Don’t know if folks saw this (didn’t find a thread mention) of the review last week of the iris calculator. Seems very useful.
http://makezine.com/2017/02/15/software-review-iris-calculator/
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That is awesome. Thanks! It’s weird, I was thinking of how to make a mechanical iris this morning.
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I love 
️ this forum:-)
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If you speak a little more clearly into your desk lamp, it will be easier for me to find these articles for you in the future… 
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An iris is on the list for future projects, so bookmarked! Thanks 
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Another example of Glowhivemind at work…
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One of my projects is to create a dry spaghetti portion measurer using an iris somehow.
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Really cool, but too bad its a subscription - I would have loved for it to be $20 to buy and not worry about it anymore.
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yeah for something i would use so infrequently it really chaps my hide to subscribe. i’m not against subscription software in general, but i do get frustrated at how pervasive it’s started to become.
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I guess this is where the $5/month comes in, but knowing me it would turn out to be 3 months by the time I was finished with the project.
Thanks! My brother and I have been talking about the best way to make one!
Did you know that your spaghetti spoon provides a way to portion for you? Check it out Spaghetti Portioning Spoon.
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Thank you for the enlightenment:+1:
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Cool!
The Thingiverse link looks interesting and I recognize it is more for cosmetic/accessory
But do you think (with the different filaments you have used), this could be used with lighting control (with a potential heat interaction). I am thinking of LED’s to keep the heat to a minimum.
What material would best (smoothness of motion, clean edges, minimal light bleed)?
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