_fishy

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[โ€“] _fishy 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've loved Hokusai's work since I fell in love with the calming and yet terrifying beauty and detail of the great wave of Kanagawa at a university poster sale. This idea came to me after finally having to throw that print out from the wear and tear of the years;some time after I first made the ultros perler, but before I finished the rest.

I have a similar ~~hokusai~~ (edit: looking it up the painting I'm thinking of is a Hiroshige) meets legend of Zelda idea I've prototyped but it's still missing something I've yet to figure out. Hopefully I'll figure out out now that I can stop thinking about this one being incomplete ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] _fishy 6 points 1 year ago

thanks! I'm quite happy to hear that other people enjoyed my idea and how it came out now that I've actually gotten it finished

 

9 years of work on and off, with a frustrating/disappointing 5 year shelving in the middle due to some pain/muscle problems, is finally complete and I am so happy

 

Robin's list - you can see it hiding out behind the right page if you look hard. Someday I'll get a framing to display all three pages

 

The worst being Police Quest SWAT

[โ€“] _fishy 1 points 1 year ago

the funny thing is this it's not the first article I've read about it this year, and tbf to them it's really hard to talk about how some of the games we love for the NES are turning 40 while the console itself is only 38

I'm sure for the marketing it's a lot better to be succinct with a title for the casual reader. Saying "The Famicom, the pre-cursor to the NES, turns 40: ... "

[โ€“] _fishy 1 points 1 year ago

thanks for the input! It's definitely more to go on. My access to a physical supply store might be a bit limited, but I'll google up where my closest might be and also take a look at Grainger online. The fact that their suggestion was a class 0 is already a pretty positive point in the right direction.

Also - I know what you mean about amazon - there are a massive load of off brands with photoshopped "usage" photos out there. I think I found a single legit industrial supply seller (Magid), and from there just ended up on their own site looking at what all the options were. That was the point where I backed off and thought I'd ask others cause it's a lot of info to uptake

Really, I wouldn't even go this far if I had only needed to open it and dust (even when doing that I was antsy just being walked past unannounced). Problem is upon dusting I found a fallen yoke spacer and that's definitely going to need me to get in there hands on and possibly be creative. At this point I don't even know if I can salvage any of the existing adhesives, so it'll probably be opened and closed a few times as I figure out what my game plan is going to be. Either way I'm going to have to get much more friendly with the yoke than I wanted to, and even with know how to discharge the anode, I'm definitely not comfortable getting my fingers that close without some kind of protection from an unintentional bump.

[โ€“] _fishy 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

38 technically (it's the Famicom that's 40)

 

like it says on the tin, I've read up on the safety tips and have a pretty modern set (FD trinitron KV-13FS100) so I'm knowing that reduces my risk too as those are supposed to discharge faster naturally (and I'm already planning on leaving it unplugged for at least a day).

BUT I have shaky hands sometimes so I'm looking at what my options are for gloves I can wear for incidental openings or while discharging it. As far as I've read they come in class ratings for different voltages, and I'm trying to figure out what would be a sensible class to get to keep myself covered given the other precautions I'm already taking.

I gave the wiki link on the sidebar and didn't see much advice beyond the general "gloves are good", so if any of y'all have any more info to dump or point me towards I would be in your debt. Thanks!