bleh, as i live in sydney also, id actually like to see these mods IRL hahaha ... oh well .... gnome wouldnt like mortal me in his near vicinity =P great mod, looking fwd to part 2 =]
I should have the project finished in a few weeks time. I've been working on it almost full-time the last month or so. The finished case will be quite a transformation from how it appears at the end of Part-1.
Unfortunately, like Orac, WMD is destined to be a unique, one-off work of art. Not just because it's hand built over hundreds and hundreds of man hours - the material cost alone brings tears to one's eyes. Did you read the part where those fancy clips cost £17 each, and he needed TEN of them... that's £170, or the entire cost of a Shuttle right there. The laser cutting bill is hundreds and hundreds of dollars too :(
I lost count the number of people who wanted to buy Orac, or have Pete build them a replica. Not one of them grasped that even at a pathetic £5 per hour, the labour alone would be over £1000. Depending on whether you're in London or other parts of the country, you pay maybe £50-80 an hour for a mechanic to service your car. Apply the same rate to the genius of G-gnome, and you'd be staring at £10,000 plus materials.
For the truly mod-addicted, it's a labour of love, not profit.
Yes, but it will still take hundreds of man hours to construct everything. Don't forget that Pete has polished every piece of metal that has gone in to WMD so far, and I'm sure he'll be polishing everything else that is 'to go in' to the finished case too.
OMG OMG Thank you for Coming BAck!!!!!! Holy crap i thought your creation was jsut a igment of famagination! LOL PLZ hurry up i cant wait to see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by MiLwOrkZ OMG OMG Thank you for Coming BAck!!!!!! Holy crap i thought your creation was jsut a igment of famagination! LOL PLZ hurry up i cant wait to see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn man, you're so excited that you forgot how to type!
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Glad to here he's back at the dremel :)
very very noice ;)
I should have the project finished in a few weeks time. I've been working on it almost full-time the last month or so. The finished case will be quite a transformation from how it appears at the end of Part-1.
Plenty of surprises in store...
:)
I know I'd buy one.
Now THAT is funny stuff :) :)
Unfortunately, like Orac, WMD is destined to be a unique, one-off work of art. Not just because it's hand built over hundreds and hundreds of man hours - the material cost alone brings tears to one's eyes. Did you read the part where those fancy clips cost £17 each, and he needed TEN of them... that's £170, or the entire cost of a Shuttle right there. The laser cutting bill is hundreds and hundreds of dollars too :(
I lost count the number of people who wanted to buy Orac, or have Pete build them a replica. Not one of them grasped that even at a pathetic £5 per hour, the labour alone would be over £1000. Depending on whether you're in London or other parts of the country, you pay maybe £50-80 an hour for a mechanic to service your car. Apply the same rate to the genius of G-gnome, and you'd be staring at £10,000 plus materials.
For the truly mod-addicted, it's a labour of love, not profit.
Wasn't much of a fan of ORAC3, but I love them WMD. Can't wait to see it finished, would really love to see it in person though.
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I look forward to the rest of this mod. ;)