[MakeLV] Shakespeare's Eyes

[Rob Roschewsk]

Do the eyes NEED to be spheres?? What I'm getting at you may have better
luck finding something like a clear or translucent salad bowl or some such
in that size..

The only other thing that comes to mind is a laboratory flask (Florence
flask <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_flask>) that is round .... a
tad expensive ... but here is one: http://goo.gl/YY569


On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Ellis Farmer <saxywolf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yesterday, we saw the giant Shakespeare head/face for the stagegroup...
> The eyes don't light up!  (btw, the poster for the play is the image
> attached.)  So, if we can come up with eyes that can be dropped in place it
> would be awesome.
>
> The eyes are 25" in circumference with 19-5/8" center to center.
>
> The eyes they have are (fairly) solid plastic spheres that are too opaque
> to light up even if we embedded LEDs in them.  I think the hard part will
> be finding/making the spheres.  Lets assume we won't be able to find
> suitable eyes in a craft store, how would we make them?
>
> As far as the handle that moves the eyes, it is just a few items to pick
> up at the hardware store.
> 2 Small Hinges (so the eyes don't rotate too oddly)
> Wood Dowels (or should we use small wood slats so it is easy to attach the
> hinges)
> Spring (This allows you to pull the handle apart so you can cross the eyes)
> Small hooks (To attach the spring to the dowels)
> PVC Sleeve (for the spring/rod to travel in)
> Threaded Rod & a Nut (this is so we can adjust the length of the bar, but
> probably not really needed as long as the dowel is cut after the eyes are
> installed)
>
> The LED portion shouldn't be too hard, but might need some time to
> experiment with diffusion.
> I'm think at least Blue and Red as far as color.  More would just be
> gravy.  Blinking?  Fade colors?  All possible, just need someone to spend
> the time on the circuit.  Don't forget that someone needs to control the
> eyes.  So, we really need to integrate the switch onto the handle.
>
> The eyes will have about 4" of dowel (or wood slat) straight out the back
> with a hinge on the end, then from hinge to hinge...  I should diagram
> these, but for now here are 3 possibilities:
> Hinge - Dowel - PVC sleave - Spring (attached to both dowels) - dowel
> Hinge - Dowel - Threaded rod - Nut - PVC Sleeve - Dowel plug inside sleeve
> - Spring - dowel - hinge
> Hinge - Slat - Drawer slider - Slat - Hinge
>
> *What kind of single axis hinge can you use with a dowel?  Bend it around
> the dowel so the screws make a sort of X through it?
> How could we make the spheres?  (Still, keep an eye out for them.)
> What would make a good toggle switch?  Will need two colors.
> We don't have a meeting this Thursday so we need to have everything ready
> to go for the following Thursday.*
>
> -Ellis
>
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