USR

  • UpCycling,  USR

    USR 1.0

    Looking at upcycling the various now obsolete Apple and other tech items I have I then began to list the various products I should look at making, clocks were a good one, as mentioned before a quartz movement can be bought cheaply, with modern or simple hands that suit the design, I shy away from fancy scrolled hands as they don’t suit. The movements often come with a ‘tick’ or smooth sweeping hands, the smooth ones look good, especially with the larger hands, they evoke a sense of quality. The customer I was aiming for was not only the fanboys, and girls, but also business or entrepreneurial types who may…

  • Plan,  UpCycling,  USR

    Project Plan 1.5

    So onto another stream, as I work in IT and particularly with Apple equipment I’ve noted that often we throw out computers, phones and tablets that are obsolete, but look like new. This often doesn’t apply to iPhones but certainly the Macs, open them up and with a quick clean out with the air duster and they’re like new inside. Being Macs they’re often very well made, the components are high quality and the cases often aluminium or brushed steel. They often have good quality screws and catches in too which seem a waste to throw away. There is an anecdote that Steve Jobs decreed early on that a Mac…