Wood?

ransoman · Post by **ransoman** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:19 am

Ok call this idea stupid but it is only for a prototype.

Wood! Easy to shape, Very strong AND the portable could double as a weapon. Would this be feasable? I am mainly worried about heat build up.

sweetsuzuki · Post by **sweetsuzuki** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:58 am

This has been done many times. Ben has used wood (in part) for some of his projects, and I know of many people here who have built wooden portables. There is no fire risk unless you are planning on installing a flamethrower. Wood holds up to heat very well. Just don't overcharge the batteries

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:34 pm

Yeah, wood works great. You can use a bandsaw to cut out the walls, then use a router with a pattern bit to cut out the face plates. In fact, I think one guy used to wood to make a complete case for his SNES...

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:41 pm

Just don't cut it by hand. It's extremely hard. Trust me, been there. Got it cut eventually, but takes a while and is a total beeotch!

bamizhim · Post by **bamizhim** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:51 pm

yea i suppose wood could work but it would be weird some kind of plastic would also work

geekbait111 · Post by **geekbait111** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:40 pm

a little fact I just learned: don't bump old threads por favor (please in spanish).I've noticed more people are doing it latley... if people go through old threads, why don't they see that "don't bump old thread" stuff? ...meow
edit: there better

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:46 pm

Could you not use the unreadably small font? It makes me have the copy it and paste into google to read it.

minkster · Post by **minkster** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:48 pm

vskid, just press the quote button...it shows everything at the same size font and is much easier.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:32 pm

Oh, that is much easier, thanks! Now that I know this, I dont care if you use small font geekbait.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:50 pm

Just want to say, if anybody uses wood and uses paint on it instead of staining it, I will hunt you donw and kill you. That is all.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:00 pm

G-force wrote:Just want to say, if anybody uses wood and uses paint on it instead of staining it, I will hunt you donw and kill you. That is all.

Looks like I'm on my death bed, then. I painted my wood gold

. Only because it's for a friend, and that's how he wanted it.

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:30 pm

Sham...I sun dry it, then wet it again, then dry it, then use some wood finisher on it.

ransoman · Post by **ransoman** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:39 am

I'm thinking Mahogony stain for the colour. All very tastefull.