have fun with your ipad!

Thanks! I've wanted one since they were first announced. Now how do I keep it safe from the toddler? Hmmm... ;)

Keep it safe.... well you could hire someone to watch it (I-Pad) for you. I am free sunday through sat. Just let me know.

Well sure, as long as you can watch the toddler, too! ;)

Great Job.

Thanks, you too! So what will you make next?

I will probably try to make some more money in overtime .... so I can buy an ipad.

Next time grab a bucket of suspense, it's much safer than tension.

Oh oops! Wrong word, its just that I checked this page for the winners like 50 times today, and they still haven't posted them.. So I just wrote a quick comment.

LOL, I knew what you meant, I was just playin' around, waiting for results like everyone else... ;)

Ohh :P
How did you do?

I have been trying to play it cool..... it hasn't worked. I am soooo esssssiiittted!!

Me too! btw, your bar is REALLY cool XD
Is the "Secret Dinner Table" also made of cardboard?

Ah suspense.. Iv been on this page all day to see who wins. Congrats to who ever wins in advance!

Me too! :S
Honestly, I think you are going to win lol

who me? lol itd be nice lol and very nice instructable is it wearable ?

Yeah, either you or the cardboard bar. I'm surpised neither of you won :O

Thanks, and yeah, it is wearable :D

Mota the table is wood although cardboard would have worked out just fine. 8 layers of cardboard laminated would have worked.

This contest is flippin awesome. I have a lot of friends/relatives/coworkers that are officially sick of hearing about this website. If they only knew the true awesomeness that IS Instructables . . . .

I know right! Haha this site is awesome, I've been posting stuff here and there for about a year now :D

By the way, congrats on winning the camera! :D

No.

no what

Dont try to get votes by asking, i wont vote for you because of that

go to my instructable and read the comment i sent to you it explains why i am asking. and if you have ever been in a similar situation or have to work for anything you should understand.

so i know someone in this contest who needs it just as bad if not more. but hes not asking!

There are cheap computers available that run a word processing program and play movies. They cost less than an ipad. I hope you find what you need. :)

ok

Me too! :(

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C'mon everyone settle down. Lets all just relax and get a drink..... at my bar!!! I kid I kid..... but seriously good luck to everyone.

Haha, well played sir. I voted for your project and intend to actually make it myself, though I think I'm gonna use a bunch of old bottlecaps for the top. Good luck!!

Totally do it! I had soo many ideas for the top (instead of the vinyl) but just didn't have enough time to try something cool. Also, you could cut out a small area on top for a small plastic garbage can or container. That way you could have a catch basin if you are actually mixing drinks. After you could just pull it out of the top or cover it with a plastic top. All sorts of awesome things you could do with it.

Haha nice call. I'm thinking you're gonna take first in this contest..... unfortunately..... hahaha. I really believe its a race for second place, which is fine because the cameras are still excellent. The only thing that might hurt you was the $100 dollar price tag for the gorilla tape (I believe thats what you said it would cost) when you can get other bar materials for dirt cheap. Granted the bar wouldn't look as cool, but I don't really know how its judged. Either, way, awesome project and good luck!!!

I think Mikey77 has this in the bag. He had like 200 votes and I don't really know what sugru is but people are all fired up for it. It looks pretty sweet to work with so yea. I would say he has it locked up. It's just cool to be a finalist in anything though. And I have a bar now!

How do you know how many votes someone had?

I think the adhesives came out to like 45 bucks and the vinyl came out to like 35 bucks. I used the two metal channles which each cost a couple dollars. If I had really been on my game I would have used the wheat paste but it would have been my first time.... and who knows if I would have gotten it right. I figure with the gorilla glue, at least I know it will never fall apart. At least I hope.

Spam...

it would be uber cool if you won you mailed it to me. im not a finnalist:(

Sadly neither am I. I hear best buy has good financing.... Sorry

Buddy, I co-own and manage a preparedness company that teaches all sorts of response skills. Hand to hand self protection, handgun safety, pepper spray , CPR and several other emergency type subjects. Your instructable is EXACTLY the type of thing that people should keep in their Go-bag, SHTF bag, BOB or whatever the acronym is this month. Its good stuff and hopefully some people will have some fun and invest a little more time in preparing. Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

I guess you can give me a vote then. I keep it in my car now. Never know when you will need an impromptu fire.

3 ways to start a fire my friend. Flint, lighter, steel whool and 9 volt battery..... its good stuff to have. I have also met a lot of people who do have a steel and flint but have never actually made a fire with it. Practice practice practice.

I have used the firesteel to make sparks, no fire yet. I have seen the battery thing on one of those survivor shows. Looks easy, I am sure it isn't .... I would like to do some survival camping, i think that would be a challenging and rewarding experience.

