Author Topic: My Giant DIY Travel Wall Map (Read 3922 times)

ushdadude · « **Reply #20 on:** May 28, 2024, 12:44:09 PM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on May 28, 2024, 12:42:55 PM

Man I should go there ~~just to get you off my back~~ just to see the highest rated herring museum in the world

FTFY

Yammer · « **Reply #21 on:** May 28, 2024, 01:02:11 PM »

Finally something larger then you in the house...

When are we invited for a DO?

Yo ssi · « **Reply #22 on:** May 28, 2024, 01:47:18 PM »

Cool stuff!

What's running it?

tzifanya54 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 28, 2024, 01:55:40 PM »

How long was the whole process start to finish?

Something Fishy · « **Reply #24 on:** May 28, 2024, 02:07:06 PM »

Quote from: Yo ssi on May 28, 2024, 01:47:18 PM

Cool stuff!

What's running it?

A pair of fiber optic engines controlled by remote and an app.

Something Fishy · « **Reply #25 on:** May 28, 2024, 02:09:02 PM »

Quote from: tzifanya54 on May 28, 2024, 01:55:40 PM

How long was the whole process start to finish?

Lol way too long. Probably took over a year from start to finish, but I would drop the project for months at a time due to work, moving, etc. Also didn't help that I had zero woodworking experience, so it was a lot of trial and error while using the wrong tools lol.

HudZ · « **Reply #26 on:** May 28, 2024, 02:57:17 PM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on May 28, 2024, 02:09:02 PM

Lol way too long. Probably took over a year from start to finish, but I would drop the project for months at a time due to traveling. Also didn't help that I had zero woodworking experience, so it was a lot of trial and error while using the wrong tools lol.

That's better.

Bored Bachur · « **Reply #27 on:** May 28, 2024, 03:00:43 PM »

How easy will it be for you to add new locations?

Something Fishy · « **Reply #28 on:** May 28, 2024, 03:03:42 PM »

Quote from: Bored Bachur on May 28, 2024, 03:00:43 PM

How easy will it be for you to add new locations?

It's specifically designed to make it relatively easy.

I also sometimes have to remove and replace lights if my daughter ends up being in a place where only I was before. She has her own light engine so she can make her locations a different color, so I have to remove mine and put hers instead. But again I designed it with that in mind.

Yo ssi · « **Reply #29 on:** May 28, 2024, 03:35:39 PM »

Is there nothing that's individually addressable?
So you don't need a sperate run

Something Fishy · « **Reply #30 on:** May 28, 2024, 03:41:09 PM »

Quote from: Yo ssi on May 28, 2024, 03:35:39 PM

Is there nothing that's individually addressable?
So you don't need a sperate run

Fiber optic engines aren't individually addressable. The only way to make fiber optics addressable is to run them off individual LEDs, which a. aren't bright enough and b. is not really scalable (I have 337 individual light points at this point).

ponash123 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 28, 2024, 03:44:08 PM »

Wow amazing!

~King Lake~ · « **Reply #32 on:** May 28, 2024, 03:56:53 PM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on May 28, 2024, 11:48:35 AM

Enjoying!

The finished product looks very nice & pleasing!
I like the way the border stands away from the map, gives a professional look.

I assume you left a somewhat easy way to add additional locations, just curious how?

Something Fishy · « **Reply #33 on:** May 28, 2024, 04:23:51 PM »

Quote from: ~King Lake~ on May 28, 2024, 03:56:53 PM

The finished product looks very nice & pleasing!
I like the way the border stands away from the map, gives a professional look.

I assume you left a somewhat easy way to add additional locations, just curious how?

That frame was actually one of the more complicated parts to pull off, believe it or not.

I'll show how I add locations in the building post.

CountValentine · « **Reply #34 on:** May 28, 2024, 04:25:12 PM »

Total parts cost?

Something Fishy · « **Reply #35 on:** May 28, 2024, 04:25:57 PM »

Quote from: CountValentine on May 28, 2024, 04:25:12 PM

Total parts cost?

~$500

Moshe123 · « **Reply #36 on:** May 28, 2024, 05:31:26 PM »

OMG!!!

skyguy918 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 28, 2024, 05:49:32 PM »

Quote from: Something Fishy on May 28, 2024, 03:41:09 PM

Fiber optic engines aren't individually addressable. The only way to make fiber optics addressable is to run them off individual LEDs, which a. aren't bright enough and b. is not really scalable (I have 337 individual light points at this point).

This guy used LED's but seems like less than 100:

Something Fishy · « **Reply #38 on:** May 28, 2024, 05:58:02 PM »

Quote from: skyguy918 on May 28, 2024, 05:49:32 PM

This guy used LED's but seems like less than 100:

Yeah well I wasn't exactly going for a yizkor board aesthetic.

tzifanya54 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 28, 2024, 06:08:38 PM »

How many runs can each fiber optic engine hold?