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#518316 - Sun Mar 28 2010 06:59 AM This week's theme is "I made it myself"
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	Thanks Martin Cube for a good idea. A photo of something you made yourself, such as some sewing, craft, woodwork, garden, school project, painting. I wanted to call it "Here's one I made earlier" which will mean something , but only to Brits I think. _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#518317 - Sun Mar 28 2010 08:18 AM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
martin_cube Multiloquent Registered: Mon Sep 18 2006 Posts: 2534 Loc: Bristol England UK	My first personal computer was the dear old Sinclair ZX81. No sound, very basic graphics (black & white only) and a 'flat' keyboard which wasn't easy to use. I decided to see if I could make my own keyboard, using bits and pieces I could 'source' from my job as an electronic calculator engineer. There was a book about the computer at my local library so I was able to get the wiring diagram from that. The rest depended on my soldering & wiring skills. It worked first time though I did make several modifications to it to make it more user-friendly. This is it: Wiring side: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r159/martin_cube/ZX81Keyboardback-1.jpg Keyboard & computer together: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r159/martin_cube/ZX81Keyboard-1.jpg (Sorry, I don't know how to make a proper link! ) Edited by martin_cube (Sun Mar 28 2010 08:21 AM) _________________________ Don't Dream It, Be It!
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#518318 - Mon Mar 29 2010 03:53 PM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
Santana2002 Forum Champion Registered: Mon Apr 14 2003 Posts: 8867 Loc: France	Nice one, martin cube! We weren't posh enough to have a sinclair, we started out on a Spectrum (8K I believe?) ... and to enter a 'proper' link you type this: [url =(paste your http address here)] the word you want people to click on [/ url] (with no spaces before or after the word 'url') _________________________ It's hard to be perfect when you're human
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#518319 - Mon Mar 29 2010 04:42 PM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
martin_cube Multiloquent Registered: Mon Sep 18 2006 Posts: 2534 Loc: Bristol England UK	Thank you Toni. Home computers have certainly come along way in the last 25 years! Much more fun making your own modifications though. _________________________ Don't Dream It, Be It!
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#518320 - Tue Mar 30 2010 03:35 AM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
JaneMarple Star Poster Registered: Fri Jan 30 2004 Posts: 14486 Loc: North West of England	I couldn't resist this thread! I made "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (individually with one partridge, two turtle doves etc) onto two cushion covers. Above is the first cushion cover - the other is right Here _________________________ My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.
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#518321 - Tue Mar 30 2010 06:32 AM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	Jane, the work in those is mindblowing! Wonderful! _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#518322 - Tue Mar 30 2010 07:53 AM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
quogequox Prolific Registered: Sat Sep 15 2001 Posts: 1050 Loc: Adelaide SA Australia	Apart from the pigsty in the kitchen I don't think I have anything to contribute this week _________________________ Never moon a werewolf.
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#518323 - Tue Mar 30 2010 12:04 PM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
martin_cube Multiloquent Registered: Mon Sep 18 2006 Posts: 2534 Loc: Bristol England UK	That's superb Jane. _________________________ Don't Dream It, Be It!
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#518324 - Wed Mar 31 2010 05:31 AM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	I laid this patio area, about 4 metres square, and also built the large wooden pergola. The pergola uprights are 150mmm square, and go into the ground about half a metre, and the small central slabs are from an original Georgian house. Sadly it's all coming down soon, in order to build a summer house!
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#518325 - Thu Apr 01 2010 05:54 PM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	I knitted this shawl for a very famous baby. It is now in use for the celebrity's sister apparently. _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#518326 - Fri Apr 02 2010 12:09 AM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
Tobyone Participant Registered: Wed May 31 2006 Posts: 45 Loc: Sydney NSW Australia	My first large appliqué quilt.
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#518327 - Fri Apr 02 2010 05:24 PM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
minkpenny Mainstay Registered: Fri Feb 28 2003 Posts: 931 Loc: Buenos Aires Argentina ...	Wow, Tobyone! That quilt is just beautiful! _________________________ "It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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#518328 - Fri Apr 02 2010 06:37 PM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	<gasp> _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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#518329 - Fri Apr 02 2010 09:12 PM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
spanishliz Champion Poster Registered: Thu Dec 13 2001 Posts: 23115 Loc: Ontario Canada	Everything is so beautiful that I hesitated to display my small effort, but I was only six or seven when I made this Easter egg at school. I still bring it out at this time each year.
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#518330 - Sun Apr 04 2010 04:23 AM Re: This week's theme is "I made it myself"
ren33 Moderator Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 12593 Loc: Kowloon Tong Hong Kong	Leaving this open for last minute entries. Next week's is "Cute animals I know or have met." We seem to know so many. _________________________ Wandering aimlessly through FT since 1999.
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