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Re: Other: Use wood or foam, but not clay...
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 5/20/2003, 6:17 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Use wood or foam, but not clay... (Scott Ferguson)

Thanks for the response,

I think you were the one that introduced me to Sculpey Clay. Thanks! Unfortunately I live on an island where if KMart ain't got it, tough luck.

I wasn't going to 'glass over the sculpey, I was going to use it to make a blank from which I would make a mold and pour the resin into the mold.

The pin idea came from underwater camera housings. They also use a bulb-triggered system that uses air pressure to push on a pin, but that wouldn't work here.

The whole idea came to me and really has become a fun challenge more than anything. It's kind of like one of those still-life paintings you do in art class that you never would hang on a wall, but you learned a lot about how to draw by doing it.

They can make a watch go to 350 meters, but you can't spill a coke on a GPS without it crapping out. Go figure.

-Malcolm

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Other: Making a waterproof housing for my GPS
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/20/2003, 1:34 pm
Re: Other: Making a waterproof housing for my GPS *LINK* *Pic*
Dale Frolander -- 5/21/2003, 2:00 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/21/2003, 7:25 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/20/2003, 11:23 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/21/2003, 7:12 am
Re: Other: Use wood or foam, but not clay...
Scott Ferguson -- 5/20/2003, 5:59 pm
Re: Other: Use wood or foam, but not clay...
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/20/2003, 6:17 pm
Re: Other: Making a waterproof housing for my GPS
Jason -- 5/20/2003, 3:26 pm
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Douglas Lidster -- 5/20/2003, 5:30 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/20/2003, 4:26 pm
Re: Other: Making a waterproof housing for my GPS *LINK*
Dan G -- 5/20/2003, 3:15 pm
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Myrl Tanton -- 5/20/2003, 5:10 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/20/2003, 4:21 pm
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Myrl Tanton -- 5/20/2003, 1:54 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/20/2003, 2:10 pm
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Douglas Lidster -- 5/20/2003, 2:47 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/20/2003, 4:16 pm
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Douglas Lidster -- 5/20/2003, 5:28 pm
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Dale Frolander -- 5/21/2003, 1:51 am
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Myrl Tanton -- 5/20/2003, 5:05 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/20/2003, 6:07 pm