wish list, case histories
Posted by
Joe Vicars
on 2000-04-03 09:14:29 UTC
I was thinking a great resource for home builts would be a book of
"case histories". I was inspired to do this after reading Joe Martins,
"Tabletop Machining".
Each person would take pictures and do a write up of their
individual projects, then send them to a person who volunteers as the
"editor" who would assemble, staple, bind and redistribute the
compilation. Of course the compilation, binding and stapling would be
done electronically. If you specified a standard format, say Microsoft
Word, it wouldn't be too much trouble to put everyone's section
together and distribute in Adobe format.
The summaries could be as brief as a picture and a paragraph, or
complete with drawings and system specs, pictures of stuff you built,
your dog, your wife, etc. Whatever you sent in would be what was
"published". Contributors would agree that whatever they send can be
considered public domain. The compilation would be distributed for free
over the internet. A hard copy would be a simple matter of printing the
document.
Would people be willing to contribute and get summaries of their
projects done by a deadline?
This is hypothetical, please don't send me anything.
Peace
"case histories". I was inspired to do this after reading Joe Martins,
"Tabletop Machining".
Each person would take pictures and do a write up of their
individual projects, then send them to a person who volunteers as the
"editor" who would assemble, staple, bind and redistribute the
compilation. Of course the compilation, binding and stapling would be
done electronically. If you specified a standard format, say Microsoft
Word, it wouldn't be too much trouble to put everyone's section
together and distribute in Adobe format.
The summaries could be as brief as a picture and a paragraph, or
complete with drawings and system specs, pictures of stuff you built,
your dog, your wife, etc. Whatever you sent in would be what was
"published". Contributors would agree that whatever they send can be
considered public domain. The compilation would be distributed for free
over the internet. A hard copy would be a simple matter of printing the
document.
Would people be willing to contribute and get summaries of their
projects done by a deadline?
This is hypothetical, please don't send me anything.
Peace
Discussion Thread
Joe Vicars
2000-04-03 09:14:29 UTC
wish list, case histories
Jeff Irvin
2000-04-05 18:05:45 UTC
RE: wish list, case histories