Matthew Schenker said:
Michael Kellough said:
... unless the link above to Paul's Sysport project is incorrect,
it sure looks like the requirements for documentation has swung as far back
in the opposite direction as is possible to go.
The link is correct. But I'm not sure what you mean about going in the opposite direction.
Matthew
I mean there isn't much documentation for Paul's project.
This is not criticism of Paul or his project. His Sysports were made before there even was a non-Yahoo FOG so how could he anticipate the contest. His post is very valuable for inspiring a lot of other people to undertake similar projects and many of them contributed a lot of information to the thread, which did receive a huge number of views. It's just that I recall Eiji's huge volume of documentation and the judges request for even more. In this case, there isn't any documentation except for two pictures and some hardware notes.
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Entering the Contest
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The lines in bold indicate to me that this project did not meet the bare minimum for consideration, that is what I meant by the documentation requirements swinging as far in the other direction as possible.
Here is what Paul posted,
#1
Home made Sysports
? on: February 2, 2007, 12:57 PM ?
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Here are some pictures of the home made sysports I made. These pictures were on the Yahoo group, so I thought I would post them here.
Regards
Paul
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#2
Lou
I will never have enough, although there are now 5 of them and the 5th is half full, that picture was taken a few years ago.
Paul
#3
Dave
The casters I actually got from ebay, I have a spare set somewhere, I will dig them out and get you the information. The trays are adjustable, I used the Festool 32mm system (LR32sys) it is a great product.
The slides are full extension slides that I go from Gliderite (
www.gliderite.com) but Westlund has them also.
Regards
Paul
#4
If you use a 5mm drill and use the 32mm system, or if you just use a 5mm drill you need to use 5mm euro screws, they are available from LV
Paul
#5
Quote from: markcoutinho on November 17, 2007, 04:06 PM
The systainer with the blue latches contains the Power File BF 1 E.
That great tool isn't available anymore...
But, yeah, I'm thinking of buying those green latches for it. Let's face it: I even bothered to find me the (pretty much) exact same color green for my drawers, so why not buy these latches
You are very lucky man, I have been trying to find one of those for years!!!!! I know of at least 3 of those here in the States, but they won't part with them
Paul
#6
Sorry guys the belt file or the attachment are no longer available, not even in Europe.
Paul
Again, I mean no criticism of Paul's project, I doubt he even intended it to be considered for the contest.
See what I mean? Or, is there a whole 'nother thread that I missed?