| Author |
Message |
|
AlienCC
Creative Receptacle!
Know-It-All
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 1927
|
 Posted: 18 Jul 2004 02:27:41 am Post subject: |
|
|
None of my calculators are engraved with my name, and for safe keeping I keep them stashed at home in random places such as boxes in the closet, on my desk, in the filecabinet, etc. These models include(1 x Ti-82, 1 x Ti-83, 1 x Ti83plus, 1 x Ti-83plusSE, 1 x Ti-85, 1 x Ti-86, 1 x Ti-89), but I find myself alwaysing using "bc -l" in linux, or just "calc" in Windows for math when required.
--AlienCC |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Spyderbyte
Advanced Member
Joined: 29 May 2003
Posts: 372
|
| Posted: 18 Jul 2004 01:48:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Well theres always VTI. :D
Spyderbyte |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
agility
Calc Spammer
Calc Guru
Joined: 16 May 2004
Posts: 1266
|
| Posted: 18 Jul 2004 01:50:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Which works only half the time. And to use it legally you need a calculator. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Arcane Wizard
`semi-hippie`
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 02 Jun 2003
Posts: 8993
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 05:06:30 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Now, I've split this topic up so that this one might return to the original topic, perhaps, yes?
The split topic's title is "Fighting" and can be found in the Open Topic forum.
Last edited by Guest on 19 Jul 2004 05:08:37 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jeremiah Walgren
General Operations Director
Know-It-All
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 1937
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 05:25:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Arcane Wizard wrote: Now, I've split this topic up so that this one might return to the original topic, perhaps, yes?
Indeed. Time to review the more recent posts about the topic and see if it can be put back on track... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Brazucs
I have no idea what my avatar is.
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 31 Mar 2004
Posts: 3349
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 05:43:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| One could always pay those professional-kinda people to engrave your calc.... you know, the people that do jewerly. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Arcane Wizard
`semi-hippie`
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 02 Jun 2003
Posts: 8993
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 05:55:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Maybe it'd be a cool idea to cut out a square part of the cover and replace it with a metal etching of your name or something nice?
Last edited by Guest on 19 Jul 2004 05:55:59 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jeremiah Walgren
General Operations Director
Know-It-All
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 1937
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 06:03:23 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| One calculator I saw had a metal plate of sorts that had been screwed onto the back of the calculator. It had the owner's name and contact info. I thought that was kind of interesting... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Arcane Wizard
`semi-hippie`
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 02 Jun 2003
Posts: 8993
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 06:08:39 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I think it'd look better if it wasn't screwed on, and you can make really beautifull etches on metal, should provide for some nice results if you have the patience and skills to etch.
I don't know what to use to keep the metal plate in place though, I doubt just some glue on the sides is gonna do it, maybe use epoxy to glue some smaller plates along the edges on the inside?
Last edited by Guest on 19 Jul 2004 06:08:59 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jeremiah Walgren
General Operations Director
Know-It-All
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 1937
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 06:22:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
What if you kind of put some little... what're they called... grooves or something for the plate? Perhaps have it slide in some how?
Hmm...  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Brazucs
I have no idea what my avatar is.
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 31 Mar 2004
Posts: 3349
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 06:34:32 pm Post subject: |
|
|
How about making a custom medal Battery Cover thingy? That would be tough but a skilled metal-person could do it...
Hmm... I'm gonna ask some of my fellow classmates on the trade part of my H.S. to try to do that when the year starts!
Last edited by Guest on 19 Jul 2004 06:37:08 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
agility
Calc Spammer
Calc Guru
Joined: 16 May 2004
Posts: 1266
|
| Posted: 19 Jul 2004 07:09:33 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Quote: How about making a custom medal Battery Cover thingy?
A conductive metal battery cover? Bad move... May short out batteries. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
leofox
INF student
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 11 Apr 2004
Posts: 3562
|
| Posted: 20 Jul 2004 02:46:51 am Post subject: |
|
|
agility wrote: Quote: How about making a custom medal Battery Cover thingy?
A conductive metal battery cover? Bad move... May short out batteries.
Maybe a small metal plate on top of the plastic batterycover (you may need to make the plastic thing thinner for better results) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
agility
Calc Spammer
Calc Guru
Joined: 16 May 2004
Posts: 1266
|
| Posted: 20 Jul 2004 07:25:48 am Post subject: |
|
|
Quote: Maybe a small metal plate on top of the plastic batterycover (you may need to make the plastic thing thinner for better results)
You could also just put electrical tape on the back of the metal and put it in that way. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
leofox
INF student
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 11 Apr 2004
Posts: 3562
|
| Posted: 20 Jul 2004 09:17:34 am Post subject: |
|
|
| yeah, but i think it fits better my way. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
agility
Calc Spammer
Calc Guru
Joined: 16 May 2004
Posts: 1266
|
| Posted: 20 Jul 2004 09:31:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
another argument's brewin'...
Well, what if you put the case on the back of the calculator? Will it fit your way? If you had the metal formed exactly to the same dimensions as the current battery cover then it should make no difference. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
leofox
INF student
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 11 Apr 2004
Posts: 3562
|
| Posted: 20 Jul 2004 10:05:33 am Post subject: |
|
|
| it would fit, but you have to make it very thin, more like Aluminium foil. Or you have to use sandpaper to make the original plastic thing thinner. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
agility
Calc Spammer
Calc Guru
Joined: 16 May 2004
Posts: 1266
|
| Posted: 20 Jul 2004 10:24:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
Yeah; I can see someone with a sander on it, bending it into all kinds of weird shapes  . What if you took a stencil with your name on it, put it over the battery cover, and spraypaint it with silver or something so it comes out looking like metal? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Arcane Wizard
`semi-hippie`
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 02 Jun 2003
Posts: 8993
|
| Posted: 20 Jul 2004 10:52:48 am Post subject: |
|
|
You can't etch something as thin as aluminium foil, I'd go for the tape on the inside.
I don't think metallic spraypaint gives the same feeling, an actual metal plate looks heavy or at least matally, paint wouldn't give the same effect., and it would wear off |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
agility
Calc Spammer
Calc Guru
Joined: 16 May 2004
Posts: 1266
|
| Posted: 20 Jul 2004 12:03:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Quote: and it would wear off
Not if you use automotive paint or krylon. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Calculator Modifications => Calculator Hardware, Electronics, Robotics
