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hello! Very interesting posts! I am cooking not very good...but want to be a good chef and this forum will help me in it! Thanks one more time!
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostIs she locked in or out?
Which reminds me of my younger days when I shared an upstairs flat in an olde Victorian House. It was possible to lock yourself out of the flat but in the house, which left you in the 'air-lock', a space 5ft by 3 ft, until someone came home (and in the days before everyone had a mobile).
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostIs she locked in or out?
Which reminds me of my younger days when I shared an upstairs flat in an olde Victorian House. It was possible to lock yourself out of the flat but in the house, which left you in the 'air-lock', a space 5ft by 3 ft, until someone came home (and in the days before everyone had a mobile).
Yes I could get out but then I wouldn't have been able to get back in.
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Originally posted by chef View PostYes, both sets
Which reminds me of my younger days when I shared an upstairs flat in an olde Victorian House. It was possible to lock yourself out of the flat but in the house, which left you in the 'air-lock', a space 5ft by 3 ft, until someone came home (and in the days before everyone had a mobile).
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Originally posted by chef View Post1) The box is not yet finished entirely, I only get to work on it tues-thurs evenings while I'm working away from home, I expect it to be finished in the next few days.
2) The box is a one off so it's not going to appear on ebay (unless gf chef doesn't like it's post opening use as a Jewellery Box)
3) I suppose they could be commissioned if others wanted but in reality this was my first venture in micro-electronics and to date it has taken just under 3 months and circa £350 to build, this is mainly as I was working on it at most 3 nights a week and I was learning the technology and making mistakes therefore I got through a lot of duplicate parts. Obviously any future builds will be quicker now I know how to build the thing and also cheaper due to less "rookie mistakes" meaning replacing brokwn parts and no need to purchase staple things such as soldering irons, voltage meters, PCB board holders, wire, resistors etc. of which I had none intiially which surprisingly add up quickly to increase the cost.
I'd still guestimate that the cost of future boxes would be circa £175 for parts before any cost of time is included meaning I'd doubt these things would be that desirable or viable as a plan b venture. Although as each one would be bespoke it may be a niche product but I doubt it.
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Originally posted by chef View Postand the original key problem was solved, for the cost of sending them guaranteed delviery before she needed them at 7:00 this morning given that I only arrived in Munich at 1:30pm yesterday meant that it was cheaper to use air miles and fly home myself than get them sent via DHL express, I caught a flight back last night at 7, was sitting down with gf chef in her favourite restaurant at 8.30 as a "sorry" and returned back here this morning on the 7am flight, in the office for 9.. tired.
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and the original key problem was solved, for the cost of sending them guaranteed delviery before she needed them at 7:00 this morning given that I only arrived in Munich at 1:30pm yesterday meant that it was cheaper to use air miles and fly home myself than get them sent via DHL express, I caught a flight back last night at 7, was sitting down with gf chef in her favourite restaurant at 8.30 as a "sorry" and returned back here this morning on the 7am flight, in the office for 9.. tired.
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostSo, Chef baby, where's the link to the eBay ad for this flash wooden box of yours, eh?
2) The box is a one off so it's not going to appear on ebay (unless gf chef doesn't like it's post opening use as a Jewellery Box)
3) I suppose they could be commissioned if others wanted but in reality this was my first venture in micro-electronics and to date it has taken just under 3 months and circa £350 to build, this is mainly as I was working on it at most 3 nights a week and I was learning the technology and making mistakes therefore I got through a lot of duplicate parts. Obviously any future builds will be quicker now I know how to build the thing and also cheaper due to less "rookie mistakes" meaning replacing brokwn parts and no need to purchase staple things such as soldering irons, voltage meters, PCB board holders, wire, resistors etc. of which I had none intiially which surprisingly add up quickly to increase the cost.
I'd still guestimate that the cost of future boxes would be circa £175 for parts before any cost of time is included meaning I'd doubt these things would be that desirable or viable as a plan b venture. Although as each one would be bespoke it may be a niche product but I doubt it.
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So, Chef baby, where's the link to the eBay ad for this flash wooden box of yours, eh?
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