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Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 03 Dec 2001 : 09:47:23 some of you may have heard about my project to make a mobile out of a Mac Plus' innards. If you haven't.. well.. you just did. The trick is, the system needs to still WORK, and will be running Darkside of the Mac. so.. I'm askig the people here for suggestions: What do I use as the support rods for hanging the equipment? I had thought about useing peices of lead pipe from the hardware store... ~Marchie ~~"We are all Mad here."~~
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 03 Dec 2001 : 21:18:45 make sure the Plus won't get lead poisoning FireWire is fast General, 4 star Forum moderator 68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 03 Dec 2001 : 21:30:36 Lead is soft. use steel. Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
TiMacLover Senior Member USA 1282 Posts	Posted - 04 Dec 2001 : 01:27:49 I eat lead Yum jeremy "If we go down the shitter the whole ecosystem goes down the shitter." Steve Jobs My AOL, AIM Sceen name is got 007s milk Covert Ops 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:15
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 04 Dec 2001 : 17:54:14 Was that in any way relevant to [i]anything[i/]? Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
Captain Z Mobile Ops Commander USA 637 Posts	Posted - 04 Dec 2001 : 20:53:08 I think it was relevent to why he has brain damage... ------------------ Captain Z - Sniper 68K Macintosh Liberation Army 17 68K Macs Liberated
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 04 Dec 2001 : 22:14:53 Ah... licking the lead and sampling the mercury from the old machines... Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
FireWire is fast General, 4 star USA 1559 Posts	Posted - 05 Dec 2001 : 12:56:20 quote: Was that in any way relevant to anything[i/]? [i]Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3 you'll have to excuse TiMacLover. Most of his posts are incoherent or aren't relevant FireWire is fast General, 4 star Forum moderator 68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Tallgeese Full Member USA 523 Posts	Posted - 05 Dec 2001 : 15:43:01 Not to mention about 1/4 as long as his signature. Sgt. Tallgeese Apple II Squad Leader 68k Mac Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
Wonkothesane Full Member USA 506 Posts	Posted - 06 Dec 2001 : 22:40:00 Can't you just kick TiMaclover off the forums?
Captain Z Mobile Ops Commander USA 637 Posts	Posted - 06 Dec 2001 : 23:45:03 Why would we want to do that? He's the comic relief. ------------------ Captain Z - Sniper 68K Macintosh Liberation Army 17 68K Macs Liberated
Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 07 Dec 2001 : 15:35:01 The moderator and host of this thread are none much pleased w/ the tiMacLover comments. Take them somewhere else. Thank you. ~Marchie ~Chaplain Marchie 68k Macintosh Liberation Army ~~"We are all Mad here."~~
Private Entrance Starting Member 17 Posts	Posted - 09 Dec 2001 : 09:36:49 [quote] Why would we want to do that? He's the comic relief. Isn't that the guy that always get hit first in the war movies? Private Entrance 68k Macintosh Liberation Army 68k Macs liberated: 5
TiMacLover Senior Member USA 1282 Posts	Posted - 10 Dec 2001 : 00:42:47 you guyz are mean i try to be nice and funny to all! Im probally the biggest mac 68k freak. I kisses all 15 or my macs every night thanking them for helping to start the computer revolution and all the technology we have today. "Im sorry for what i am" green mile guy jeremy "If we go down the shitter the whole ecosystem goes down the shitter." -Steve Jobs My AOL, AIM Sceen name is got 007s milk Covert Ops N.F.C Newton Force Captain 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:15
Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 10 Dec 2001 : 19:33:31 I didn;t say you are mean! Even the weirdo's can be a part of the Cause! Look at Gonzo... ~Marchie The guy who's given up on this thread actually gaining any more information ~Chaplain Marchie 68k Macintosh Liberation Army ~~"We are all Mad here."~~
sosumi not the MAF mod USA 129 Posts	Posted - 10 Dec 2001 : 22:45:41 marchie if you like the industrial look, scrounge around for some, er, I think they call them I bars. they're the round, kind of corragated bars that get embedded in concrete. look around construction sites and the dump. or, I suppose you could get new ones at a contractors supply. also you might find some very long bolts, I've seen ones over 3 ft. long. but if you want pipe, regular 1/4 - 1/2 inch conduit pipe would be strong enough. and if weight's a factor, pvc pipe is ok too. are you going for movement, or just want it to hang stationary, if the latter, one of those grid things for hanging utensils might work too. excellent idea, btw. I make the odd mobile now and then myself. when you're done post pics! sosumi 68k macs liberated:3
Captain Z Mobile Ops Commander USA 637 Posts	Posted - 11 Dec 2001 : 00:02:34 The ones that sosumi is referring to are Rubar. It's pretty common in the construction of roadway bridges too. It would probably be easier to pick up a small piece of metal pr plastic plumbing and saw off what you need. [edit: Whoops... didn't realize I was refering to the wrong object] ------------------ Captain Z - Sniper 68K Macintosh Liberation Army 17 68K Macs Liberated Edited by - Captain Z on 11 Dec 2001 00:06:18
Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 11 Dec 2001 : 08:31:41 Re-Bars. as in, Concrete Reinforcement Bars. Not a bad Idea... I have 2 that are about 20 feet long in the garage... but they are all rusty, and bent into giant horseshoes. The grid thing is comething I had NOT thought of... A metal grid... ~Marchie ~Chaplain Marchie 68k Macintosh Liberation Army ~~"We are all Mad here."~~
sosumi not the MAF mod USA 129 Posts	Posted - 11 Dec 2001 : 13:45:38 re bars... yeah, the name was somewhere in that dark maze I call a mind, must of been thinking of I- beams anyway, a steel brush attacment on a power drill will take the rust off, leaving an interesting patina. cutting down to size is an issue, I know a hack saw will do it, but it will take a while. here's another thought, suspend the pieces individually with some interesting chain. some of the coated stuff comes in various colors, you can get it in smaller lengths at a place like home depot. or... check out a wrought iron frabication shop, they might be willing to part with scraps for short money. personally, I like to scrounge for materials, but I'm just a bin diver at heart. sosumi 68k macs liberated:3
sosumi not the MAF mod USA 129 Posts	Posted - 13 Dec 2001 : 21:43:24 marchie how's the project going? sosumi 68k macs liberated:3

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