O'Reilly Media, Inc. webmaster@makezine.com 2009-11-22T15:51Z Here's a PDF top view I quickly made from the DXF file provided by Make: http://www.cawthrapark.com/departments/tech/unabox-top.pdf Print it on Legal size paper. Measure it in millimeters and then scale those measurements up accordingly. Should work fine. tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3629 2009-11-22T15:52Z 2009-11-22T15:51Z cawthratechnology.com I understand your goal of just making this scaleable, but it is a major pain in the butt to get some of these parts to print out cleanly and to scale without a lot of work. Especially those of us in the US who don't have A size paper lying around. It would be a huge help to have some form of dimensions on these that we could scale from. I love the box and this is just a request for something that would help me a lot. Doug tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3628 2009-11-22T04:34Z 2009-11-22T04:34Z drobertson If you take a look at the code for the project you will find that the LED on-time varies with the rotational speed of the wheel (at least when it is in auto-sync mode). This done in an attempt to keep the image from smearing as the wheels rotational frequency increases. The visual result is, as the rotational speed gets very high, the brightness fades. As I mentioned in the article, the brighter the LED you can find the better. Thanks, Dan Rasmussen tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3627 2009-11-20T23:26Z 2009-11-20T23:26Z sscanf Ray, do you have a feeling for the timing limits of strobes made with this LED? Like, how short and how rectangular are can the light pulses be made? tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3626 2009-11-20T20:44Z 2009-11-20T20:43Z regneale It would indeed be very useful to get a pdf of a top-view of the plan (ideally with the dimensions that would fit a board the size that's used in the article, but not necessarily). I was going to get started on that project for a Christmas present but I just can't get satisfying results messing with SketchUp. tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3624 2009-11-17T17:29Z 2009-11-17T17:29Z ddaavviidd Yeah, those are good ones. I couldn't include all of the knock-offs and variations so I focused on the the original versions. Maybe I can do a follow up article on some more cool "maker" toys. Ever see the ToyMax metal caster? Very cool--uses a special low melting temp alloy with silicon rubber molds. Makes real die cast metal trinkets, all inside a clear safety enclosure. I worked in the R&D department at Mattel in the 70s. There were some insanely great maker toy ideas back then: a kid version of a spot welder, a pressure former that used the explosive power of toy caps, etc. Some things were best left in the lab! -BK tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3623 2009-11-16T16:10Z 2009-11-16T16:10Z neotoybob i cannot find the project plan, or it will not load tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3622 2009-11-16T03:40Z 2009-11-16T03:40Z cole00c7r0venice0 Completed my second amp, this time in a Schlitz box. Pictures up on http://www.flickr.com/photos/nitdoggx/sets/72157622811955628/. tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3621 2009-11-16T02:09Z 2009-11-16T02:09Z nitdoggx The maker toys from the 60's were and are still a lot of fun. Every Christmas the " Hot Wheels toy factory" comes out and so does the " Thingmaker." My brothers kids love these old toys. Mattel has updated some of these. The new "Plstigoop" works in the old molds and colored glue sticks work in the car factory. tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3620 2009-11-14T20:12Z 2009-11-14T20:11Z gizmonic The instructions for mounting the crossovers call for tubular plastic standoffs when screwing down the free edge of the printed circuit board. When I need a few standoffs of odd size I cut them from 1/4" plastic water line tubing. It's cheap, rigid, cuts easily and is available at any hardware store. tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3619 2009-11-14T15:56Z 2009-11-14T15:56Z BAUHAUSLER The link works. I just tried it. Try right clicking to save the PDF to your desktop and make sure you have the current Adobe PDF reader from adobe.com. cheers, Nat tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3618 2009-11-13T17:17Z 2009-11-13T17:17Z nataliezee tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3617 2009-11-13T17:03Z 2009-11-13T17:02Z Rhondygirl This link is broken. Please fix it. tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3616 2009-11-13T17:02Z 2009-11-13T17:02Z Rhondygirl Great article on make and play toys from the 60s / 70s. You forgot to mention the "inbetween" toy that Mattel made called the Vacu-Maker. It was a combo of the Vacu-form and the Thingmaker. It had an exclusive mold you could make rubber goop turtle and beetle bodies and then you would make the hard plastic shells using the Vacu-form part. Also - you left out the whole entire line of mold making toys Topper toys made to compete with Mattel. There was Motorized Monster makers & Cars molding for the boys and Rings and Things Jewelry making for the girls. Thanks again for the great article!! tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3615 2009-11-13T04:36Z 2009-11-13T04:35Z dr_tongues_toys Hi Ray, I'm really glad to hear that people are building these. I think you will find it to be a lot of fun. Yes, you are right on the LED - they are hard to find. I have a supply of these ultra-bright LED's that I have made available on my web site, Retro-Tronics.com. I bought the original at U-Do-It Electronics in Needham, MA. Please feel free to continue to ask questions here or contact me through the above web site if you have any questions. Good luck, Dan Rasmussen tag:makezine.com,2005:msg.3614 2009-11-12T02:25Z 2009-11-12T02:24Z sscanf