[Icehouse] Giant Martian Coaster boards

[Timothy Hunt]

HAhah.

We were just saying at the Inaugural St Louis Warren meeting...

"Origins?  Giant Martian Coasters..."

:)

Timothy

On 1/8/07, Carol Townsend <carol.townsend at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I've been looking around for an easy, cheap thing to make Giant Martian
> Coasters out of, and I think I've found it.  You know the boards that kids
> use in Science Fairs to put their Title, Hypothesis, Data, etc, on?
>
> http://www.sciencestuff.com/playground/SF-DbSetup.shtml
>
>
> Well, my local "American Science and Surplus Store" has these things - and
> they're 36" x 48" (36" high, a full panel 24", and 2 fold-in 12" panels).
> THis can very easily be cut down to 36x36.  Perfect!  Queen Giant pyramids
> are 8" square, so needing to have three 8-9" squares and a bit of space in
> between means a 36" square board is exactly what I've been looking for.  And
> totally hard to find as a mat board or unfolded cardboard piece.  So,
> folding works for me!!  :)
>
>
> What I need to do next is to make a page full of triangles (with perhaps a
> 1.5-2" base) that are just like the triangles on the coasters.  I can draw
> the squares on the boards, but making 4 x 28 triangles all the same are a
> pain, so I figure I'll make a page of triangles - then
> print them out on a full page sticker, cut them out and
> stick them on.  Any other easy ideas??  Does someone
> perhaps already HAVE a page of 28 (or more) triangles on a PDF ready for
> download??
>
> When I get a nice set done up, I'll post photos somewhere.
>
> Just wanted to pass along my find of "this can work!"
>
> Carol
>  - she who is ecstatic that we can have Giant Martian Coasters events at
> Origins in July!!  Yay!!!
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