Boba Rhett Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I know, I know, "Holy crap, Rhett started a thread!" Hopefully there will be a lot more of this soon. Before I continue I just wanna say how great it is to be able to once again churn out my special brand of boring yet magically whimsical threads here on a semi-regular basis. I've missed you assorted miscreants a lot! Anyways as some of you may already know, I'm studying to become an Electronics Engineer. As such, I do a lot of tinkering with random parts that I steal from the school labs find laying around. In the last month or two I've pieced together quite a few gadgets. A stun gun (blew a hole in my thumb), radio, self-sustaining wireless driveway monitor, and even an LED Bob the Builder hat (weird yet mysteriously boring story) to name of few. The two things I have pictures of are my Digital Thermometer and Range Finding Ultra-Sonic Transducer projects. I just wanted to show you all some of the things I've been doing so, here ya go. Any questions, comments or statements bringing my manhood into question are welcome as always. Digital Thermometer Alpha Stage: Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3: Range Finding Ultra-Sonic Transducer Alpha Stage: Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 You must like it cold in your home. I can't stand it below 70. And if those are a pair of safety eyewear, you'll make me a happy woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 Actually I hate it cold. I just have no choice as I pretty much live out of a barn. It's usually around 60F in there nowadays. I actually do wear glasses whenever I'm working with large capacitors, as they have the nasty habit of exploding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I love it cold... I keep it at 19C(66F for you non compliant yanks) wherever I go, which sometimes irritates some ladies at work Contrary to popular belief, I do NOT do this to make certain "bits" of my female colleagues(all luverly ladies I must admit) become more prominent. I was shocked when someone first mentioned this... I just like it frosty when Im indoors damnit BTW, nice to see ya back Rhettski - you'll notice that the 2002 crowd, like Prime and I are now the elder statesmen of the place Anyone messes with us they'll be swimmin with the fishes mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Neat stuff. I used to love taking stuff apart and most of the time I could put it back together too. Most of the time... I have to ask though, have you managed to run over yourself with any of it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbieZ Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Rhett. Can you build me a tricorder? Awesome stuff there. You could build the ultimate case accessories and make a minty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Thats pretty neat stuff Rhett. I see it's standard temperature where you are in that pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I just like it frosty when Im indoors damnit It's that hot Ponch blood you have circulating around. I'll let the other thing slide, since anything I have to say right now would be terribly naughty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 A THERMOMETER POWERED BY A CLOCK? BRILLIANT! say, how'd you get that second 9V to power it wirelessly? the force? RHETT BUILT A FORCE CLOCK HOTCOLD THINGY! THREE AND A HALF CHEERS FOR RHETT! Now if only you could break the rangefinder into a divining rod that finds horny women who dig force powered hotcoldclockthingys! @LF, Bah, bunch o' lizards! Us hotbloods prefer nothing more than 60. @Astro, Please don't call us yanks "noncompliant". We might blow you up, invade you, or stick random objects in unwelcome orifices, depending on our mood. That's just kind of...ya know...how we roll;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Nice work there MacGyver. I had a room-mate in college, he was an EE major and he'd be making stuff all the time....he loved to show me all the fancy gadgets he was working on. you'll notice that the 2002 crowd, like Prime and I are now the elder statesmen of the place It's all about the registration date. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Rhett. Can you build me a tricorder? Awesome stuff there. You could build the ultimate case accessories and make a minty! Make that two tricorders. But make mine a medical tricorder - then I'll earn my school nick-name of 'Doc'. No, I am not kidding - they actually call me 'Doc' at school, too. Awsome gadgets, Rhett. Very secksy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Nice work there MacGyver. I loved that show!!! Hey Rhett-can you MacGyverize anything? I've got a shoelace, some wire, some broken shingles (courtesy of repairing our garage roof), some vinyl tile (courtesy of repairing our bathroom and kitchen ceiling after a bad toilet leak), an old dead cell phone, and an endless supply of duct tape. I think I have a bunch of AAA batteries laying around, too. @RJM--speaking of kitchen ceilings, I now know sort of how you felt when you had a chunk of drywall obey the laws of gravity via your head. Seriously, I hated circuit diagrams in physics (didn't mind playing with electricity, just hated the formulae), so if you can stand looking at those diagrams, that's pretty cool. No, I am not kidding - they actually call me 'Doc' at school, too. Huh. Small world. No kidding, they call me that at work, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arátoeldar Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 As an EE tech I say very nice work there Mr. Rhett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 @Jae, This thread is about kitchen ceilings? Did one sneak up on you and surprise you on the noggin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 @Jae, This thread is about kitchen ceilings? Did one sneak up on you and surprise you on the noggin? Almost. The vermiculite insulation pinged me in the head moments before the ceiling gave way and crashed down on my chair and my dinner. I got out of the chair literally a moment before a yard-square piece of soaked inch-thick plasterboard (and approximately 10 trash bags' worth of that darn vermiculite granule insulation) fell. It just missed my head and hit me in the arm. I'm happy to report (in keeping with the subject of the thread somehow) that nothing electrical was involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Nice work there MacGyver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjEA5JRsEmA lololoolololl I just had to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDJOHNNYMIKE Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Okay Jae, now it's my turn to give you some safety advice to prevent this from happening again. If the debris was soaked then you've probably had a very common form of water damage. To prevent this from ever happening again... Drag Jimbo into the upstairs bathroom, point at the hole menacingly, and give him a stern training session on how you're supposed to aim for the inside of the bowl! If this fails, buy him a funnel. Honestly, why you let him drink that much water is beyond me! [OT]Electronics...yeah...those are pretty neat eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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