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Coffee Mug Shrapnel Bomb is coming along well I see. – Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Fixer 406Nick says, “Beats the old “dropping molten solder into the java” method. Miss the retsina-like flavor, though.”
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The coffee-stained circuit boards and his singed mustache indicate that this setup takes a little getting used to before you can instinctively grab for the right tool.
cuz the handles are shaped the same?
No, cuz they’re both right-handed models.
I remember playing “Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle” back in ’90s where right&left-handed hammer played a crucial role!
nice..
Part coffee warmer, part Operation Game. It definitely requires attention and precision to get your coffee cup out of this contraption!
And if you hit the side of the metal shelf then it shakes scalding hot coffee all over you!
looks like a creative way to make use of the heat that would otherwise be wasted from the soldering iron. If you are going to have the soldering iron turned on for a while anyway…
You know, that “soldering iron” looks a bit like something else… Can’t quite put my finger on it…
A microphone? Naw, that’s not it…
It also could look like a plug in massager but going by the surroundings, it’s probably a soldering iron.
Definitely an iron, I have one and use it occassionally.
On the fairway or your shirts?
Well, if I don’t give my coffee the shakes how will it make me all jittery when I drink it?
It could be a wood burner.
A coffee pot made of coffee cans. What’s not to love?
Caution, coffee may contain trace amounts of lead.
Unless he’s using the RoHS stuff.
ROUS? Oh, sorry, I misread that.
While lead free it is still not healthy to breathe or drink any of the chemicals in it.
RoHS solder is just a lot less poisonous when in electronics. The flux/chemicals are still nasty.. which is why proper ventilation is a requirement
A substance known by the state of California, to cause cancer.
Make sure to wash your hands before eating or smoking!
(Yes, it really says that. Like smoking doesn’t cause cancer, smoking with solder on your hands does or something)
Just saving real estate on the desk is all. Gotta watch out for the sharp edges on the cans though. I don’t care how easy it is to cauterize the wounds with the soldering iron.
Its missing a heat exchanger, or a bit of a cover on the bottom section to keep a heated pocket of air underneath the coffee. I’d like to see a tube going from the bottom to the top and back down again – a primitive heat exchanger or radiator, of sorts….although the fact the tins are made of steel is probably enough.
All I have to say is:
That is one messy electronics shop! Clutter central.
YOU KNOW HOW ELECTRONIC TECHS ARE.. THEY NEVER THROW ANYTHING AWAY.
And, heaven help you if you try to clean out our shop while we’re gone!!!
The shop isn’t messy, it’s just in a state of flux.
*rimshot*
Keep it up, dono, and I promise they’ll renew your contract around here for next season.
Did that hertz?
Watt? Sorry, I was meditating.
What volt you meditate for?
It’s where people actually *BUILD* things, Mr. Neatness-Freak-I-screw-my-fans-down-with-four-screws-even-if-two-(or-a-length-of-twine)-will-do.
Have you ever, you know, *IMPROVISED* things? When that stock control system has to get back working *RIGHT NOW* because waiting for the correct part would cost thousands in lost shipments and spoilt product? Fixed the exhaust of your car with a beer can and fence wire because it got knackered when you hit that pothole and you’re supposed to meet someone who’s leaving in a couple of hours?
Don’t come bloody proselytising here how things *SHOULD* be done: it’s how they’re done in a way that they should not that makes this site what it is.
Now go away or I’ll taunt you a second time.
Sarge must be a manager, or maybe, a drill sargeant!
I couldn’t have said it better, Stoneshop. The pic above is the workplace of the guy everyone turns to when “it’s gotta get done now”. While management frets about their stock options, this master of ingenuity and resource management delivers the hail mary solution time and time again.
There is true beauty, and dare I say art, in a well executed kludge.
Sarge, if the above offends you , I have to ask why you visit this site at all? Take the money you spend on internet access, buy a vise, insert trouser berries, and crank away. You’ll enjoy more immediate results and have total control.
The best thing at this kludge is, that it is part of a workshop where other things like that may be created. While the inventor looks at his project, the cooling down blowtorch heats his coffee. I think this is quite a good use of energy
Hahaha, poor guy’s never gonna live the four screws thing down. On the other hand, it looks like he haven’t learned anything from it either…
::sigh:: n00bs.
