[Lab] Out door maker activity

Jason Cobill jason.cobill at gmail.com
Fri Apr 15 16:04:03 EDT 2016


   Another good one: Cotton-reel tanks.


   It's hard to find thread bobbins around these days - you could 3d print
(or cut and drill) some cool knobby tire designs. :)
   You can skip the wax, as long as you have a smooth face on one side.

   No reason you couldn't stick an LED on it too. ;)


On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Kirk Sutherland <kirk.sutherland at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Those are really good ideas, and just what i was looking for. I needed a
> shift in thinking, as I think I was stuck on something electronic. These
> are much better park ideas!
> Thanks,
> Kirk
> On Apr 15, 2016 13:57, "Jason Cobill" <jason.cobill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>    Kite-building?
>>    Wooden tops? (Then battle them!)
>>    Cardboard arcade?
>>    Pinewood derby cars? (Probably requires power tools unless you pre-cut
>> them)
>>
>>    -Jason Cobill
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Kirk Sutherland <
>> kirk.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I recently moved to a new neighbourhood that has a community day once a
>>> year in the park. I would like to offer something for kids (and possibily
>>> adults) to make. I was involved with the Art Engine LED name tags from
>>> events past and those were really cool, but I'm looking for something
>>> simple I could run myself. Making a blinking LED is the sort of thing I was
>>> thinking but this will be outside so LEDs might not work so well.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone has any simple ideas (cheap / free!) to
>>> encourge the maker spirit, and would work well in an ourdoor environment.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Kirk
>>>
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