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Scrolling Ticker Ring

July 21, 2024 by Sabin

The substrate for the scrolling LED ticker

Reading Time: < 1 minute The scrolling ticker substrate is a ring suspended from the top of the hyperboloid tower. The ring will be made up of 3 6″ x 16 ft. sections of 1/8″ Masonite. Each section is made up of four pieces of 6″ x 8 ft. Masonite lapped together and secured by sets of 4 small bots … Read more

Platform

July 21, 2024 by Sabin

Reading Time: < 1 minute Midway up the structure, we need to have a platform to support the power systems. This platform can also stiffen the structure serving transfer tension and compression forces around the helix. I wanted it to be able to support several hundred lbs. of weight that a person and a generator might add up to. At … Read more