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Ah, I'm usually pretty cynical but somehow this didn't occur to me. Also I'm kind of surprised because I didn't grow up here, but I've been to that museum 5 or so times and never noticed a rattle snake button.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Have Blue <have...@airsoldier.com> wrote:
It can't cost terribly much to fix and I suspect this is is simply a very shrewd fundraising method in general.
Given that 'the rattlesnake button' is known to everyone in SE WI that ever went on a school field trip to MPM, I'd say the nostalgia factor brings in far more donations than saying "we're over budget for toilet paper this quarter" or whatever.
On 8/20/2014 8:48 PM, Paul Sisneros wrote:
That's an odd story, how much could that possibly cost to fix? Isn't it just a motor and an offset weight or a bent crank shaft or something?
On Monday, August 18, 2014 5:22:59 PM UTC-5, Joe Rodriguez wrote:
Just spitballing, but I would expect the most reliable setup would involve an electric motor driving a balanced crankshaft with a connecting rod running through a sleeve that is connected to a pivot point and into the rattle. Should run for years.
Thanks,
Joe Rodriguez
> On Aug 18, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Pete Prodoehl <ras...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The Milwaukee Public Museum's interactive rattlesnake is in need of repair:
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> http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/2014/08/snake-on-the-loose-help-find-milwaukee-public.html
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> How would you build an interactive rattlesnake? Would it be electric? Pneumatic? Solar-power? Use an Arduino?
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> Should we build one for Maker Faire, or maybe just for Milwaukee Makerspace?
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It's precisely because you didn't grow up here that you don't know where the hidden button is - it is knowledge that is passed from child to child as a sort of 'shared experience' (which is why this is a such dynamite fundraising idea). Just like Kevin mentions, find any gradeschooler at the museum and they can show you.
On 8/20/2014 9:14 PM, Paul Sisneros wrote:
Ah, I'm usually pretty cynical but somehow this didn't occur to me. Also I'm kind of surprised because I didn't grow up here, but I've been to that museum 5 or so times and never noticed a rattle snake button.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Have Blue <have...@airsoldier.com> wrote:
It can't cost terribly much to fix and I suspect this is is simply a very shrewd fundraising method in general.
Given that 'the rattlesnake button' is known to everyone in SE WI that ever went on a school field trip to MPM, I'd say the nostalgia factor brings in far more donations than saying "we're over budget for toilet paper this quarter" or whatever.
On 8/20/2014 8:48 PM, Paul Sisneros wrote:
That's an odd story, how much could that possibly cost to fix? Isn't it just a motor and an offset weight or a bent crank shaft or something?
On Monday, August 18, 2014 5:22:59 PM UTC-5, Joe Rodriguez wrote:
Just spitballing, but I would expect the most reliable setup would involve an electric motor driving a balanced crankshaft with a connecting rod running through a sleeve that is connected to a pivot point and into the rattle. Should run for years.
Thanks,
Joe Rodriguez
> On Aug 18, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Pete Prodoehl <ras...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A challenge for all you makers!
>
> The Milwaukee Public Museum's interactive rattlesnake is in need of repair:
>
> http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/2014/08/snake-on-the-loose-help-find-milwaukee-public.html
>
> How would you build an interactive rattlesnake? Would it be electric? Pneumatic? Solar-power? Use an Arduino?
>
> Should we build one for Maker Faire, or maybe just for Milwaukee Makerspace?
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> Pete
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