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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5151 |
Just for fun. And it's a present for a relative for Christmas. Useless Machine. Its sole function is to switch itself off! 
Pre-made craftwood box from Bunnings, about $9. Motor and gearbox, DPDT switch, microswitch, battery holder from Jaycar. Rest made from scraps at home, and the CNC router came in handy. About 4 hours all up, lots of prototyping along the way, but lots of fun. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| greybeard Senior Member  Joined: 04/01/2010 Location: AustraliaPosts: 175 |
Classic  |
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Tinker Guru  Joined: 07/11/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1904 |
Like it  .
Perhaps if you mold your finger (crooked) from resin, paint it skin colour and replace that white arm with that it might freak out the recipient.  Klaus |
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| Warpspeed Guru Joined: 09/08/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 4406 |
This kind of of teminds me of "Thing" from the Adams Family. Cheers, Tony. |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1329 |
Nice one Glenn - not quite Heath Robinson, but getting there....
Merry Xmas, Greg |
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