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Computer mice made from wood
This is pretty cool:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Wood...by-AlestRukov/ I'd like to have one, but the prices are a bit steep for me: http://www.alestrukov.com/mouse/ -- Free bad advice available here. To reply, eat the taco. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/ |
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Steve Turner wrote in news:jq8qp9$edv$1
@dont-email.me: This is pretty cool: http://www.instructables.com/id/Wood...by-AlestRukov/ I'd like to have one, but the prices are a bit steep for me: http://www.alestrukov.com/mouse/ This could be a good project for learning precision woodworking. It doesn't take much wood, and the guts are easily available. You can carve the top if you want, or some simple designs can be done with a bandsaw and sander. (My mouse has a slight arc from back to front and is flat across the surface.) Oh, to sum up the first link: Use a CNC machine to carve out a mouse in wood. Puckdropper -- Make it to fit, don't make it fit. |
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On Thu, 31 May 2012 17:19:21 -0500, Steve Turner wrote:
This is pretty cool: http://www.instructables.com/id/Wood...by-AlestRukov/ I'd like to have one, but the prices are a bit steep for me: http://www.alestrukov.com/mouse/ They do look nice, but at almost $1000, there are to pricy for me to. Paul T. |
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In article , Steve Turner
wrote: I'd like to have one, but the prices are a bit steep for me: http://www.alestrukov.com/mouse/ Does he start with a whole tree per mouse? Yikes! -- Woodworking and more at http://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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Computer mice made from wood CNC!
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wrote: Didn't I tell you guys that I found the pieces I made for the bowsaur? After all that, I decided that I really didn't want/need one. OK, here are a few pics. I don't have the dedicated site up yet. http://homeandgardenhandyman.com/cncrouter.htm Good grief! I thought I was the only one with a shop that cluttered! And is that a Crapsman router table I see? -- Life. Nature's way of keeping meat fresh. -- Dr. Who |
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Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Larry Jaques wrote: Didn't I tell you guys that I found the pieces I made for the bowsaur? After all that, I decided that I really didn't want/need one. OK, here are a few pics. I don't have the dedicated site up yet. http://homeandgardenhandyman.com/cncrouter.htm Good grief! I thought I was the only one with a shop that cluttered! Indeed - Larry, I'm downright proud of ya! I started some clean up in mine this spring, but I've got a ways to go before you can really navigate the third bay. -- -Mike- |
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Larry Jaques wrote:
OK, here are a few pics. I don't have the dedicated site up yet. http://homeandgardenhandyman.com/cncrouter.htm --------------------------------- If you pick something up that hasn't been used in the last 18 months, throw it away. 2 years from now, you may be able to see the floor. Lew |
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
Larry Jaques wrote: OK, here are a few pics. I don't have the dedicated site up yet. http://homeandgardenhandyman.com/cncrouter.htm --------------------------------- If you pick something up that hasn't been used in the last 18 months, throw it away. Hell - if I had done that over all of these years, I would have regretted a lot of things. I'm not a pack rat, but let me tell ya - a lot of good stuff sits around for longer than that before it is needed. Think about that for a moment Lew - don't you have tools or materials that are used less frequently than 18 months? Throw it away? Hell, there have been periods when I would have had to throw my table saw away because I had not used it in 18 months. Does that make any sense? -- -Mike- |
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"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4fcab72a$0$1294
: Larry Jaques wrote: OK, here are a few pics. I don't have the dedicated site up yet. http://homeandgardenhandyman.com/cncrouter.htm --------------------------------- If you pick something up that hasn't been used in the last 18 months, throw it away. 2 years from now, you may be able to see the floor. Lew It's a good place to start. Consider all those assorted things you've kept for a few years because you might need them later. If you haven't even thought about them for 18 months, you probably won't remember them when the time comes to use them. The rule doesn't have to be applied strictly, it's just a good place to start. The process does work, I've used it. By the way... If you bought something for a project and didn't use it, the big box stores will take it back sometimes a year later and give you credit for it. Tools and "style"-type items (curtains, rugs, etc) you may not get full credit for, but things like pipe and fittings are common enough they almost never get clearanced out. Good way to get rid of something for a project you wound up not doing. Puckdropper -- Make it to fit, don't make it fit. |
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On 03 Jun 2012 03:58:38 GMT, Puckdropper
puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote: "Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:4fcab72a$0$1294 : Larry Jaques wrote: OK, here are a few pics. I don't have the dedicated site up yet. http://homeandgardenhandyman.com/cncrouter.htm --------------------------------- If you pick something up that hasn't been used in the last 18 months, throw it away. 2 years from now, you may be able to see the floor. Lew I have Lew filtered, so I hadn't seen this. For once, though, he's right. g It's a good place to start. Consider all those assorted things you've kept for a few years because you might need them later. If you haven't even thought about them for 18 months, you probably won't remember them when the time comes to use them. I've been in "declutter" mode for about 6 months now, after reading _Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui_ by Karen Kingston, and I've offloaded a dozen pickups worth of "stuff" since then. Some went to the Goodwill, some went to the metal recycler, some to the dump (extra 2/3 of trashcan filled each week for several months), and some to the local freecycle type of folks. Some is going to Craigslist and eBay. I'm liking the leaner me. (I've offloaded 22 lbs from