Comments on: Laser-cut steel "flat" shelving you bend to suit http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 08:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: LSK http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105752 LSK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105752 I'd worry that if it can be folded by hand, it has a low carrying capacity. I’d worry that if it can be folded by hand, it has a low carrying capacity.

]]> By: Dayv http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105754 Dayv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105754 Finally, I too can have an ugly, jagged piece of twisted metal sticking out of my wall! Brought to you by Tetanus Industries! ... [Yes, I know how tetanus actually works.] Finally, I too can have an ugly, jagged piece of twisted metal sticking out of my wall!

Brought to you by Tetanus Industries!

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[Yes, I know how tetanus actually works.]

]]> By: primalchaos http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105756 primalchaos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105756 Yeah, did they do anything to dull the edges? Sheet metal that's thin enough to bend is usually thin enough to give you a nasty cut, as anyone who works with cheap computer cases can tell you. Yeah, did they do anything to dull the edges? Sheet metal that’s thin enough to bend is usually thin enough to give you a nasty cut, as anyone who works with cheap computer cases can tell you.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105762 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105762 LSK, it looks like you unfold cross braces as well. LSK, it looks like you unfold cross braces as well.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105765 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105765 too expensive probably can only be bent once so you better like what you set first time too expensive

probably can only be bent once so you better like what you set first time

]]> By: Lizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105773 Lizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105773 It might be environmentally friendly, but it's massively overpriced and looks like crap. It might be environmentally friendly, but it’s massively overpriced and looks like crap.

]]> By: wolfrider http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105774 wolfrider Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105774 agree with TAKUAN. How much? For a shelf that I have to still bend myself and slice my palms open in a few places? No thanks. A nice idea for the masses, and someone making a shitload of money off of an idea they're trying to load off as being a good idea are two different things. It appears here that they're offloading the $$$ that would have had to been spent on shipping, if it was a totally constructed shelf, directly into the price and then trying to convince the consuming masses that it's cool and mod. again, no thanks. I'll stick to my IKEA shelves agree with TAKUAN.

How much? For a shelf that I have to still bend myself and slice my palms open in a few places?

No thanks.

A nice idea for the masses, and someone making a shitload of money off of an idea they’re trying to load off as being a good idea are two different things.

It appears here that they’re offloading the $$$ that would have had to been spent on shipping, if it was a totally constructed shelf, directly into the price and then trying to convince the consuming masses that it’s cool and mod.

again, no thanks. I’ll stick to my IKEA shelves

]]> By: Suburbancowboy http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105790 Suburbancowboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105790 "you simply bend out the die-cut sections corresponding to the sorts of shelving you desire." How exactly does that work? It looks to me like you have three shelves that fold out. There is no flexibility there. Unless you decide you only want to fold down one or two of the shelves, (which would be stupid)and use that other space for a really expensive magnet board. I desire 3 longer shelves that are not ugly and don't cost as much. I can get nice looking shelves at Ikea for 6 bucks a pop. I could buy 3 of them for 18 dollars, and then decide not to hang one or two of them. €129? What is that like $4,000.00 US? “you simply bend out the die-cut sections corresponding to the sorts of shelving you desire.”

How exactly does that work? It looks to me like you have three shelves that fold out. There is no flexibility there. Unless you decide you only want to fold down one or two of the shelves, (which would be stupid)and use that other space for a really expensive magnet board. I desire 3 longer shelves that are not ugly and don’t cost as much.

I can get nice looking shelves at Ikea for 6 bucks a pop. I could buy 3 of them for 18 dollars, and then decide not to hang one or two of them.

€129? What is that like $4,000.00 US?

]]> By: Moon http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105798 Moon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105798 That is butt ugly. That is butt ugly.

]]> By: Moon http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105800 Moon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105800 Unless of course, you are going for the "Inside my Computer" look in your apartment. :D Unless of course, you are going for the “Inside my Computer” look in your apartment.

:D

]]> By: 68flh http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-106570 68flh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106570 Looks like it would be a great deal for about $9.95. Looks like it would be a great deal for about $9.95.

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-106326 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106326 Kaosdevice, shelving is an obsession with householders in general. Mscot (15), this whiny, repetitious thread is your idea of "hilarious" and "top-notch"? Where in god's name have you been hanging out, that your expectations are so low? Kaosdevice, shelving is an obsession with householders in general.

Mscot (15), this whiny, repetitious thread is your idea of “hilarious” and “top-notch”? Where in god’s name have you been hanging out, that your expectations are so low?

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105817 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105817 I think that I'll stick to the kind that have adjustable heights to the shelves; helps with those big Chris Ware folio-sized hardcovers, dontcha know. I think that I’ll stick to the kind that have adjustable heights to the shelves; helps with those big Chris Ware folio-sized hardcovers, dontcha know.

]]> By: paulatz http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105826 paulatz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105826 Just a little trivia: Piegato means Folded in italian. Just a little trivia: Piegato means Folded in italian.

]]> By: jennybean42 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105828 jennybean42 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105828 This offends my maker sensibilities with its ugliness, price, and bogus attempt to be "DIY" This offends my maker sensibilities with its ugliness, price, and bogus attempt to be “DIY”

]]> By: mscot http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105830 mscot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105830 These comments are hilarious. Top notch, Everyone! These comments are hilarious. Top notch, Everyone!

]]> By: christian nelson http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105831 christian nelson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105831 The idea is great, but the shelves are hideous. There is a gorgeous brushed steel coffee table up on christolles.com that uses the same bending technique (laser-cut, not die), but looks gorgeous. Yaay for design sense! The idea is great, but the shelves are hideous. There is a gorgeous brushed steel coffee table up on christolles.com that uses the same bending technique (laser-cut, not die), but looks gorgeous. Yaay for design sense!

]]> By: joe http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105844 joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105844 "<i>Just a little trivia: Piegato means Folded in italian.</i>" Cat pie? “Just a little trivia: Piegato means Folded in italian.”

Cat pie?

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105854 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105854 Trick and threat if you ask me. Trick and threat if you ask me.

]]> By: lamarlowe http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105862 lamarlowe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105862 If they are truly lazer cut rather than stamped, then there will be not sharp edges. But why the fuck would you even ask that question, unless you have been hurt before? Are you like Mark Twain's cat; who having once sat upon a hot stove, will never again sit upon a cold one? I apologize in advance for the presumptious question; no real answer required. God, I sound so bleeding British! Cunting fucks! If they are truly lazer cut rather than stamped, then there will be not sharp edges. But why the fuck would you even ask that question, unless you have been hurt before?

Are you like Mark Twain’s cat; who having once sat upon a hot stove, will never again sit upon a cold one?

I apologize in advance for the presumptious question; no real answer required.

God, I sound so bleeding British! Cunting fucks!

]]> By: kaosdevice http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-106148 kaosdevice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-106148 Sheesh Cory, what is your obsession with shelving? Sheesh Cory, what is your obsession with shelving?

]]> By: Boring Market http://boingboing.net/2008/01/15/lasercut-steel-flat.html#comment-105705 Boring Market Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-105705 Great Design! Great Design!

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