SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-19T06:14:27-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #57306 on You Know You're a Maker When...Customer #57306urn:uuid:3f42f2f4-738c-7447-3488-f0fc09597bca2018-09-23T06:03:37-06:00<p>Re second photo, the one of your workbench...<p>How do you keep it so uncluttered? I know from your blogs that you're not one of those people who maintain tidiness by never DOING anything.</p><p>Jealous.</p></p>
pk32 on You Know You're a Maker When...pk32urn:uuid:6bbd2808-5d91-30c4-7c3b-bf7ec85abf7d2017-06-23T13:23:34-06:00<p>A one pound spool of solder is one of your monthly "Subscribe and Save" items.</p>
Otzen42 on You Know You're a Maker When...Otzen42urn:uuid:1fb72ac2-2a90-5693-b4db-30c3f9807aa72017-06-23T09:01:12-06:00<p>...you can never ask for help at the hardware store because nothing you buy there is ever used for its originally intended purpose.</p>
R0B0T1CS on You Know You're a Maker When...R0B0T1CSurn:uuid:3efc10a2-bbdd-592c-a948-3eac17b6e0832017-06-22T12:51:58-06:00<p>Or from your roommate or wife, with a request of "Please do use this,.. next time".</p>
Max_Phil on You Know You're a Maker When...Max_Philurn:uuid:e0ba93c9-504f-ba4f-5f70-84e386a841402017-06-20T14:47:01-06:00<p>You actually get a fire extinguisher from your kid on Father's Day! I mean WTH...It probably is for the best though. There HAVE been issues.</p>
Chelsea the Destroyer on You Know You're a Maker When...Chelsea the Destroyerurn:uuid:449bb9f3-18e2-f90d-55a0-82f873a66bba2017-06-20T10:21:22-06:00<p>Lucky!</p>
Customer #394180 on You Know You're a Maker When...Customer #394180urn:uuid:8773ec64-6201-16ce-4b03-4216336d76812017-06-20T10:20:12-06:00<p>My dentist gave me an entire container of that stuff they use to take molds of your teeth for crowns. I 3D printed him a mandible as a thank-you gift.</p>
Chelsea the Destroyer on You Know You're a Maker When...Chelsea the Destroyerurn:uuid:b4aad5a0-a0b2-8cf4-c630-256b082c19402017-06-20T09:27:38-06:00<p>Disagree. I have...requisitioned...plenty of tongue depressors, q-tips and cotton balls that ended up being used for things other than their intended purpose.</p>
Customer #601709 on You Know You're a Maker When...Customer #601709urn:uuid:8d20a4d5-d29d-60c3-675a-ea6fbdd30cf32017-06-19T21:23:07-06:00<p>You are the first person everyone comes to when looking for that one weird screwdriver tip.<p>The local news checks with you first when someone reports an UFO.</p><p>The local emergency services drive by regularly 'just to see what you are up to'.</p></p>
R0B0T1CS on You Know You're a Maker When...R0B0T1CSurn:uuid:676b592c-7fc0-4b54-2c13-99fe4f28fc182017-06-19T18:30:54-06:00<p>… you have a wider variety of tapes and adhesives than Home Depot.<p>... you know you’re the one person who’s prepared for a zombie apocalypse. You like a challenge.</p><p>… you love the smell of 3-in-1 and aluminum oxide in the morning.</p><p>… your Mother always says “how did you get that through security?”</p><p>… you know to always leave a note in your luggage, for security, identifying “strange” looking items.</p><p>… a friend gives you that funny look, because you’ve been absentmindedly fixing things as you walked through they’re home: loose lamp shades, crooked picture frames, loose door knobs,...</p><p>… you just can’t decide which physics principles to challenge/employ in your next weekend project.</p><p>… during the development of one project, you realize 10 more great project ideas.</p><p>… you keep a few containers of your own extra parts collection at work in case “they” need anything.</p><p>… you leave the lab thinking, “it’s 11pm, I should eat breakfast” and “where did this foot of snow come from?”</p><p>… the ruby in the first ring you gave your wife is from a laser optics mount you found in the physics department dumpster, and she loves that fact.</p><p>… you know that a gift you make yourself is the only kind truly from the heart.</p><p>… you are serious about your silly putty.</p><p>... you come to think of Sparkfun, not as a supplier but, as a social network.</p><p>-- Yes, on the soldering as a stress reliever. 10K ohmmm…</p><p>-- You often receive gifts of broken electronics, because "they thought of you."</p></p>
WemblyTinkerer on You Know You're a Maker When...WemblyTinkererurn:uuid:38f6f3f3-4a04-c329-6901-f49433bda02d2017-06-19T16:27:12-06:00<p>You know you're a maker when:
- you See Ikea as a parts supplier.
- Craft sores like Michaels, Total Crafts, and Jo-Anne's are also parts suppliers.
- Only doctor's offices cannot provide you with supplies and ideas...
;) ;)</p>
Customer #111872 on You Know You're a Maker When...Customer #111872urn:uuid:2703761f-35f3-0c1c-34ed-3878f65cd3152017-06-19T10:57:42-06:00<p>...you buy things exclusively for the parts inside.<p>...you spend forever tracking down a specific revision of a device because it's easier to hack.</p><p>...you learn how to sew just so you can know when you've finished fixing an industrial sewing machine.</p></p>
ME heat o nator on You Know You're a Maker When...ME heat o natorurn:uuid:b9162843-429f-0cad-fbbf-e6220aec4cc42017-06-19T09:38:54-06:00<p>Friends and family bring you stuff that doesn't work... and when they get it back it does things it didn't when they bought it.<p>TOTALLY got hit by the TSA!</p></p>