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Erin-
I will offer ideas for two of your questions:
1. These boards are sold by office products companies as "magnetic
marker boards".
For the image on the board you might try a paper graphic
second-surface-mounted to a 5 mil
polycarbonate over-lam.
3. Happ Controls at (800) 511-1796 sells robust buttons and switches.
Steve Grotenhuis
Project Production Manager
Science Museum of Minnesota
(651)-221-2564 phone
(651)-221-2544 fax
www.smm.org
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>> My name is Erin Ries and I am a senior in Graphic Design at Iowa State
>University. I am
>> helping figure out some
>> fabrication for an Environment Exhibit design with one of the
>>exhibit classes
>here. The
>> exhibit is geared towards
>> younger children and will be installed in a conservation center. I
>>have compiled
>a list of
>> questions regarding the different
>> aspects and part of the exhibit I am unsure about. If you would
>>like to me to
>post some
>> images to help in understanding
>> the exhibit better, let me know.
>>
>> If you have any suggestions or answers to any of these questions
>>please let me
>know.
>> Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
>>
>> The Questions:
>>
>> 1. There is a large magnet board that the children will be placing
>>magnets on.
>How would
>> we fabricate the actual board
>> itself? Is there a metal that would work better then others? And more
>specifically we
>> would like to have an image/scene
>> on the board. How would we fabricate that? Would it need to be a digital
>printout attached
>> onto the metallic surface or
>> would that scratch too easy? Is there a different way that an
>>image could be
>applied so
>> that it can still be used as a
>> magnet board with the least amount of upkeep? How do we protect
>>the image from
>scratch
>> abuse from the magnets?
>>
>> 2. One of the exhibits uses a balance scale in order to show how
>>certain things
>would be
>> good or bad choices for the
>> environment. So when tokens are placed in either side, the scale
>>would tip. Do
>you know of
>> anywhere that sells or would
>> create such as scale? Do you or anyone else you know have
>>experience with scale
>exhibits
>> that would be willing to look
>> at the image? As a second component for the exhibit, instead of showing the
>weight of the
>> tokens it would change the
>> smile of the persons face regarding which way the scale is tipped.
>>Can you refer
>us to
>> anyone that might know how to
>> make something like that work or be able to fabricate it?
>>
>> 3.Several of the exhibit designs require push buttons that either
>>light up or
>activate
>> something. Can you suggest any
>> good suppliers of such buttons? What type of button would be used
>>to activate
>rotating
>> panels?
>>
>> 4. Another part of the exhibit uses a shingshot/pinball type mechanism to
>project a ball
>> into a hole for an interactive
>> aspect. Do you know of anywhere to purchase such a deviice from?
>>or do you know
>how we
>> would fabricate a pinball
>> device to project the ball? There is also a part in the exhibit
>>that blows wind
>so that
>> light weight particles/balls float
>> from one side of a inclined box to the other. What type of wind
>>creating machine
>would we
>> use to blow the objects
>> around? Can we buy it or would we need someone to create something
>>like that?
>>
>> 5. AND finally....... This last part of the exhibit uses fading
>>lights to show
>the changes
>> in the numbers of wildlife found
>> in the area. So there is a use of lights starting out bright and
>>diming as the
>years go on
>> and then getting brighter again
>> when the numbers increase again. It shows a timeline effect using
>>light as the
>graph of
>> the data. Where can we get lights
>> that we can control how bright and dim it is? Are there different
>>colors, sizes,
>shapes?
> > Are there different kinds or ways
>> of doing this same thing that might be cheaper or easier?
>>
>> Again Email me and let me know if you would like me to post some
>>PDF images if
>it would
>> help anyone.
>> Thanks again
>>
>> Erin Ries
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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