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I was looking at these the other day - in the process of browsing around the subject I found this maker-project to create custom ones: https://github.com/scott
by dcminter 5y ago
I was looking at these the other day - in the process of browsing around the subject I found this maker-project to create custom ones:
https://github.com/scottbez1/splitflap https://github.com/scottbez1/splitflap
- scottbez1 5y agoLet me know if you have any questions about the project or split-flaps in general! I built a big one for a City of Palo Alto art festival recently which was a lot of work but really rewarding: https://youtu.be/g9EPabcxBsM https://youtu.be/g9EPabcxBsM There were some comments about the Vestaboard cost elsewhere in this thread so I figured I'd mention, my raw BOM cost for that display (108 modules, 40 characters each) was about $2700, so I actually don't find their pricing that crazy when you consider what's happening mechanically inside the display. (short video from inside mine: https://youtu.be/4rBKxy0gwNI https://youtu.be/4rBKxy0gwNI) They're not completely comparable of course - my display was a one-off build without economies of scale from stamped or injection-molded parts, much larger physically, and I had substantial parts of it manufactured in the US - but generally there's just a lot of pieces that add up quickly in cost.
- dcminter 5y agoFor me personally it was mostly idle curiosity of a "what would it take..." kind, but it's a very nice write up!