.  Read/write EEPROM, controlling laser displays,
etc.

But there are crazy people in the world:
https://hackaday.com/2022/01/12/arduino-and-an-oled-make-this-space-invaders-cabinet-tiny/

- BW

Post a reply to this message