Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines (2015)

Re:Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines... by pavel_lishin on Saturday May 12, 2018 @09:16AM (#17053913)

> It appears the artist is currently working on a tabletop consumer version

That's good to hear!

I wish the article covered how the machine works underneath. How many of us here, right now, are trying to reverse engineer it, or figure out how to build our own?

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Re:Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines... by delinka on Saturday May 12, 2018 @11:53AM (#17054619)

I’d put a big magnet on a two-axis carriage built on extruded aluminum bars. Simple! There might be a better solution, but I’m the wrong kind of engineer to work it out.

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Re:Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines... by toomuchgov on Saturday May 12, 2018 @12:05PM (#17054676)

One axis radial, the other linear?

Like an indexable stepper-motor, with another stepper attached that uses a belt-drive, like an inkjet printer?

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Re:Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines... by mijoharas on Saturday May 12, 2018 @02:05PM (#17055229)

Looks like it does use one radial axis and one linear [0]

[0] https://sisyphus-industries.com/about/

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Re:Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines... by mijoharas on Saturday May 12, 2018 @01:57PM (#17055196)

Link: https://sisyphus-industries.com/customize/

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Re:Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines... by glass_of_water on Saturday May 12, 2018 @12:05PM (#17054678)

Beyond how the machine works, I'm wondering how he designed the patterns.

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Re:Bruce Shapiro’s Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawing Machines... by pavel_lishin on Saturday May 12, 2018 @08:04PM (#17056688)

I bet a healthy dose of trial and error, plus software to draw it out without dedicating hours.

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