finaldesign1405241487 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 Few nights ago I had this strange brainstorm idea. After just a few beer, I figured out how to turn emty spindle CD box into really usefull toy, that you can enjoy watching It's really simple. If you have hamster or mouse as your home pet you will have lot's of fun with this. [Tools needed] 1x --- CD spindle box (empty), sized for 50x cds 1x --- Any form of fire source, for eq. cigarette lighter 1x --- some long, sharp, metal tool, a fat needle of sime kind 1x --- ducktape, or even better some kind paper tape. [building procedure] So, lighten up your fire source, and put that needle on fire, heat it up, and start drilling holes in CD box... Make as many holes as possible... After drilling holes, stick that paper or ducktape inside a BOX as shown on images... Now the tricky part. If you have hamster like mine, you will findout it's too difficult to catch it (roborovski sort, really fast one hamsters...) but eventually you will catch it. Then just put your hamster or mouse inside, and watch them go.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 hahahahaha - GOOD CALL ON THAT Here we have a true Einstein in the making Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szupie 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 Wow, you've made a lot of those boxes. How many hamsters do you have? Have you tried putting 2 hamsters in one box? Maybe that could make it move much faster. (Not that you'd want it to. It's just for experimentation.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yordan 10 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 Maybe that could make it move much faster. (Not that you'd want it to. It's just for experimentation.)not sure. If the two hamsters are two males, they will probably fight instead of spinning. two females, who knows. One male and one female... it's another story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
finaldesign1405241487 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 Wow guys you got it wrong! second pictures just shows paths of movement of the box... It's just an illustration of how would movement look... and how big the path of circle is....there is only 1 hamster and 1 box Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeigh1405241495 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 Haaaaaaaaaaaahahaha! That is freakin awesome man! I almost want to go out and buy a hamster now just to have him run around my apartment in one of those! haha, oh good stuff indeed man! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
finaldesign1405241487 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 (edited) I almost want to go out and buy a hamster now just to have him run around my apartment in one of those! haha, oh good stuff indeed man!Well goahead, they are really cheap, at my place, something about $9 or $10. But cages and other stuff is a bit more expencive.You can get a hamster, with cage, waterpipe, food, and woodchunks for cage, for 40$Anyway, I was lucky, because it's my girlfriend's hamster, but hamster lives with me because her parrents won't let her have it So, I can do all kinds of experiments with it... Who knows, maybe I'll put hamster wheel on some electromotor, so he can make electric power while runs in wheel.... Edited April 25, 2006 by finaldesign (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarah81 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2006 Sweet! Now that's what I mean when I say that we should all recycle more - put that otherwise-garbage CD spindle to good use, man.Love the pics of the hamster enjoying himself. Or herself. Or whatever *grins* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yordan 10 Report post Posted April 26, 2006 Who knows, maybe I'll put hamster wheel on some electromotor, so he can make electric power while runs in wheel....Not kilowatts, of course. But this should be enough for a mp3 player with a small speaker, you would obtain good music for free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szupie 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2006 Not kilowatts, of course. But this should be enough for a mp3 player with a small speaker, you would obtain good music for free.Not really free. (Is this just a series of posts in which we correct other people's mistakes?) You'd have to buy the food for the hamster and take care of it. It'd take a lot of time and effort. And you probably wouldn't want to work your hamster to death right after you buy it. That would be so cruel... Using the hamster to generate electricity might not be practical, but it would be fun to watch. Unless, if you could turn the mass of the hamster into pure energy, then it'd be both fun and practical. (Disgusting...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2006 Anyway, I was lucky, because it's my girlfriend's hamster, but hamster lives with me because her parrents won't let her have it ;)So, I can do all kinds of experiments with it... Who knows, maybe I'll put hamster wheel on some electromotor, so he can make electric power while runs in wheel.... You EVIL EVIL scientist. I'm going to report you to the Hamster Rights Organization for forcing those poor things into slave labour all day in those stuffy little boxes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
finaldesign1405241487 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2006 You EVIL EVIL scientist. I'm going to report you to the Hamster Rights Organization for forcing those poor things into slave labour all day in those stuffy little boxes Just go ahead and I'll prove to them that my Hamster likes to run in little CD box Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleweseth1405241521 0 Report post Posted April 30, 2006 Not really free. (Is this just a series of posts in which we correct other people's mistakes?) You'd have to buy the food for the hamster and take care of it. It'd take a lot of time and effort. And you probably wouldn't want to work your hamster to death right after you buy it. That would be so cruel... ;)Using the hamster to generate electricity might not be practical, but it would be fun to watch. Unless, if you could turn the mass of the hamster into pure energy, then it'd be both fun and practical. (Disgusting...) W00t, hamsters as nuclear fuel sources Ironically enough, right now our fresher engineering design project is to design a DC motor.... if you hang around under a balcony at JCU Engineering for a while, someone will throw one out the window in frustration and you can use it for a generator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evought 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2006 I have to wonder if this scales up to my sheep: an empty cable spool and some hardware cloth around the outside. They could wander the pasture, eat the grass that fits through the hardware cloth, but could not get through the fencing around the main pasture which is not yet sheep-safe.Hmmm.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yordan 10 Report post Posted May 2, 2006 using a sheep is a great idea. A sheep has a lot of weight, so he is able to provide a lot of energy. Because of the earratic path when wandering the pasture, we must add an inertia device to the system, transforming the step, stop, eat, step, stop, eat to a constant motion. Maybe adding a dog could improve the step-stop-eat behaviour to a run-run-run-stop-eat-run-run tempo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
