Perhaps not the best use of the group¡¯s bandwidth - but it is April fool¡¯s day and a little laugh, a little shake of the head, never hurt anyone.
Whether you enjoy April fool¡¯s day, or it¡¯s just the first of April - I wish you all a nice day.
Ken
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On 1Apr, 2016, at 6:28 AM, Malcolm Hunter malcolm.r.hunter@... [TekScopes] <TekScopes@...> wrote:
Is that a poor attempt at an April Fools Day prank? Do people really still
find interest in it?
On 1 April 2016 at 12:46, trevorjmarshall@... <mailto:trevorjmarshall@...> [TekScopes] <
TekScopes@... <mailto:TekScopes@...>> wrote:
Last year I purchased the second generation USB compatible carbide tipped
stone tablet input device, because I use up pencils only slightly faster
than erasers, and the "undo" feature was a "must have" for me. My service
entrance is a mere 100 amps and the preheat of the granite fuser requires
that all other electrical loads be shed before the device is powered up.
Like the printers we get for almost no cost, the killer here is the price
of the granite erase cartridge.
So with all the interest in 3D "printers" I realized that considering my
error-prone tendencies, before venturing into this field I should get
myself a 3D eraser. I found several offered on-line from China, remarkably
cheap, with even more remarkably cheap shipping. I ordered one.
Unfortunately the batteries were not included, and it used about as many as
a Tesla auto, so I had to make a second purchase of an AC adapter. Then
when I got the adapter, it did not come with the liquid helium for cooling
the superconducting windings, so I had to wait again. And then I had to
reorder the stuff, this time with expedited shipping, because the first
container evaporated in transit. My fault for going cheap.
Finally, with all the ingredients, I fired it up, waiting until midnight
last night. My wife had been suggesting that I take out the garbage. I used
my new tool, aiming it at the trash can and setting it for "AutoConfigure",
put on the welding goggles and stepped out of the kitchen. There was a
faint buzzing sound, but a blinding light, and the smoke detector went off,
waking up all the neighborhood dogs.
After the smoke cleared, I went in to survey the results.. Rats, another
screw up. the 3D eraser had caught a glimpse of itself in the mirror and it
erased itself.
The instruction manual, with its seventeen pages of warnings does indeed
caution about loved ones, pets and mirrors, and the warranty excludes self
erasure.
I'm giving up and going back to whittling.
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