P3D Re: Gallery Showings

[Michael Watters <mwatters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Concerning what sort of set-up might be nice for showing slides in a public setting:

  The handiest I can think of (although not for construction)
would be to mount a series of slides on the outer surface
of a drum made of a translucent material with a light source
inside the drum.  It could be geared and motorized so
it could step from slide to slide by control of a couple buttons.
The whole thing would be mounted inside a box (thus
securing the slides themselves) with the viewing
optics (either a canabalized viewer or a set of
custom glass viewing lenses) mounted into the
box itself.

That's the simplest design that leaps to mind for
displaying a moderate number of slides in a compact
space.

If you wanted to display fewer slides (maybe up to 20
or so) perhaps laying them all out on a light table
(under glass) with a set of viewing optics mounted
so they can slide up and down to see the various
slides.  I've seen displays similar to this with
magnifying lenses for viewing rock samples and
the like at science museums.  Simpler to
construct but more limited.

If you wanted to display a LOT of slides in a 

compact space, you could always try building
a large scale version of a rotoviewer.  Same 

idea as the old (OLD) victorian arcade style
card viewers just for 35mm slides instead.

If you don't mind hacking up old equipment...
You could get a TDC project-or-view, modify
it for remote control of the slide tray and have
a few pairs of polaroid glasses wired to the table.
You'd want the PoV mounted behind glass
for security of course.

mike
watters


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