Primer: A Kinetic Sculpture That Generates Prime Numbers

A project in Los Angeles, CA by Karl Lautman
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Primer is an electronic kinetic sculpture that generates prime numbers.
Backers: 76
Average Pledge Per Backer: $98

Funded: $7,477 of $3,000
Dates: Sep 9th -> Oct 9th (30 days)
Project By: Karl Lautman
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Latest News

Painting and feet

October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
 So, here's a picture of the painted bases drying: Now it's on to applying the feet.  I made a jig to maintain consistency. Here's a short video of it in action: You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 00:00 00:00  (Read More)

"Primed" (pun intended)

September 26th - via: kickstarter.com
This is from a few days ago.  You can see all the bases have been drilled and primed.  I'm in the midst of painting them now and will post a pic of all of them when I'm done in a few days. Karl  (Read More)

Drilling the bases

September 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Here's a short video of one of the bases being drilled yesterday.  Multiply by 80.  They're all done now and I've started priming them.  I'll post a pic when the drying rack is full. Drilling and countersinking is often done in two operations:... (Read More)

Good news, bad news

September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Bad news first:  Kickstarter won't budge on the deadline which means I won't get the funds until the latter half of October, so I can't start building Primers in earnest until then.  Nevertheless, as I suggested in the first update, I've decided to... (Read More)

A Primer just became available!

September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
A backer just cancelled his Primer order, releasing it for someone else.  I thought some of you who backed at a lower level because the Primers were sold out might like to know.  It's still available as I write this, but not for long.   Karl  (Read More)

Well, that was fast!

September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW! Thanks to all my backers for making Primer such a success so quickly. You guys are the best!  I also want to apologize to everyone who came for a Primer only to find them sold out. That's happened to me before and I know that it sucks. I may... (Read More)

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