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• Am I missing something, or does this not actually tell you anything about how to make one of these.

  Posted by: alankilian on June 2, 2005 at 2:52 PM

• Phillip, is this for the next make issue? Or does the site not explain how to do it?

  Posted by: abstrakONE on June 2, 2005 at 2:57 PM

• Makeblog says:

  This site describes ... how to make one for around ten dollars.

  Not quite.

  Text from the site:

  This site isn't about actually constructing a pseudoscope, but how to ... hold... two [ $5 ] prisms up to your eyes.

  Posted by: technicalvideorental on June 2, 2005 at 3:30 PM

• if there's interest, i'll build one and post it up here- the site has a diagram, what's needed as technicalvideo said- how to hold two $5 prisms up to your eyes...

  Posted by: philliptorrone on June 2, 2005 at 3:34 PM

• the idea is cool, would be a great thing to show the local boys and girl scouts. (my step son and daughter)

  Posted by: abstrakONE on June 2, 2005 at 3:55 PM

• The directions on how to build a pseudoscope are in Vol. 5 of Make Magazine (February 2006). The instructions are NOT very good - the dimensions are screwy because they don't resemble the drawing, a 5 1/16" measurement on the drawing is described as 5" on the materials list, they don't tell you where the two different sized mirrors go (they are the two end mirrors). Best to just google pseudoscope and see Rob Harmann's site - which is very good and he recommends using 3x6 mirrors for the larger ones rather than 3x4. Recommend you convert all these measurements on the drawing to measures from the two centerlines of your base - then you can use any size base so long as it is at least 5x12.

  Posted by: jgrimes227 on February 15, 2006 at 8:07 PM

• The directions on how to build a pseudoscope are in Vol. 5 of Make Magazine (February 2006). The instructions are NOT very good - the dimensions are screwy because they don't resemble the drawing, a 5 1/16" measurement on the drawing is described as 5" on the materials list, they don't tell you where the two different sized mirrors go (they are the two end mirrors). Best to just google pseudoscope and see Rob Harmann's site - which is very good and he recommends using 3x6 mirrors for the larger ones rather than 3x4. Recommend you convert all these measurements on the drawing to measures from the two centerlines of your base - then you can use any size base so long as it is at least 5x12.

  Posted by: jgrimes227 on February 15, 2006 at 8:09 PM

• Thanks for the feedback on the article in Make Magazine, overall I was happy with it, although some of the dimensions were wrong. Please see my web site for the correct ones:

  http://pseudoscope.blogspot.com/

  It's a good idea to have the dimensions from the centerline instead of the edges of the base, I'll fix that when I get time.

  Hope you enjoy the project,

  Rob Hartmann

  Posted by: Harnett on February 19, 2006 at 7:52 AM

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