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    • hecticH
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      Nerdy craftsmen, check this out: http://www.raspberrypi.org/

      These come "bare" i.e.: not cased. I think there is a nice opp here for a secondary market milled alu/wood/steel case (or whatever material).

      I am getting a couple of the Raspberry Pi and I would buy a nice case in a heartbeat.

      N.B.: Bonus geeky relevant William Gibson excerpt:

      "It started with a woman who was an interface designer,’ Chia said, glad to change the subject. ‘Her husband was a jeweller, and he’d died of that nerve-attentuation thing, before they saw how to fix it. But he’d been a big green, too, and he hated the way consumer electronics were made, a couple of little chips and boards inside these plastic shells. The shells were just point-of-purchase eye-candy, he said, made to wind up in the landfill if nobody recycled it, and usually nobody did.

      So, before he got sick, he used to tear up her hardware, the designer’s and put the real parts into cases he’d made in his shop. Say he’d make a solid bronze case for a mini disk unit, ebony inlays, carve the central surfaces out of fossil ivory, turquoise, rock crystal. It weighed more, sure, but it turned out a lot of people liked that, like they had their music or their memory, whatever, in something that felt like it was there….

      'And people liked touching all that stuff: metal, a smooth stone…. And once you had the case, when the manufacturer brought out a new model, well, if the electronics were any better, you just pulled the old ones out and put the new ones in your case. So you still had the same object, just with better functions….

      And it turned out some people liked that too, liked it a lot. He started getting commissions to make these things. One of the first was for a keyboard, and the keys were cut from the keys of an old piano, with the numbers and letters in silver."

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      • JiiJ
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        At home with the flu, so I decided to make a new strap for my watch.

        AIAN HA-TO!

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        • Finn666F
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          now that´s awesome looking sir!…

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          • LuciferL
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            Indeed!

            Some day one of you guys have to show how you do the ends and bends to make them look so good.. 🙂 I think my main problem is using too thick leather to begin with..

            Seize the day and don't you cry.

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            • JiiJ
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              The strap end is cut totally freehand, got a very nice result this time. For the lug ends i just skiv (cut the leather thinner) at the point where the strap bends back on itself. I do it with a fresh blade every time for the best result.

              AIAN HA-TO!

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              • hecticH
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                Lovely. Are you making them to sell?

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                • JiiJ
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                  Well I have sold some, if you are interested shoot me a pm and I'll see if I can work something out. Don't have a lot of leathers at the moment but I guess I could whip up a strap or a few if there's interest.

                  AIAN HA-TO!

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                  • hecticH
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                    Cool. Will PM

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                    • Finn666F
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                      first i need to buy a watch then i´m going to pm 😛

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                      • hecticH
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                        Post on the watch thread Finn, then we can bombard you with suggestions

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                        • Finn666F
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                          @hectic:

                          Post on the watch thread Finn, then we can bombard you with suggestions

                          thanks sir, will do…but i´ll first have to make some money again 😛

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                          • JiiJ
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                            You know what, I have some 24 mm/24 mm straps (lug width/buckle size) lying around that I've made that have been used or have some blemishes or other minor flaws (definitely still usable) that I'd be happy to send out if anyones interested if you just cover the shipping costs. Buckles not included… Pm me if you're interested.

                            AIAN HA-TO!

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                            • hecticH
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                              ^ v.nice gesture, thanks. Wouldnt mind trying a DIY notch on one of them if you are ok with this?

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                              • JiiJ
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                                Two gone, three left.

                                Edit: second from right is also gone, two left.

                                AIAN HA-TO!

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                                • LuciferL
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                                  Thanks a bunch! 🙂

                                  Seize the day and don't you cry.

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                                  • hecticH
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                                    And thanks from me too!

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                                    • hecticH
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                                      So, Jii has super strap skills, pics of dark brown strap on my Seiko Discusburger (Moving Design collection):

                                      Thanks again, really made my day after a long week.

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                                      • LuciferL
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                                        Jii has very nice strap skills, I used his strap as a model (it was a tad bit large for my watch) and tried to make a black/white replica:

                                        Seize the day and don't you cry.

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                                        • Finn666F
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                                          ^what seiko is that?
                                          looks great sir…

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                                          • LuciferL
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                                            @Finn666:

                                            ^what seiko is that?
                                            looks great sir…

                                            Thanks!

                                            That is a Seiko 5 SNN233, I like it very much so far 🙂

                                            Seize the day and don't you cry.

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