AmosLightnin

A guy at McGuckins found a wall anchor that fits perfectly. Need one for the top to get back to strap and should have a working solution.

The Boulder sun is strong! #tinkering

Really impressed by Denver's IdeaLab Library spaces, and the skill and thoughtfulness of Jesse, the coordinator I met there. #tinkering

Lovely circular design for a solar cable crawler, from an ATLAS student at CU Boulder, who also suggested adding mountable adjustable mirrors. #tinkering

Hey @mark do you know where I could source these back home in DK? I need 'em to fit into the holes in plumber's strap.

I need to source some of these push in rivets, or possibly interlocking shank rivets, for putting into strap when I get home.

@mark Isn't a plain old driven DC motor just about as good, and cheaper? I don't think it even needs rectifyin'.

Speculative shadow dancer base. Would be much more adjustable if I could get this damn ball joint to attach. I bet I could do it with a bolt, nut, and two washers.

Speculative drawing machine base model.

Embarrassing. But can't get my hands on a DPDT switch of the right size to reverse motor direction. Hence the "cap killers" are born.

Ran my first tinkering workshop with a live funk band. Not sure I'll ever go back. #tinkering

Play testing at the Junkyard.

Thinking through recursive prompting with Celeste, planning for an upcoming workshop.

Gluing party.

@mark actually everyone on the webs seems to use em to light Leds, which is pretty much like a short. Think I just need a bigger prop.

A solar string climber made with the #PlayingwiththeSun construction kit. #tinkering

That last one has very low output. This one only gets up to about 2.3V in front of a box fan on high.

Wind generator v. 1. #tinkering

Speed control by shading. #tinkering

This one makes striking patterns. It raises the question of how to make a building system based on flexibility rather than rigidity. #tinkering

Celeste and I spent some time exploring simple solar drawing machine configurations that makes use of the flex in the wire. #tinkering

Without wires, the components of the Playing with Sun construction kit make a simple solar machine. #tinkering

With multiple solar panels in parallel one can have finer control over the motor speed by shading different ones. #tinkering

Celeste made this beautiful self shading crab-like critter solar drawing machine. #tinkering

This guy just wants to go to sleep. #tinkering