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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Martinus on February 15, 2003, 06:11:33 pm

Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Martinus on February 15, 2003, 06:11:33 pm
[color=66ff00]Stumbled upon this quite by accident whilst I was searching for cool scratchbuilt case designs. If you know of any good sites with this kind of thing (and I don't mean your bog standard three fans and a neon) post 'em here for the world to see. :nod:

Scratch built?  (//w3.one.net/~carnage/lego-case/complete.html)

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Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Ulundel on February 15, 2003, 06:16:15 pm
Looks neat.

*tries to say something smart*

Argh...
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 15, 2003, 06:34:21 pm
From no on, whenever I'm feeling like a pathetic geek with absolutely no life, I'll be able to look at those pictures and feel a little better. Thank you.

On the other hand, that IS pretty cool.
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: karajorma on February 15, 2003, 07:17:51 pm
Bah. Building a case out of lego is nothing. Lets see them build the entire computer out of it! :lol:
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: an0n on February 15, 2003, 09:54:21 pm
The 5v Technics™ motor doesn't like the 120v power supply.

So basically the plastic fan explodes killing every Lego-man within a 4 board radius and sending throat-cutting chardes of flaming plastic out at about twice the speed of light.
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Turnsky on February 15, 2003, 09:58:33 pm
learnt that from personal experience didn't ya?
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: an0n on February 15, 2003, 10:00:29 pm
Yes.

Not one place on that damn packet did it say "Do not connect to the mains supply".

Ah, to be 5 again.
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Turnsky on February 15, 2003, 10:04:50 pm
meh, try adding a 24 volt power supply to a old alarm unit (sounded like an air-raid siren) had some student doin' the whole "duck and cover" thing ;7
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: an0n on February 15, 2003, 10:11:52 pm
Pfff. If you're going to play with electricity you might as well go the whole hog and run a cable from the mains to a urinal.

Dude: Ah, time to excrete some bodily fluids.
*Bzzt*
*Bzzt*
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!*
Dude: *lays on the floor crying as parts of his penis and lower abdomen rain down around him*
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Turnsky on February 15, 2003, 10:19:58 pm
pouring water into the hand dryers was fun as was plugging capacitors the size of coke cans into the power points

here's a little tip, wanna cause a little havoc in school, try putting a large resistor across a power point, i've heard  that the resistor will last longer than the fuses/circuit breakers ;7
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: CP5670 on February 15, 2003, 10:21:33 pm
You know, I remember having the same idea for a computer case when I was six or seven years old, but I didn't have the right pieces to make one at the time. Anyway, this looks quite neat; kind of funny how the minifigs are all over the place with the control panels. Perhaps these are the guys responsible for all the Windows errors and crashes. :D

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The 5v Technics™ motor doesn't like the 120v power supply.


Do you mean 4.5V? That thing is quite old; they stopped using it in 1990. :p It seems that it is possible to run the 9V motors used today at 12V for short periods of time and thus give higher output, and I have heard of some successful attempts with that (there was actually a 12V lego motor in the early 1980s, but it was same as the 4.5v one except that it ran off a wall outlet). I myself have not tried running my lego motors at higher voltages, but that is because I can't spare the money to replace them if they explode. :p :D
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Turnsky on February 15, 2003, 10:23:30 pm
you know, having 240v running up your arm is quite fun too...
(speaking from personal experience
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Stryke 9 on February 15, 2003, 11:11:11 pm
I remember running around one day with an old 250v capacitator from a power supply, threatening to electrocute people. Don't think I ever did discharge that thing...


****, now I'm never touching my parts shelf again.:nervous:
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Lonestar on February 16, 2003, 01:33:39 am
Here's one, not as fascinating as the lego one, but neat nonetheless.

http://www.planetugc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=551
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Martinus on February 16, 2003, 10:48:02 am
[color=66ff00]More case coolness: Wacky (www.envador.com)

an0n, check out the 'love PC' I recon it would be right up your alley. ;)

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Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Anaz on February 16, 2003, 11:19:44 am
sweet! I wan't a lego case!
Title: Now this is just frikkin cool.
Post by: Nuclear1 on February 16, 2003, 01:51:24 pm
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Originally posted by an0n
Pfff. If you're going to play with electricity you might as well go the whole hog and run a cable from the mains to a urinal.

Dude: Ah, time to excrete some bodily fluids.
*Bzzt*
*Bzzt*
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!*
Dude: *lays on the floor crying as parts of his penis and lower abdomen rain down around him*


i'm just gonna pretend that didn't happen :lol: