This is the second ‘thing’ I am making from the Ponoko order I received earlier. I’m calling this post a preview only simply because I am nowhere near finished! A fusion of laser cutting fun, my most hated subject of math, and cool glowing monofilament is the Hyperboloid Stool [A very expensive replacement for a $5 IKEA stool].
Quad-Hyperboloid - Pink Monofilament <-- That's a mouthful
I was seriously thinking ‘Yippee!’ when I got the first of my Ponoko orders today… then I saw the ‘Yippee’ on the packaging… that was weird!
This is a gallery post of the unwrapping, too tired to assemble the bits tonight. Can you guess what things I’m making? [The 'Welcome to Finland' one is rather obvious...] Post your guess in the comments!
No seriously I mean it, toys. Not electronics gadgets or a new laptop but real toys. Albeit toys you probably don’t want to give to your children.
I give you MILITARISED BEER CADDIE!
This thing is AWESOME. Felt the joys of being a child again opening a cool present… but seriously with that turret it is not a toy for kids! It’ll also happily carry two cans of beer around the place for you (only had soft drink to test it with…oops out of beer…).
It was originally purchased to be taken apart… but I don’t think I’ll have the heart take this beautiful thing apart. Maybe just the turret can be dismantled…its probably too dangerous on anyway
PS : Not in anyway affiliated with the manufacturer or trying to sell any…
PPS : This is a 1 minute post just bragging about this wonderful toy…
PPPS : Somewhere a Roboraptor photo sneaked into the gallery below…oops…
Glorious model warships pounding at each another with cannons, and in the midst of all that is my ‘floating camera’ contraption that didn’t work too well but worked…it floated, it took photos…it lived up to its name…madox Floating Camera…
That's no battleship...
Nice sunny day, perfectly still water, a lunch box floats with one thruster on to skew it to the 'right'...
The results weren’t too bad from the onboard video recording, just a few issues with camera alignment and disconnections when using my friend’s laptop (mine ran out of juice). Here’s a sample clip of the captured footage :-
And one more super nice video courtesy of Andy (aka not me) :-
Read on for more photos and videos
EDIT : PHOTO GALLERY UPDATED, NEW VIDEOS ADDED! CAPS LOCK IS EVIL!
Just a teaser that all (most?) the parts for my ‘MFC’ is ready (It could be Madox’s F‘ed-up Contraption) has all arrived and ready for assembling when I find the time. Hopefully before the Australian Battle Group meet in June where I hope to use the contraption (…erm camera) to film the ships shooting each another to smithereens.
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