gketell
Local Chapter Leader
Hi All,
I haven't been turning much recently so it has been a while since you all heard from me. But I thought you might like to see the latest project I and Angboy have done.
This is a Reverse Geocache puzzle box. Basically you put something fun into it and it locks shut. Only when the puzzle victims arrives at the right destination will the box open and they get whatever is inside it. And the only hints they get are a "distance to target".
This was a first for both Angela and I. First box, first veneering, first spline joints, first Arduino project. The box is Maple with Teal Birdseye maple veneer and double-cast lid.
The first pour for the lid was a purple/sparkly silver swirl. Then the geocaching coins went down and then a clear pour over that. For some reason the clear got a little cloudy so it looks very ethereal now. The rectangle is the LCD screen and the button is the "check your status" button.
All the electronics are under plexiglass so the users can see it once the box is open but they can't fiddle with/break it. Everything was hand made, from the locking mechanism to the battery holder.
The memory card holds both the initial game configuration (user name, and Lat/Long of the destination) as well as logs of every move. Each time the button is pushed the gps finds its location and compares that to destination and says "You are 134 miles from your destination." or "You found it!". When you get to the destination the lock releases and you can get in.
This was a TOUGH build since neither of us knew what we were doing. But it turned out really nice and Angela is having fun tormenting her friends and family with it.
The happy builders.
GK
I haven't been turning much recently so it has been a while since you all heard from me. But I thought you might like to see the latest project I and Angboy have done.
This is a Reverse Geocache puzzle box. Basically you put something fun into it and it locks shut. Only when the puzzle victims arrives at the right destination will the box open and they get whatever is inside it. And the only hints they get are a "distance to target".
This was a first for both Angela and I. First box, first veneering, first spline joints, first Arduino project. The box is Maple with Teal Birdseye maple veneer and double-cast lid.
The first pour for the lid was a purple/sparkly silver swirl. Then the geocaching coins went down and then a clear pour over that. For some reason the clear got a little cloudy so it looks very ethereal now. The rectangle is the LCD screen and the button is the "check your status" button.
All the electronics are under plexiglass so the users can see it once the box is open but they can't fiddle with/break it. Everything was hand made, from the locking mechanism to the battery holder.
The memory card holds both the initial game configuration (user name, and Lat/Long of the destination) as well as logs of every move. Each time the button is pushed the gps finds its location and compares that to destination and says "You are 134 miles from your destination." or "You found it!". When you get to the destination the lock releases and you can get in.
This was a TOUGH build since neither of us knew what we were doing. But it turned out really nice and Angela is having fun tormenting her friends and family with it.
The happy builders.
GK