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Re:Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prot... by damjanstankovic on Saturday September 26, 2015 @07:02PM (#10284749)
actually this was the hardest part, how to make numbers look thick and REAL, and connected. Here is a GIF that shows this nicely:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/066c8502j2zwlwo/rheiani.gif?dl=0

Thats the reason why i had to work with ferrofluid and change its structure and composition, i wanted to have thicker numbers. Whole screen is 10mm thick inside, and numbers sometimes go up to 8mm of thickness. They are especially nice from the angle because the seem like they float and not simply stuck to the wall. I will make better photos definitely.

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Re:Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prot... by cpayne on Saturday September 26, 2015 @10:04PM (#10285144)
You've done that quite well. I'm surprised its that thick, but it looks like it give the numbers an awesome rounded look.

Really adds to the organic look and feel.

Well done!

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Re:Show HN: I spent a year making an electro-mechanical prot... by damjanstankovic on Sunday September 27, 2015 @09:19AM (#10286400)
Yeah, when there is no number it turns to big blobs of liquid that actually touch walls of the screen on both sides, so i guess its bigger than 10mm in that case
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