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By: drew dotson

drew dotson — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:32:57 +0000

Re: ghostshadow belt buckle

cool idea, someone in Hitachi marketing had it about 8 months ago…

http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/binary/com.epicentric.contentmanagement.servlet.ContentDeliveryServlet/hgst/homepage/feature_images/home_tsc4k60slim_569x240_belt.jpg

good luck with that copyright, tho

By: Markc

Markc — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:06:32 +0000

I know someone’s mentioned the masking tape method which I use but I’d like to add that you can also add a label beside the hole that you took the screw out of with the tape. Especially handy when taking appart laptops as the variety of screws you see, also saves you writing descriptive labels for each screw / set of screws.
Then again, you could combine this idea with the muffin tin / icecube tray. Add a label to each of the cups.
This post will interest no-one and I appologise, I’ve just had too much coffee today.

By: smilr

smilr — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:37:50 +0000

That hard drive clock is pretty spiffy! I’m seriously considering replicating that one, maybe using a split level approach (make 2 cuts in the top platter. Use one of em as outlined in the article for minute / second, but the other one would be wider – and let us see down to the second platter, where a partial cut is made (to make a shorter hand for the hour) which lets us see through to the bottom platter. Light it seperately on each level individually and you’ve got a shorter hour hand. Of course – the synchronization / timing system (photogate) would be trickier – maybe attaching a spur to the middle platter that sticks out beyond the others and having the photogate watch for it rather than a hole?

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:53:56 +0000

i have lots binders from school laying around my room, and i have a binder for each project i am working on. i tape the screws to the paper i keep in them, and write where they go to next to it. very secure, easy, and neat to just be able to open to a specific page and see what goes where

By: ghostshadow

ghostshadow — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:17:03 +0000

haha hey thanks. im glad you guys like the belt buckle, i like the ide idea! i might attempt that some time in the near future.

By: tired2

tired2 — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:48:36 +0000

another thought, if youre going to use a cupcake tray, you could also use an icecube tray. If you have an ice cube maker, you probably have some empty ones, and if you don’t, then your bastard friends probably didn’t fill up yours, so there should be some empty ones in the freezer… little better on space, and you get just as many or more slots.
-tired2

By: tired2

tired2 — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:44:11 +0000

sine~language, you must have missed my post up a couple of lines.
-tired2

By: sine~language

sine~language — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:51:07 +0000

Why not match the HD buckle with an ide cable belt?

Also, similar to the muffin tins, get some masking tape and stretch out a long length with sticky side up on the table. Then stick the screws down in order. If they’re going to be out for a while, you can stick another length of tape over the top as well.

By: Chase B

Chase B — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:50:37 +0000

That scratch-built mech is the ultimate macgyver success story times ten. WOW. I am jealous of his macgyver skills.

By: tired2

tired2 — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:39:33 +0000

I work on laptops as a job… and I have found what I think is the best way to not lose screws.

Here goes:

Grab a stick on label, we have the kind that go in dot-matrix printers, any kinda label that goes on that wax paper stuff will work, including cd labels….

Then, peel it off by peeling the paper from the label, so the label will stay strait when you get it off the paper (also a trick thats good for cd labels in general)…

Then, lay it non-sticky side down on the table or workbench. Every time you take a set of screws off for say “keyboard”, take a ball point pen or fine tipped sharpee and write “kb” on the label (it wont’ stick to the pen very much at all)

Then stick your screws on the label head down. Even hitting it off the desk w/ your hand will hold the screws. Just draw a dividing line every time you get to another part… like “display”, “cpu”, “motherboard”, etc… Works like a champ every time, even if you have to keep it apart for a few weeks.

Good luck, sorry for the essay.

-Tired2
evanmj@gmail.com
#hackaday on efnet

By: charlie

charlie — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:21:15 +0000

Ah, if only I had a thin ass ipod harddrive to spare, a full HD would be sort of awkward feeling…

By: Chris Vaughn

Chris Vaughn — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:37:59 +0000

why would you wear an ink-jet printer?

chris@blowupmycar.com

By: joshua holbrook

joshua holbrook — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:19:01 +0000

Dang, that muffin tin thing is a good idea. Why didn’t I think of that? I’ve used kitchen bowls and ziploc bags, but… *smacks self in forehead!*

Also, orwell84: rofl.

By: Jake Strait

Jake Strait — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:51:30 +0000

Empty egg cartons work well too if you don’t have muffin tins.

By: Orwell84

Orwell84 — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:14:03 +0000

ok i was almost first post.