myself, too, and my BP is down 50 points, 122/73 this afternoon.) The rule doesn't have to be applied strictly, it's just a good place to start. The process does work, I've used it. Ayup. I tossed most of my mixed screw/bolt/nail boxes and will buy a box of each size I need as I need it instead of just buying 3 or 22. That works great for the fasteners I often need. I found a local bolt distributor where I got boxes of 5/16" x 1" NC zinc plated bolts, nuts, washers, lockwashers, and nuts for a total price of $7 and change, about 18% of the price at a hardware store. By the way... If you bought something for a project and didn't use it, the big box stores will take it back sometimes a year later and give you credit for it. Tools and "style"-type items (curtains, rugs, etc) you may not get full credit for, but things like pipe and fittings are common enough they almost never get clearanced out. Good way to get rid of something for a project you wound up not doing. I keep all new product unless I got out of that line of work and know I will never need it. I keep all single (and some dupes) tools, but get rid of the types I'll never use, the broken ones, and the really cheap crap that came in a $1 box at a garage sale. I brought home about 1,000' of 1/8" x 5/8" nylon "tape" from a sale yesterday, and will keep several 100'+ hanks while giving several others away. It was used by the Hunter fiber optic/telephone/DSL people when putting up a new feed in our neighborhood. It was a buck. It's rated for 1,800 lbs. Anyway, I can actually see _carpeting_ in several of my rooms nowadays. heh, heh, heh -- Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. -- Thomas Jefferson |
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If you pick something up that hasn't been used in the last 18
months, throw it away. "Mike Marlow" wrote: Hell - if I had done that over all of these years, I would have regretted a lot of things. ------------------------------------- Really, name 10. ------------------------------------- I'm not a pack rat, .... --------------------------- Want to bet? --------------------------- - a lot of good stuff sits around for longer than that before it is needed. ----------------------------- It's all relative. ----------------------------- Think about that for a moment Lew - don't you have tools or materials that are used less frequently than 18 months? Throw it away? Hell, there have been periods when I would have had to throw my table saw away because I had not used it in 18 months. Does that make any sense? -------------------------------- Tools don't count except for cheap throw aways. I lived for years with a company policy that you cleaned out your files yearly and threw away anything over one year old. Engineering documents were exempted. As the lawyers said, you can't be forced to produce something you don't have. Lew |
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Puckdropper wrote:
"Lew wrote in news:4fcab72a$0$1294 : Larry Jaques wrote: OK, here are a few pics. I don't have the dedicated site up yet. http://homeandgardenhandyman.com/cncrouter.htm --------------------------------- If you pick something up that hasn't been used in the last 18 months, throw it away. 2 years from now, you may be able to see the floor. Lew It's a good place to start. Consider all those assorted things you've kept for a few years because you might need them later. If you haven't even thought about them for 18 months, you probably won't remember them when the time comes to use them. Oh, I'd remember them, just maybe not where me or my wife last placed them! : ) I often repeat, if you don't know where it is, you might as well not have it! And yes, that includes her car keys! The rule doesn't have to be applied strictly, it's just a good place to start. The process does work, I've used it. By the way... If you bought something for a project and didn't use it, the big box stores will take it back sometimes a year later and give you credit for it. Tools and "style"-type items (curtains, rugs, etc) you may not get full credit for, but things like pipe and fittings are common enough they almost never get clearanced out. Good way to get rid of something for a project you wound up not doing. Puckdropper |
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
If you pick something up that hasn't been used in the last 18 months, throw it away. "Mike Marlow" wrote: Hell - if I had done that over all of these years, I would have regretted a lot of things. ------------------------------------- Really, name 10. ------------------------------------- 10 might be hard for me to come up with off the top of my head, but I can immediately think of a roll of aluminum tape for use on duct work, a 500 ft roll of 1/4" nylon rope (which I hate, so I hadn't used it a lot), a roll of flashing, sheet rock tape, my reloading equipment, a small stock of pressure treated lumber from dismantling a section of deck after we got rid of our pool. Those are just some that quickly come to mind that way defy the 18 month suggestion. I'm not a pack rat, .... --------------------------- Want to bet? --------------------------- If I am, I'm probably junior on the scale. When I tackled my work bench earlier, I decided to do one of those 10 year cleanings. I threw out a bunch of junk I had been keeping - just in case. Coffee cans full of parts from door handles, etc. You know - ya never know... Stuff like that. It was a pretty clean sweep, and all I generated was 3 garbage bags of junk. They weren't even filled, because they got too heavy to lift without tearing, before they filled up. - a lot of good stuff sits around for longer than that before it is needed. ----------------------------- It's all relative. ----------------------------- It's funny - just this weekend we went to my mother's house for our monthly visit to help her out some, and to visit. Had a small project to do for her - installing a shutoff valve in the propane line for her kitchen stove. I hadn't taken any tools with me at all this trip, so I was scrounging around looking for a couple of things to finish off the job. It was amazing all of the junk and clutter that I came across looking for a couple of clamps, and some other things. The winner was this small hammer that was stuck in a drawer. It was a cheap, all metal hammer. The handle was broken off, the claws were broken off, and the head was a shattered remnant of what used to be there. It was rediculous what was left of this hammer. But - there it was, stuck in the drawer rather than having been thrown out years ago. Ya never know... -- -Mike- |
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