[Lab] Firepit Project / Metal CNC?

[Jamie]

I've seen a few amazing zoetropes in Black Rock City -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Gk0WkGOwQ -

I'm not strongly tied to the build concept of washing machine drum - so
cutting flat via plasma / water jet is quite viable.

The current "no art / no defined edge" fire pit is about 2m wide and serves
more functional purpose to burn cut brush than anything else. Continuing
that function rules out hardboard and I don't see adding arduinos until I
have a manual version working. The one "requirement" I do have is that it's
not built heavy with stone so that should we decide to move the firepit
location it is relatively (~3 guys, 1 hand each occupied with a beer)
moveable.

Will drop in to HydroTech to get more insights later this week.

Thanks Jason / Darcy!
Jamie

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com>
wrote:

> If you want to cut metal, perhaps plasma and water jet 'n stuff is a good
> way to go. I bet lots of the local machine shops have them.
>
> I'm a big fan of hardboard since it's so inexpensive and is easy to cut.
> You can get shinny finishes from polycrylic (minwax) with a bit of layers
> and sanding 'n stuff. But for heat, that's a different game... but are we
> talking about a real firepit? Or a load of LEDs? These LEDs look pretty
> flamy, don't you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Fi7bXB8OM
>
> I noticed Jason mentioned Zeotrope in this thread. There's another effect
> called moire. It's also easy to make and can work with rotating parts.
>
> The Modlab crowd is been known to be at atomic rooster later on the
> Wednesdays so there's another way to access the group. There's also the
> arduino meetup group on the Sundays (hack613) to meet people with knowledge
> about making stuff. Is also some of the people that have attended modlab
> for years...
>
> One thing that came to mind is to make the parts flat that can be fastened
> into a drum. So they'd all be the same and could probably be cut on a band
> saw. To form like a stop sign shaped drum.
>
> I wonder if the light source or fire could be stationary and you only
> rotate the drum. So it's a rotating thing above a firepit... either way, is
> this thing going to be driven by convection or motors?
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> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Jamie <jamie at steppinofftheedge.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> A project is beginning to form in my mind around a metal firepit. Whether
>> it's built off an old washing machine drum, fully fabricated and/or
>> involves a spinning visual effect
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEqccPhsqgA>, I keep coming back to
>> metal on the CNC of metal or plasma cutting as a build tactic I need to
>> better understand / consider.
>>
>> Any suggestions of a good place to start locally to ask some questions?
>>
>> Unfortunately the Wed night mod lab meetup is a regular conflict for my
>> schedule ;/
>>
>> Thx,
>> Jamie
>>
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