Comments on: Floppy Table made from rolled steel, with hidden compartment

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:36:00 +0000

It is hand made furniture being produced on a limited run? Also supply and demand.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:12:00 +0000

Hidden from anyone under 30! :o)

By: Thad

Thad — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:42:00 +0000

Especially as I still have some today. I do usually keep them hidden

By: Thad

Thad — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:41:00 +0000

Some of it is cast. Some of it is forged.

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:19:00 +0000

I doubt that’s a nomenclature you’d want to use in many circumstances.

“My new coffee table is awesome… it looks just like the 3.5 inch stiffies I had in high school!”

By: invictus

invictus — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:57:00 +0000

This had better be *at least* as risque as http://furnitureporn.com/

By: Crashproof

Crashproof — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:30:00 +0000

This is what happens when someone copies that floppy.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:09:00 +0000

It’s a floppy. Because lots of jeeps aren’t made by Chrysler either.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:08:00 +0000

Wow, I totally forgot THOSE existed.

By: Stooge

Stooge — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:29:00 +0000

Labor cost: the disks themselves are free, but it takes a week to scrape off the AOL label.

By: W Thomas

W Thomas — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:02:00 +0000

That hidden compartment looks big enough for several of my VHS tapes. Perfect!

By: Marios P.

Marios P. — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:08:00 +0000

How much does it weight?
I’d assume it needs a crane to position even if its hollow underneath

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:00:00 +0000

I made a rough estimate based on rice and think you’re off by about a factor of 10, making this a single-sided (makes sense), single-density table. To increase the density you would need to use actual sugar (shugart), but data durability may suffer.

By: Romke Soldaat

Romke Soldaat — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:59:00 +0000

Slide to unlock? They’ll get sued by Apple for that!

By: Henry Pootel

Henry Pootel — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:48:00 +0000

Yup :)

By: James Agenbroad

James Agenbroad — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:49:00 +0000

considering the size, wouldn’t that be 5 1/4′. (which is to say foot rather than inch)
And of course I remember using 8″ floppies, that’s what the software for the magnetic tape drive was on. And don’t get me started on punched paper tape, which I was still using at the dawn of this century.

By: jordawesome

jordawesome — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:34:00 +0000

If you kept the same volumetric data density as a 3.5″ disk, it would hold 2857 MB (double-sided).

I assumed a volume of 1.42 in^3 for a 3.5 disk (I don’t have one to measure, so I took 3.5 x 3.25 x 0.125). I’ve also assumed a disk thickness of 4″ on this table. The data volume of the table is then 2821 in^3, about 1984 times the volume of a 3.5 Disk. The capacity of this table then would be about 2857 MB.

I bet it would be loud when it inevitably failed on you, dooming disk 3 of 6 of your photoshop 2.0 installation to oblivion.

By: jordawesome

jordawesome — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:21:00 +0000

but “hot-rolled” is, as it distinguishes it from cold-worked or cold-drawn material. Cold-worked material typically has tighter tolerancing, as well as different mechanical, machining and even welding properties as compared to a chemically similar hot-rolled grade. Its been my experience that when ordering steel, defining the process of initial shape forming from the mill is a requirement when purchasing the material. This may not be the case with structural members (i.e. HSS, WF sections, etc.) but is absolutely the case when ordering bar and tube-stock.
In the scope of the ad-copy for this table though, saying that it is hot-rolled steel serves no purpose that to make it sound fancy. Like saying something made of aluminum or stainless is “aircraft grade.” Doesn’t mean that its been specially formulated or designed for use in aerospace, it just means someone one time used some once in an aerospace application.

By: Jay Converse

Jay Converse — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:06:00 +0000

That’s not a floppy, that’s a stiffy. The last true floppies were 5 1/4″, this is a 3 1/2″ stiffy.

By: Nagurski

Nagurski — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:48:00 +0000

All steel you can buy is rolled into useful shapes and thicknesses. ‘Rolled steel’ is not a useful descriptor.

By: graou

graou — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:34:00 +0000

“If you have you ask”
I’m not fluent in english but i think there’s a typo there.

Cool table anyway.

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:20:00 +0000

When I play cards I want to rest my elbows on the table without it bending under my weight. So no to the 5″ 1/4 model.

By: Karnzarnit

Karnzarnit — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:18:00 +0000

A better “hidden” (yet still completely obvious) compartment would be the circular part underneath.

By: Ian Wood

Ian Wood — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:16:00 +0000

Eagerly? Have I got a website for you.

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:59:00 +0000

Shhh! That’s the undocumented secret compartment, for your stash.

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:59:00 +0000

A follow-up design of a card table in 5 1/4 would be cool.

If you clipped out a bit of edge you could double-side it.

By: invictus

invictus — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:38:00 +0000

I eagerly await your explanation of thumb drives.

By: invictus

invictus — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:37:00 +0000

…of breaking bone.

By: jondean

jondean — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:35:00 +0000

I’m hoping it is! It’s not a 3.5″ without that refreshing “SNAP!”

By: HubrisSonic

HubrisSonic — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:28:00 +0000

I know right, it’s the first thing I would do.