the 'puter scooter
 

There really is such a thing as a 15-minute project.

More surprisingly, I was able to do one -- Jeff Wisnia take note!
Turds not even varnished, much less gilded here .... G

My new 'puter sits under a bench on the concrete floor of "the
addition" to my lab/shop/sanctum sanctorum. I had it in a
cardboard box so I could slide it out for messing with cables, etc.
Not a long-term solution!

I picked up four cheap casters on the way home from the dentist, cut
out a rectangle from a scrap of plywood, shot 16 screws with the
cordless drill and declared it done.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/puter_scooter/

Don Foreman wrote:

There really is such a thing as a 15-minute project.

More surprisingly, I was able to do one -- Jeff Wisnia take note!
Turds not even varnished, much less gilded here .... G

My new 'puter sits under a bench on the concrete floor of "the
addition" to my lab/shop/sanctum sanctorum. I had it in a
cardboard box so I could slide it out for messing with cables, etc.
Not a long-term solution!

I picked up four cheap casters on the way home from the dentist, cut
out a rectangle from a scrap of plywood, shot 16 screws with the
cordless drill and declared it done.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/puter_scooter/

Looks good, I might use a skate board wheel set. Being from the Cruz area,
having a scrap skate board is common. The good ones moved out last week. :-)

Good idea - and keeps the puter off the possible dirty floor. But you lost
a good heat sink!

Martin

--
Martin Eastburn, Barbara Eastburn
@ home at Lion's Lair with our computer
NRA LOH, NRA Life
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder

There really is such a thing as a 15-minute project.

More surprisingly, I was able to do one -- Jeff Wisnia take note!
Turds not even varnished, much less gilded here .... G

My new 'puter sits under a bench on the concrete floor of "the
addition" to my lab/shop/sanctum sanctorum. I had it in a
cardboard box so I could slide it out for messing with cables, etc.
Not a long-term solution!

I picked up four cheap casters on the way home from the dentist, cut
out a rectangle from a scrap of plywood, shot 16 screws with the
cordless drill and declared it done.

http://users.goldengate.net/~dforeman/puter_scooter/

You might want to fit a 'filter' over that vent/port in the side too.
Sucking in welding/grinding 'crap' that is more than likely conductive
may considerably shorten the computers life and may well release the
'magic smoke'!

In fact it may pay you to make a frame to hold either full or half sized
'furnace filters' and surround that puppy.

--
Larry Green

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 02:10:50 -0500, Larry Green
wrote:



You might want to fit a 'filter' over that vent/port in the side too.
Sucking in welding/grinding 'crap' that is more than likely conductive
may considerably shorten the computers life and may well release the
'magic smoke'!

In fact it may pay you to make a frame to hold either full or half sized
'furnace filters' and surround that puppy.

Good eye, Larry! It's in the plan. I use material cut from filter
material for window-shaker A/C units. It's hard to find in MN this
time of year but I have some on hand from last summer. It'll go over
the intake, what you see is the exhaust port.

I change filters on my puters when I change furnace filters: next
scheduled change is 31 March. It's on the calendar.

Don Foreman wrote:
My new 'puter sits under a bench on the concrete floor of "the
addition" to my lab/shop/sanctum sanctorum.

Why not a notebook?

Ted

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 05:00:25 GMT, Ted Edwards
wrote:

Don Foreman wrote:
My new 'puter sits under a bench on the concrete floor of "the
addition" to my lab/shop/sanctum sanctorum.

Why not a notebook?

I've been using a notebook for years, waiting for flat panel monitors
to come of age. I wanted a big screen with good resolution. This one
is 20", with 1600 x 1200 res. The resolution isn't markedly
greater than that of my notebook, but the larger size makes it much
easier for me to see comfortably. The color is also considerably
better, very noticable when working with digital photos.

Also, since I don't need portability, I get more 'puter for the
money in a tower, it's easier to upgrade or repair as necessary, and
it's considerably faster for same clock speed because notebooks (and
processors used in notebooks) compromise speed to get low power
consumption. Speed is nice when doing SPICE simulations.