Hashed together machinery? Check. Visible workbench? Check. Large, elaborate plot for a tiny result? Check. Guys and gals, we have our second coffee mad scientist, complete with lab. The first of course is me.
I like this! Looks like a great way to make use of that otherwise wasted heat when the iron’s not in use. Wish I had thought of this back in my tech days.
coffee cup heated
why not to use energy
otherwise wasted
I know, I know… rather poor haiku, but English is not my first language, still, wanted to give it a try
*golf claps*
will do for now
golf claps are my favorite type of claps
Mine, too, cos!
So much better than some other types of claps…
naaaah… other types of claps are just not clappy enough!
Sometimes I think we all should golf clap more, you know.
I am sure that all the Tiger girlfriends disagree and dislike golf claps as much as any other type of claps.
So besides being waitresses and such, since they met Tiger, they all now have ‘golf clap’ in common? Which goes with their steady diet of penicillin?
You were working hard in your shop.
Passed out because your brain said ‘Stop!’
Then that aroma hits you,
And there’s more work yet to dooooo!
Ohhh…the best part of waking up
Is Foldgers in your cup…(holding the same note as ‘cup’) in a coffee can…with really sharp edges…on top of another coffee can…also with really sharp edges…that’s holding a sautering iron…with really hot edges…and a plastic container on the very top…with a pumice stone and stuuuuffff! *gasping for air*
Hmm…that last line might be a bit long to squeeze into a thirty-second commercial.
And I might want to revisit how I spell soldering.
Just soldier through it, sweetheart — you’ll be all right.
At least he didn’t spell it ‘sodoming iron’.
Try our newest Foldger’s variety, Bourbon, made out of real Jack Daniels. For those days you really want to piss off the boss.
It’s better to piss on the boss, when they are not paying attention.
Folgers, you goofs. No D.
I’ve had Jack Daniels-flavoured coffee before. I don’t know who made it, but it was not very tasty. They captured the oak of barrel aging, but not the caramel or any other parts. It was like drinking coffee from a mug made of wood.
For you Anna, it can be any flavor booze you want.
Five bucks says the contraption from “Resistance is Futile” is within arms length of this ‘coffee system’.
High ‘composition’ marks for the inclusion of the aging Variac in the back/right. Lends ‘old school credibility’ to the submission.
The heat source next to what appear to be containers of chemicals adds an element of drama.
Anyone look at this and imagine Peewee Herman coming along? Now all we need is “The Breakfast Machine” music…
The next Transformers movie starts out very small…
“You know what happens when you put one of these in a cup and forget to put the water in it? The lights go out…”
Woohoo! ROB! LMAO! As soon as I saw this I was like, HEY!? I KNOW THAT CONTRAPTION!!!!! LOL
There’s more to come!
Looks like he’s warming up his lunch on top as well. Mmm… ratchet sockets and a piece of toast.
With a whole day’s supply of iron.
THAT is a damn clever way to capture the wasted heat from your soldering iron to keep your coffee warm when you’re not using it.
Agreed.
ITS WHAT ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS DO WHILE WAITING ON HOLD FOR TECH SUPPORT WHEN THE SERVICE MANUAL SAYS “PART NOT SUPPLIED”
WHY ARE WE YELLING?
THE LONG BUS IS IDLING OUT BACK WITH IT’S EXHAUST SYSTEM OPEN!
Chock Full of Nuts, “A better coffee. A millionaire’s money can’t buy.”
Beats the old “dropping molten solder into the java” method. Miss the retsina-like flavor, though.
In a world over run by zombies, having a handy source of caffeine is imperative. With no Mr. Coffees available, one must improvise.
lead poisonig yer doin it right
I believe that this is a guitar repair shop. In the top blue bin ti the left, there are two red/white boxes. those are amplifier tubes. Right below it is something that to me resembles a stompbox (guitar fx pedal).
You are right! This is a repair shop in a major Canadian music store.
While the Little Missus knits toilet tissue cozies, Butch has started his own cottage industry: He-Man’s Tool Garage and Spiked-Coffee Kozies!!