I wouldn't call those wooden gadgets so much as regular gadgets with wooden cases.

Cyno01: Modified toilet roller?

Wow, just wow.

Or, ten random things that people have pulled the parts out of then shoved into a wooden case.

I was hoping for something at least as cool as these wooden bike frames. (new window) Not exactly new, but on the whole, a lot more innovative than replacing plastic/metal casing with wood.

p4p3rm4t3: Cyno01: Modified toilet roller?

Wow, just wow.

From the few references I've seen to this, I think I'm glad I missed out on that thread.

What? No Billy-club? Do you know how hard it will be to give hippie's the "wood shampoo" with the NES console?

I want the portable SNES in a wooden case.

Do want.

BurnShrike: I wouldn't call those wooden gadgets so much as regular gadgets with wooden cases.

You didn't see the Vespa?

Want.

I was thinking something useful like this:
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List fails without Don't tase me bro!!

/pops

BurnShrike: p4p3rm4t3: Cyno01: Modified toilet roller?

Wow, just wow.

From the few references I've seen to this, I think I'm glad I missed out on that thread.

No, you are missing out on all the FUN.

I still find my morning wood nifty.

uttertosh: BurnShrike: I wouldn't call those wooden gadgets so much as regular gadgets with wooden cases.

You didn't see the Vespa?

Want.

That was quite lovely, but to be fair, everything on there that was wood, were the trim pieces. Every thing else was of course the original steel frame and what not, so..more or less, just a custom wooden case, like the others.

Now, here is my big question. How many of these things were actually hand hewn, and how many were just run through a CNC machine with a CAD file?

"Is it made out of... wood?"

Cerebral Knievel: uttertosh: BurnShrike: I wouldn't call those wooden gadgets so much as regular gadgets with wooden cases.

You didn't see the Vespa?

Want.

That was quite lovely, but to be fair, everything on there that was wood, were the trim pieces. Every thing else was of course the original steel frame and what not, so..more or less, just a custom wooden case, like the others.

Now, here is my big question. How many of these things were actually hand hewn, and how many were just run through a CNC machine with a CAD file?

on 2nd review, I guess you nailed it. Just got lost in the utter awe of the vespa... which i may have to get a quote for a commission for. Damn it was nice!

List is fail without buttscratcher.

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"Is it made out of... wood?"

nostalgia'd so hard

uttertosh: Cerebral Knievel: uttertosh: BurnShrike: I wouldn't call those wooden gadgets so much as regular gadgets with wooden cases.

You didn't see the Vespa?

Want.

That was quite lovely, but to be fair, everything on there that was wood, were the trim pieces. Every thing else was of course the original steel frame and what not, so..more or less, just a custom wooden case, like the others.

Now, here is my big question. How many of these things were actually hand hewn, and how many were just run through a CNC machine with a CAD file?

on 2nd review, I guess you nailed it. Just got lost in the utter awe of the vespa... which i may have to get a quote for a commission for. Damn it was nice!

I love the Vespas as well, and it was a damn nice bit of trim work and I would love to have it. unfortunately, I'm 6'6" tall, and average 300lbs. if you ever wanted to see a viking in the flesh, well.. all one has to do is look at me. so.. for me to get a Vespa, or lamberetta, well.. tootling around town on it , I would look like the proverbial circus bear on a moped. And for the most part, the bikes frames wouldn't be able to carry my frame very well any ways. The smallest bike I could ride that neither me, nor the bike would complain about the entire experience would have to have at least a 750cc displacement, and I think vespas and the like tend to top out around 650cxc
. I have, however always wanted to get a open frame Apa..

Cerebral Knievel:

Now, here is my big question. How many of these things were actually hand hewn, and how many were just run through a CNC machine with a CAD file?


Dude shut up, they're MAKERS.

Conspicuously absent.

gunther_bumpass: Cerebral Knievel:

Now, here is my big question. How many of these things were actually hand hewn, and how many were just run through a CNC machine with a CAD file?


Dude shut up, they're MAKERS.