The 9 volt batterie is as easy as it gets. Take some regular steel wool, hold it against the two ends of the battery and it should immediately start to "short out" the metal wires. They smoke and start a small controlled fire. It's like a wire that is grounding out. It gets hot and melts and starts a fire. Also, just go camping. You will learn more in one night just regular camping than you think. It's cheap, you learn a lot and as time goes on you can remove creature comforts. Lots of camp sites all over. Try your back yard even.

Don't feel so bad. If I spent the same amount of time working overtime at work as I did working on instructables, I'd:

a) have earned enough money to buy nearly any of these prizes
b) have no time or opportunity to actually use these prizes.

and

c) have contributed nothing unique to the world

So really, it all balances out in the end, right? ;)

Way to go on the woodpunk lamp BTW. Pretty obvious from my entry that I love the vector ply aesthetic, but I'd never heard of woodpunk before.

As you mention, I've also been wondering about varnishing or staining mine, especially with the use of erasable markers. If you're not careful you end up with traces of ink on the exposed ply and you need sandpaper to get it off.

I just love the raw texture though, so I haven't gone there yet. Do you feel the same way or are there finishes which you think work nicely on ply.

"Woodpunk" is a name I pretty much made up (though others have used it before, extremely sparingly). I like to define it as "making something out of wood that doesn't need to be, or hasn't been before, just for the heck of it." Perhaps that's not the best definition.

For yours, I'm not sure how to go about varnishing without compromising the tight fit. Would dipping in clear epoxy casting resin work?

I've successfully used Minwax Polycrylic on Baltic Birch plywood, for other projects. Whether it would resist a dry-erase marker I cannot say...

I really want to start moving into the wood category (although I will never give up my cardboard) how did you get started and where is a good place to start. I have a buddy who is a contractor and he has very little finishing ability. He could build a log cabin but can't corner cut molding 45 degrees to save his life. How do I get good at little stuff. Books, videos.....

Though I have a few woodworking books, I haven't really built anything out of them. If you're the type of person who learns by reading, then that's probably the way to go. Start with a few basic tools and work your way up (often, depending on how much space you have!) There may be a woodworking club in your area with a shared shop space (like a hackerspace but dedicated to woodworking) - if you're short on space then that would be the way to go.

Myself, I "learned" a little bit of woodworking in school, where I got to use tools like a band saw, scroll saw, drill press, etc. But most of my learning is done on the fly - I think about something I'd like to make, or someone requests I make something, and I do it. Sometimes I'll have to look up a joinery technique or process in order to get the result I want. Other times I'll simply overbuild something so that there's no way it'll come apart (heh) despite the fact that there may have been a more efficient way of doing something.

For a given project I'll try to use the tools that I have on hand, but sometimes I just don't have the right tool for the job (eg. a router, jigsaw, band saw, hammer drill) In a case like that, I'll buy what I need but only if I can justify the expense. Once I've got the new tool, I'll read a bit here and there on how to use it, then start playing around.

I suppose I'm rambling a bit. The short answer is; learn by doing, read up when you make mistakes, do better next time. Oh! And start small/inexpensive, and work up from there.

I can not remember the last time I was soooooo excited/nervous/angry (angry that I didn't make a better instructable) then right now. I mean I REALLY want an I-pad.... its almost sad actually hahaha

Thank you so much!

rank is the new awesome. :p

I voted for you. Great instructable!

I just realized what you made..... and I voted High FIve!

Thanks! I wouldn't mind some free Gorilla Glue. :) I have a 7 in 202 chance, I believe.

Aw thanks a lot! We are moving it into our apartment in a couple days and are pretty excited to eat at the same table for once. And I have really really wanted to get an I-pad but financially it is just not going to happen. Weddings are pretty expensive so.... yea. But thanks again!

Need a bookshelf?? Lol, sorry, couldnt help but ask

I just saw yours a voted you up! And EVERYONE needs a good set of nunchucks...

haha yall have got some great instructables on here!

It's more complicated than just "stick to". Gorilla glue makes a good filler glue (for large gaps, or irregular surfaces), and has good adhesion, but relatively poor shear strength. That is, it's good for gluing a leg into the bottom of a chair, but not so much for gluing a bracket onto a wall. (It will hold, but there are glues out there that hold better, in that situation.)

Also, gorilla glue's tendency to expand can make it adhere to unintended surfaces. I generally lube nearby surfaces before applying, so when I cut off the excess dried foam later it comes away easily. I typically use soap on wood, and vaseline on non-porous surfaces (vaseline works better).

That's a great tip, thanks!

diet coke

Well I had a remote controlled airplane and I tried to fix the wings and...it plummed to the ground. After inspecting it I saw the gorilla glue fell off...

trying to make a mold and i'm filling it with gorrila glue.

Ninjas, nothing can stick to them. Except spandex.

Ninjas, and Chuck Norris.

Some plastics, like polypropylene. Actually, hardly anything sticks to polypropylene.

thanks

water or fire

This competition is changing the way I live, eat and socialize.......... I will post my entry hopefully by tomorrow morning.

Your not eating the gorilla glue are you?