> I also looked at the link about using florescent flashlights and decided
> I could earn enough to buy a cheap flatbed with transparency adapter
> built in in less time and effort that it looked like it would take to
> make that work..
Yes, but where's the _fun_ in just buying something? I've "spent" way more
time building some things than I would have on buying the equivalent new,
but it's the tinkering that attracts me here, rather than the end result.
I suspect with something like this where the home-made version is going to
be so obviously inferior to the real thing, though, it's probably not a
useful economy -- I've ended up spending time making stuff and even then
buying something because the thing I made wasn't up to par. Still, it's a
learning experience, I guess.
OM-content: then there's the times when I make something which turns out to
be a waste of time in the first place -- for instance, the print washer I
made, only to discover afterwards that RC prints only need a few minutes
washing anyway, and all I was doing was making the final result that much
more likely to curl..
-- dan
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