[MakeLV] Coin Well

[Ellis Farmer]

I've tried to think of something better, but these things are just plain
memorizing and so darn simple.  No manual reset or power required.  No
mechanism to fail or get jammed.  The best part is that the user "wins"
every time.

We could make our own, but they are curved just right, fairly large, and
very smooth.  It certainly wouldn't be easy.  If we had a CNC machine that
could cut a sheet plywood for us, it would be a different story.

-Ellis


On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Josiah Ritchie <josiah.ritchie at gmail.com>wrote:

> If we make something, some sort of Rube Goldberg device would be cool. A
> more unique device makes sense to me.
>
> I think DaVinci has one of these in their lobby when other things aren't
> around. I recall showing it to my daughter.
>
> JSR/
>
> On Jun 12, 2012 8:46 AM, "Randy Kramer" <rhkramer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just in the nature of unsolicited random thoughts, I haven't seen one of
> these
> > coin wells, but, in view of the cost, and the name of this organization
> > (makelehighvalley) maybe a project can be making a coin well?
> >
> > (To the best of my recollection, I've never seen one, so I have no idea
> what
> > is involved.)
> >
> > Randy Kramer
> >
> > On Monday 11 June 2012 02:28:17 pm Ellis Farmer wrote:
> > > The 3' wells are $2,000, but the grants are only for $500 per well.
> > > Obviously, at this point we couldn't afford to invest in one on our
> own.
> > > On the plus side, Steve said that it would probably be very easy for
> us to
> > > get the grant.  Also, we could get it sponsored by a company (bright
> orange
> > > well sponsored by Home Depot, anyone?)
> >
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