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I did save a bunch of old computer harddisk. They are great weights but they have also perfect right angles. This photo is a fake done for demonstration but that is the way I do most corners of my shoe boxes. The heavy harddisk keep the styrene sheets easy in place until the glue has set. That way a harddisk becomes a tool.
Reinhard
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That's a clever use of an otherwise useless item!
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That's very cool! I usually strip them for the magnet inside
Tom
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Hah - I knew I some day would be able to tell my wife that the useless old disks I "pack ratted" away would come in handy for something :-)
Thanks for the tip!
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Stein
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Dang!! Now I'll have to dig those things outta the closet! Cool Idea!!!!
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Mine is mounted in a USB box -- I won't risk losing the data but I still can't get at some of it.
David
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In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.