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Nirach
04/06/09

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I don't see a bin mentioned anywhere..
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Curves
04/03/09

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I love the book staircase; I could get lost in there, but the bed bunker sort of scares me.
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
04/03/09

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Here is how I do it.

Have I used it in the last year? Most likely not.

"Hello, Veterans Association?"
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ScottRose
04/03/09

@Shamoononon afflicted by strepthroat:

I have a similar process, but I believe it has a bug:

10 Have I used it in the last year?

20 Goto 10.

30 Get rid of it.
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
04/03/09

@ScottRose: That's fairly Basic. :)
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ScottRose
04/03/09

@Shamoononon afflicted by strepthroat:

Yeah, I wouldn't want to get too Complicated.
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Software_Goddess
04/03/09

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The modular refrigerator is really cool, but man, could they have come up with uglier colors?
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ScottRose
04/03/09

@Software_Goddess: I was trying to be a jerk and prove that they could in fact have come up with uglier colors, but could not make them worse. Instead it just came out better:

So they have no where to go but up, and you are vindicated!
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Homerjay is utterly alone.
04/03/09

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Thought I'm not exactly a gun nut, that bedbunker is pretty clever.
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/03/09

@We needa more Lemon Pledge.: Yes, the only way to your guns is through you, and if you hide underneath, a machete/knived gloved wielding killer can't stab you through it!
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Scotland
04/03/09

@We needa more Lemon Pledge.:

"Thought I'm not exactly a gun nut"

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Homerjay is utterly alone.
04/03/09

@Scotland: LOL!!!
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Software_Goddess
04/03/09

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Ok, the car under the driveway has got me drooling like a baby.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/03/09

@Software_Goddess: As a die-hard Porsche fanatic, I love the new 911 Carrera, but I just can't deny the charm of the classic 356 Coupe.
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ScottRose
04/03/09

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I really like that library, though I'm thinking that straight vertical stacks with a ladder attached would be the most bestest use of space.

And if you're douchey enough to buy a Porche, I think you'd be showing it off instead of burying it in the Earth.
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OMG! Ponies!
04/03/09

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Anyone have any good ideas/methods for stringing up a LEGO Death Star. It weighs about 20 lbs.
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ScottRose
04/03/09

You .. ahem .. have a LEGO Death Star that weighs 20 lbs?

Or is this just a hypothetical exercise?

(And if you do have it, then please post a pic so we may better assist).
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OMG! Ponies!
04/03/09

@ScottRose: As you wish:

Dita is there for scale. And, to make sure no Bothans steal the plans.
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OMG! Ponies!
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!:
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OMG! Ponies!
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!:
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: What type walling/ceiling do you have? Material type?
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tok3ninja
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: a 2" steel cable should do the trick. Just find a beam in the ceiling. I can't tell you the mess I made when I tried to string up my 50lb. replica of the Titantic.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: She looks just like S.O.'s cat.

How long did it take you to build that thing?
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ScottRose
04/03/09

@tok3ninja: A 2" [diameter] steel cable?!? He's not talking about hanging the actual Death Star from his ceiling, just that little replica pictured.

@OMG! Ponies!: Does it haz engine room? (In honour of pictured possible LOLCAT).

What I mean is, does it have a central structure, or is it hollow?

Also, what did you poke six corn-holders into and why?:

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OMG! Ponies!
04/03/09

@ScottRose: When I was transporting it, some parts came loose. Had to do some rebuilding.
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OMG! Ponies!
04/03/09

@Kaiser 'Say No To Twitter' Machead: I was not the builder. The unknown donor of it to the Giz Gallery was. But there was some reassembly because shipping peanuts were filling the structure.

And Dita is most certainly MY cat. As is Maxie.
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Kaiser-Machead
04/03/09

@ScottRose: Or the dish of the death ray :P
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Gann
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: As Mr. Olsen points out, fishing line works well. It also comes pre-rated for strength, and would easily tie to anything inside your DEATH STAR. Browsing your local hardware store will show you a plethora of drywall fasteners (also rated for strength), you just have to find something you like.

I've always had good luck with Stud Solvers:

They have a 50lbs test strength, and if you happen to hit a ceiling joist that easily doubles. I've used them in the ceiling before, substituting an eye lag for the screw:

If you use two, you can keep the DEATH STAR from rotating freely.
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OMG! Ponies!
04/03/09

@Gann: Trick is hanging it "tastefully". I would likely hang it in my living room above the computer. It's out of the main sightline but is present to let people know that, yes, I am a geek.

Were I to hang it in the bedroom, that would let people know that no, I have no future plans to have sex.
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Gann
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: The fishing line can make something look cheap if it's done poorly, the trick is getting the lighting right so it disappears. An alternative is to fabricate a minimal wall mount that is basically a plate attached to the wall, and an arm that extends into the innards. Oriented correctly, the first view of the DEATH STAR would completely hide the support. This would give the initial effect of it floating. Once perspective changes the effect can be lost, but the first impression would be a good one. If you put it in the corner at eye level with the arm extending into the 'equator', it could effectively be blocked from 90% of the room (depending on distance from the wall).
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Gann
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Of course the only method worthy of the DEATH STAR would be magnetic levitation.
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ScottRose
04/03/09

@Gann:

I have a great love/hate relationship with Stud Solvers.

If you over-tighten them, even just a little, they "strip" the threading they created in the drywall and just fall out. If you cross-thread or otherwise use too much force tightening the screw that goes into the Stud Solver, then the same "stripping" action results.

If you don't push in with enough force whilst driving them, they can just act like a drill bit and make a hole.

The plastic ones are absolute rubbish. Glad you posted the metal ones.

I wouldn't use one of them to hang a 20lbs. load vertically. A toggle bolt is your second-best solution there -- first best is finding a joist, of course.

All criticisms aside, I've used tons of Stud Solvers b/c they're just plain the easiest drywall anchor out there.
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Gann
04/03/09

@ScottRose: Toggle bolts are superior, but the stud solvers (and similar hardware) have the advantage of being able to accept an eye lag. Unless they make an eye toggle bolt...

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Gann
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Ok, one more try. Ikea (and many others) sell some pretty decent cable hardware for curtains. Many of them have have an in-line version, or at least a swivel built in that would allow you to hang the cable directly down from the ceiling.

The main problem I see with this is that 20lbs might not be enough tension to keep the cable perfectly straight.
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skadoosh
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: ..not yet fully operational
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OMG! Ponies!
04/03/09

@snowbeach024: There's also random strike from rebel forces like this Rebel sympathizer:

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ScottRose
04/03/09

@Gann: Those Ikea ones are nice..

You can usually pick up an eye bolt that matches the threading on a toggle, but u're right, they don't usually make them together.
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/03/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I forgot how big those eyes are.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
04/04/09

@OMG! Ponies!: If there is a beam close to where you want to hang it the a eye latch like Gann posted with some heavy fishing line should do the trick.

Course the only b*tch is going to be having to dust the thing at regular intervals...
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
04/04/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Isn't that what compressed air is for? But luckily, it's protected by a shield generated from the neighboring house plant of Endor.
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