iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 RIP monkey industries.........your life was short but worthwhile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Oh this is just the R & D department of Monkey Industries! The Lamp production line is working out perfectly well!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-topdog Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Ummm... why not drill holes in the stacks of carts and put metal or wood stool legs through them to hold the weight? From the outside it would look like the cartridges are all that is there. Just my two monkey nuggets worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Ummm... why not drill holes in the stacks of carts and put metal or wood stool legs through them to hold the weight? From the outside it would look like the cartridges are all that is there. Just my two monkey nuggets worth. Hmm.....this is workable. Very workable. I already used about half the carts for my original project but.....with stool legs like that.....or maybe a dowel....I could use stacks of 1 cart instead of my 2x2 idea...thus saving carts.....!!! This idea is back on YELLOW LIGHT status!! I am still actively going to try it just not as quickly as a GREEN LIGHT project..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 They showed up perfectly fine Al! I did some preliminary work last night on the project and just tossed them in for "dramatic flair".... Oh, come on, now tell the truth. As soon as you opened up the box, you shoved your hands in and lifted them up full of carts, then let the carts trickle through your fingers back into the box, over and over again, all the while giggling hysterically and gurgling, "Carts! Lots and lots of beautiful carts!" What we see in the picture is just the aftermath. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Oh, those carts were definitely not "beautiful".....not by a long shot!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetrode kink Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 (edited) OK, I think I've got the idea to get this back to "green light" status: Use a plastic milk crate to support the TV inside your cart structure. Many advantages: They are crazy-strong (supports the weight of [most] full-size humans [smaller monkeys, too! ]) They are crazy-lightweight for their strength They are crazy-easy-to-get (just lurk around your local supermarket...) Offers crazy ventilation, at least inside your structure Maybe not crazy-easy, but should be crazy-not-too-hard to cut into so the TV sits securely on its back on its milk-crate cradle (Cratle®™?! ) Does that sound too crazy? -tet Edited March 13, 2010 by tetrode kink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Cratle®™ Classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Just make refridgerator magnets out of the used cartridges, they look cool and will be practical for friends/family (gifts) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Just make refridgerator magnets out of the used cartridges, they look cool and will be practical for friends/family (gifts) That's a cool idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Just make refridgerator magnets out of the used cartridges, they look cool and will be practical for friends/family (gifts) That's a cool idea! Thanks! I can't take the credit for it though. There is an old story, I believe from one of the Digital Press printings called "Saving Private Chuckwagon" it is a story of a guy who back in the late 80's or early 90's used to purchase Atari games with his brother and they would purposely buy games with funny names too see how awful the games were. Anyways, they found one store that had quite a few games for sale and the guy said "buy them quick, what ever hasn't sold by the weekend becomes a refridgerator magnet" at the same time he whipped out an impressive custom atari cart turned fridge magnet. They ended up purchasing Chase the Chuckwagon because of the funny name and struck gold (this was back when this game used to sell for $200+) so, that is the story and yes, I do think they would be a cool idea! Now somebody start making them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I never take on any handyman projects. I work better with my brain than building with hands. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I do think they would be a cool idea! Now somebody start making them It shouldn't be hard to do at all. I would think you could find magnets at a craft store and I bet Cebus Capucinis could tell you what kind of glue to use to put them on the cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Micheal's or any other craft store sells magnet kits actually. You can get them for around $4 and they include a magnet with sticky-tape on one side so you just stick the magnet on. One-stop-shopping for crafts and it is maybe a 5 minute thing to do! You just stick the magnet on the center of the cart with the sticky-tape and then you're done, print labels or what have you and WHAM! Magnets! Every craft store should have a bag of them in something like 'magnet kit' for around $5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Just ask the monkey; the monkey knows. I was actually thinking of those flexible magnets. They are nice and thin and you could cut it out so it's just slightly smaller than the cart. The contact area of the magnet would be larger and the center of gravity of the cart would be closer to the fridge. I don't know if it would work better than a magnet kit or not though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 I think they sell those, too, but I'm not totally sure. The magnet would have to be relatively strong to hold up the cart itself, so more surface area contact would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 (edited) Did someone say strong (super-cheap) magnets? Deal extreme is my one guilty pleasure. Edited March 14, 2010 by RevEng 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Did someone say strong (super-cheap) magnets? Deal extreme is my one guilty pleasure. +1 for that! Much cheaper than what I was thinking!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Looks good, but we still need glue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 I would just go to the dollar store when the magnets come in and buy normal superglue, should work fine! The dollar store here currently has 3-packs in a bag and that would likely be enough glue to last you for 200 or so magnets! Just make sure to use a small dab of it on the magnet itself and you're good to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyromaniac605 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Be careful with those tools you silly monkey. -Darren- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Be careful with those tools you silly monkey. -Darren- Haha ironically enough I am scared to death of power tools. I need to get over this fear very quickly though for these projects! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bah Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 "I am scared to death of power tools" Power tools are fun said Lefty to gimpy as he plugged in the power to saw... ...or something like that. bah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyromaniac605 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Be careful with those tools you silly monkey. -Darren- Haha ironically enough I am scared to death of power tools. I need to get over this fear very quickly though for these projects! Silly monkey your not supposed to drop the drill on your toes. -Darren- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 So I was going to go forward with the refrigerator magnet idea....cheap, easy to implement, just some photo paper, inkjet printer, and the materials I already have plus some magnets -- and sell 'em on here for $5 shipped or something really cheap to cover materials but then I realized.... Can't do that! If I custom-print labels of copyrighted games and then sell them on here, I am infringing upon Atari's copyright for the artwork on the labels. It is one thing to print my own labels for private use, like my table, or repurpose original carts for making lamps to sell or give away (I wouldn't be profiting anyway, just charging materials cost) but to re-print a label that is copyrighted would definitely be infringement, which I staunchly will not do. Sorry, no magnets from Monkey Labs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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