Improving the Plinth
After the success of the initial experiment, it’s time to look at all the pieces and see what can be improved.
In true agile fashion I have a long backlog of changes and ideas. Over the next couple of weeks I am going to be putting these changes into action (and telling you all about them). The first change is to improve a very simple piece.
As you can see in this photo, each exhibit has a series of small information plaques. Each plaque is designed to sit at a 70° angle — making it easy to read for people standing in front of the exhibit.
In the original experiment we designed and printed a series of clips to grip onto the foam core board. Each clip had a backing piece and foot to hold the plaque at the correct angle.
Unfortunately 3D printing isn’t the fastest thing in the world. And, because of time constraints, we ended up printing these very thinly. While that worked for the initial experiment, it wasn’t very stable.
So, this is the first change we are going to make. To print the same clip design, but now 1cm wide.
This will hopefully enable the plaques to stand up with a little bit more stability and less stress on the clip itself. Each exhibit has 4 plaques, each needing 2 clips — so 8 of these per exhibit. While the designs are relatively small, this will still take about 2 hours to print per exhibit.
… 1 Day Later.
Success.
The prints are looking good and holding the plaques very nicely. Stay tuned for the next improvements we are making to this museum.