Dude! I'm a ... well.. I'm not part of the Official "collective" I guess, I do MAKE shiat, make shiat all the time! RC boats, planes, Model rockets, fool around with little electronic circuits. Working on a little Arduino powered robot at the moment actually.

I'm not going to look down on the MAKERS for what they do, and how they do it, a lot of it's pretty awsome actually, and I love going through the various stuff that they do.. do..

And I would personaly love to have access to 3D printers, laser etchers and burners, and CNC machines.

till then, I'll have to make due with my table saw, jig saw, drill press, table lathe and mill and assorted hand tools and bits, and continue with the Hand fabrication skills that were taught to me by my father who would build scale models of kit aircraft by just buying the plans from the manufacturer,.

Now... by saying that, I'm not trying to dismiss the folks that use modern prototyping techniques, not at all, in fact, I think it's damn neat to be able to 3D model a thing, cad it out, and send it out to machine to produce the actual thing, But, I'm also going to presume if you know how to engineer an object, you should also know how to print out those plans and use them to make the thing yourself.. by hand.

of course, I'm of an age where coming up, there was a halfway point in that skill level divide. when I worked radio, I was taught, to make edits using a reel to reel recorder, a splicing block and a razor blade, and when we brought in the computers, I readily adapted to doing the same thing digitally, even though for broadcast, it still needed to be dropped to a normal cart for playback.

look at that Xbox case in the article. that thing was pretty much an exact copy of the standard injection mold case. All one needs to do nowadays, is break down the bits, you can scan it, do a pin point connect the dots deal, actually take real world measurements, get a hold of a bootlegged cad file.. what have you..
turn all that into a auto cad file... put a blank of wood into the CNC machine and tell the machine to do what it does. after that, put it all together and then plunk the electrics into it. I respect the skill it takes to make that digital file that will ultimately be used to make the physical copy, Because, at the end of the day? that actually IS out of my skill set! I can only merely imagine what i want to do, then take the raw materials and bend them to my will.

Cerebral Knievel:

look at that Xbox case in the article. that thing was pretty much an exact copy of the standard injection mold case. All one needs to do nowadays, is break down the bits, you can scan it, do a pin point connect the dots deal, actually take real world measurements, get a hold of a bootlegged cad file.. what have you..
turn all that into a auto cad file... put a blank of wood into the CNC machine and tell the machine to do what it does. after that, put it all together and then plunk the electrics into it. I respect the skill it takes to make that digital file that will ultimately be used to make the physical copy, Because, at the end of the day? that actually IS out of my skill set! I can only merely imagine what i want to do, then take the raw materials and bend them to my will.

That's what I was getting at.. I'm kinda "old school" like that myself. Hand tools, drill press, band saw. CNC just feels like cheating to me. There's no 'hand' to it. Granted, there is skill involved, but it isn't quite the same. I work on digital stuff for a living - animation, but I do a bit of modeling. Taking that stuff that I (virtually) build and printing it out would be at best unsatisfying. I'd rather just carve away at some wood, or clay, or metal or whatever. It's better for my soul.

Just sick of the "maker" label is all. I've been a "maker" all my life, only I just call it "life", and not some fancy buzzword. Oh, you "make" things, good for you (with your pop rivets and glue gun). Welcome to the human race. (not YOU you, but you know... ) Also.. I too learned editing first on a little splicing block, later on a steenbeck, cutting film and 16mm mag tape. That's editing, boy.. so yeah.. rock on fellow old guy. As far as making digital models and cad files goes - take a class. If you can do it in real life, you'll be able to pick it up on a computer in no time.

i Don't mind the "maker" label so much as long as its attributed properly, Ive been building a little robot recently, and I designed and built its running chassis in real time with square rulers a hand drill and dremel tool, and I'll be using the knowledge of others to flesh out the electronics.

I do take offense at the folks that just take the work of others and make an exact copy and call themselves makers, no, you are a modeler, and while I respect you had the technical skill to figure out the instructions, and make a successful copy of a successful design.. you didn't make any thing.. you assembled something.. big difference.