[Vanhackspace] useless box as a kit

[Dave Dillabough]

I've seen a variation on this where instead of a switch you place a coin
in a groove on the top of the box and a hand comes out and grabs the coin
and disappears. Even with the switch I think that the whole effect would
be better if it was a hand that came out to turn off the switch. It also
should make some sound other that that of the servo. Creaking hinges or
something sinister. If you push that switch there should be consequences!

On Fri, January 8, 2010 11:18 pm, Luke Closs wrote:
> Hey,
>
> So i've totally fallen in love with this Most Useless Machine:
>
>   http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Most-Useless-Machine/
>
> It's just so amazing, and the design is really appealing.
>
> I was thinking that this would make a cool kit.  Would anyone else
> like to build one?  If there is some significant interest, I'd be
> interested to take on building a kit for us.
>
> In the intsructable comments, compukidmike shows a simpler design that
> involves less electronics by hacking the servo to remove the stop and
> make it continuous.  Any comments on which design we'd want to pursue?
>
> Any ideas on how we could improve on this idea to make it funnier/crazier?
>
> (Sidenote: if we had a bigger space we could do some of the
> woodworking inside VHS!  But I'm going to be out at my Dad's woodshop
> next week so I could do some kit-making work there.)
>
> Cheers,
> Luke
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