My Apple iWipe

One of my co-workers was giving away and old Atari 800XL and Macintosh SE case. He had been planning to do a mini-ITX project, but had never gotten around to it. Always wanting an excuse to tinker with something, I decided to take them off of his hands.

Well, as soon as I saw the Mac SE case, I realized that this one had the most potential. So this weekend, I bought a few things at Home Depot and got started making my Apple-powered, wireless, portable toilet paper dispenser -- the iWipe.

The whole project took a couple of hours and cost about $15.

http://www.smorty71.com/2005/11/my-apple-iwipe.html

Step 1 Remove the metal brackets in the SE

There were still some metal brackets inside the case, so I had to get those out first. Using a T15 and a Philips head screwdriver, I removed the 7 or 8 screws holding the brackets in place.

Comments

[Mavamaarten]

This is IT !
Finally something you CAN do with an apple computer :D

[jgfresh]

atleast it dont got a chunky desktop next 2 it.

[guydie5]

hahahahaha! mac faans had to have seen that coming.

[Furloy]

all apple lovers reply to this comment (cuz you cant thumbs up) woot wooot

[jgfresh]

GOOOOO APPPPPLEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!! Why dont you do this with a pc!! bust out the old ms dos or windows 7 SAME DIFFERENCE!! :P

[heavyfire88]

Here is a clue.
Use a normal paperholder. There is no need to screen. You can understand when to refil with probably %100 accuracy

[zack247]

what a upgrade!

now i just need to find that imac and give it a better use than a paperweight...

[furrysalamander]

As much as I dislike apple computers, this is downright disrespectful to the apple name. But I like it!

[thepelton]

That's definitely funny!

[lane29]

how dare u ruin a perfectly good apple

[Light_Lab]

Isn't that an oxymoron? LOL!

[rj44319]

AGREED! hahahahah

[lane29]

how dare u defie the apple lovers

[possum888]

 Here's mine

[XionII]

This is Apple comps at their very best!

The only thing that would be better than this would be to wipe my @ss with the apple itself... wouldn't be as comfortable though hm...

[Light_Lab]

I really like to see an iGadget made useful but you would have to wall mount it for me. I am old and inflexible; getting to it in that position I would probably be found later in an embarrassing (but amusing) position in standing on my head. 

[broken_to_fix]

 cool i have one lol jk that computer these days are so hard to get they cost a fortune ha and u just wasted it lol

[uberdum05]

You should motorise it so that when you press a button, it dispenses a certain amount

[ktraylor]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! ......but also satisfying

[CerealKiller]

That is now the official iPood.

[Warlrosity]

I got one of them

[Mario2007]

Or the I-poo shuffle !

[Rishnai]

I'm not so sure I would want it to shuffle.

[app0]

Add Lights! And an image on screen:

[app0]

WOW! Like an egg technologies iPotty.I'll try it on my Mac Classic Trash Bin(iBin)

[Mouserz]

hahaha brilliant.

[RiddleOfSphinx]

Careful...this could be *GASP* copyright infringement...lmao. Oh wait, nvm ...there isn't any overly commercialized mp3 docking area on it...I think you're safe :P..rofl.

[fortneja]

That... is... genius...

[YummyPancakes]

It would be even cooler if you motorized it!

[twocvbloke]

The all new iCrap - Poop different... :D (I got that from a flash anim from Killfrog.com, I think it was one of the "Ultimate Survivor" films)

[agent76]

needs the old mac os bomb window printed as a decal and placed on the translucent screen for sure!

[moep]

Bomb, lol! This is awesome.

[eBrain]

With this just being the case and no guts, you should be able to mount it on the wall. Just find a couple of studs to hold it up for you. Excellent work.

[KevinTheDonkey]

Great project, but i'm not sure about where you put it. As they say at SeaWorld, you folks are sitting in the splash zone.

[Wulf]

I should do that to an iMac but cut a hole on top of it and place a toilet lid on it...

[Junkernaut]

somone should make one that dispenses automaticaly when you click the mouse

[sMoRTy71]

Von Klaus:
Although I will get flamed for admitting this, I am sort of a Mac hater. That's why I made it dispense toilet paper. Actually, I don't *hate* Macs; however, I get really annoyed at many of the people who own them. I find that OS or platform preference is like religion in that it shouldn't be discussed in mixed company :)

[fluid]

(knock....knock.....knock) (open the door to see 2 Gen-X hipsters on your porch) "Have you opened your mind and heart and accepted Steve Jobs as your personal computing saviour? He is the Alpha 2.0 and the Omega 10.4." I'm a Mac guy but I'm with you..... blessed be Gates....... blessed be Linus..... etc....

[Von Klaus]

LMAO!!!!!this is sooo funny. but in a way it hurts me (why can't you use a p.c. tower? you can put more rolls!)

[Dash-2]

Very cool, I might try this out with my Mac Plus