man this mod no doubt gives inspiration to many people out there reading this thread. cant wait to see the rad mount.
you make me wanna spend 50 bucks on styrene bro lol
+rep
man this mod no doubt gives inspiration to many people out there reading this thread. cant wait to see the rad mount.
you make me wanna spend 50 bucks on styrene bro lol
+rep
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That's some fine work there. Some great inspiration.
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I had a look in my SLR lens and it had far fewer Iris blades inside. Perhaps you would be better off with fewer blades and a fatter / wider design for them?
I know that when they open they wouldn't be quite so perfectly round but maybe the engineering would be simpler.
Keep up the excellent work!
Ouch!
hi,
i like so much the idea of the motorized IRIS. I have found a link i think will be usefull. they produce metal iris and they show in their web site how the iris work. You can see the design to improbe your iris.
http://www.wilkes-iris.com/flashIris/iris.htm
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That's a great find, should help dan out a lot. + rep
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That switch panel is amazing, well done.
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hey no one has said anything other than the large leaf iris thing, I was thinking, have you tried shaving the edges of the iris blade like or slightly rounded? if you look at alot of sci-fi films and such that have iris's for this and that, most of the time the edges look like you could stick a carrot in the middle and chop through the thing. I'm no pro or anything but I thought I'd throw that out there for you.
also, I was thinking and I didn't really specify, normally the ones I've seen would be rounded on the outer edge, and blade like on the inside, it saves from the blades catching on each other.
just had another thought, it would involve some massive thinking, but you could make every other blade work on another layer, if nothing else, it might be the start to something else that would work?
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I've been studing your iris design and I think maybe the problem is that the blades are just hanging down in the middle with no support.
Therefore when they close the tips tend to hit each other.
I was wondering if you had your window under the blades that would give each blade support in the center when they close and maybe the tips would not hit.
It's a thought the only other soulition I can think of is building the unit like the iris on the webpage link in a previous post.
Other than that looks great I am looking forward to seeing all the motorized parts work.
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Charles
yo if you havent already figured out ur iris thing..JUST BUY ONE ALREADY...buy one from either a optical sciences supplier or for a bigger one (probbaly more ur size) buy one from a theatrical lighting supplier...itll look alot better than on u make at home and alot easier to motorize http://www.citytheatrical.com/
http://www.stagelightingstore.com/ >lighting catalog>lighting accessories
if u have any questions ask me,,,,i used to be a theatrical lighting tech and yea...i can hook u up with links galor..keep going dude i love u mods!!
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they way i see it, either a homebuilt iris that will cost around 50 bucks or a prebuilt iris for around $125. ill take the homebuilt option even if its a little harder.
any one can buy an iris, one a select few can actually BUILD one.
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