Real Wood iPod 289
An anonymous reader submits "People have tried modding their iPods using wood before, but it took the genius of ZapWizard to create the Real Wood iPod. Hand carved from a solid piece of African hardwood to a thickness of just 2mm, the end result has to be seen to be believed. Wood grain is the new Apple White!"
well.. (Score:3, Interesting)
A pine iBook sounds appealing
Touch wheel (Score:5, Interesting)
Wooden IPOD (Score:3, Interesting)
Steve Jobs iPod Collection (Score:5, Interesting)
My absolutely favorite were five iPods in a row done by Dale Chihuly in his Macchia [chihuly.com] glass patterns. Insane !! priceless is more like it.
Re:Not sure about this. (Score:5, Interesting)
Carpenters can make magnificent things out of wood. Okay, wooden objects (like this) are for everyone, but some people want wooden inlays in their cars too. I think that would be comparable.
I think it's a great mod. Still, I wonder how the wheel works. (As others have already posted) I don't have an iPod myself (yeah, a Shuffle, but that doesn't count), so I don't really know how they work.
Re:Wood Ipod (guilt) (Score:1, Interesting)
Full SFF Case (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Wood Ipod (guilt) (Score:5, Interesting)
People used to say similar things to you about harming the Brazilian rain forests but it's simply not true. The mahogany from the rainforests was never good enough for making models; it was only good enough for making crap furniture. Our wood came from plantations and this was 15 years ago.
I think its all been given a bad spin. Most of the time Pine is used and you can almost watch that grow.
Re:Floating iPod (Score:2, Interesting)
Witches float because they weigh the same as a duck (and also because they're made of wood)
Drifting from Monty Python territory the float test was one used during witch trials. They assumed if people sunk they were pure but if they floated the devil was aiding them. So they either sunk and drowned or floated and were executed.
Re:dremel (Score:3, Interesting)
In woodworking parlance, "by hand" means without the use of powered tools. "Handmade furniture" is built using hand planes instead of jointers and planars, handdrills instead of a drillpress, routing planes instead of a router, hand saws instead of table saws, etc.
Looks great But? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Wood? It's worse than you already think. (Score:3, Interesting)
"These people and their iPods are killing millions of people and destroying the Earth."
Oh spare me, troll.
And how much wood do you need to make an iPod faceplate? A few cubic inches?
You deserve to be tweaked, but good.
I want one of these. I haven't justified the price for the 92XL...yet.
http://www.gerstnerusa.com/Exotic.htm [gerstnerusa.com]
But look at the prices!
The following 3 chests are available to order in your choice of exotic woods.
92XL Pro Series I Chest $2560.00
41D Classic Chest $1340.00
212 Treasure Chest $1180.00
Mmm...lovely.
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BMO
mm... the 70's (Score:2, Interesting)