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The 88 cent counter
By Norm, Section Homebrewed Electricity Posted on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 05:07:10 PM MST
This is for those that aren't aware that you can use a calculator to count or an obvious use for it.

I don't wish to offend anyone that knows this...(I can hear them now...."Of course I knew that! Waddah ya think I am...Stupid?) Well without further babblings here it is....

http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/titanic/664/id6.htm
Havin' Fun! ( :>) Norm

The 88 cent counter | 13 comments (13 topical)

Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#1)
by Norm on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 05:14:10 PM MST

Looks like I should have previewed my web page..among other things...(too many 'bullets')messy...oh well
( :>) Norm

Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#2)
by windstuffnow on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 05:34:52 PM MST

Thats a slick idea Norm!!! My brain goes numb if I have to take my socks off to count past 10 so winding those 30 turn coils really messes me up.

Have Fun!

Ed

Have Fun! Windstuff Ed
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Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#5)
by TomW on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 05:52:27 PM MST

Ed;

actually you can get to 110 using toes.

for every 10 on fingers curl one toe when all toes are curled its 100 then you still got the 10 fingers .

Cheers.

TomW

The Truth is the Truth, even if no one believes it; and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it

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Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#9)
by windstuffnow on Mon Dec 22, 2003 at 06:35:41 AM MST

Ok Tom, your going to have my ears smokin' if I have to count that high ;o)... I think I'll stick to Norms idea with the number device.

Have Fun!
Ed

Have Fun! Windstuff Ed
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Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#10)
by Norm on Mon Dec 22, 2003 at 06:52:55 AM MST

A little fun game between you and one of your younger relatives see how fast you can click this 'counter' in a minute ...about 360 in a minute for me...(but then 'Granpa' was always slow!) ( :>) Norm.
( :>) Norm
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Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#3)
by wooferhound on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 05:42:24 PM MST

Wow , Too Cool

My immediate reaction, is to disassemble the calculator and solder a coupla wires onto the "Equals" button, and mount the calculator where you can easy see the readout.

}=- W o o f -={

Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#4)
by Norm on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 05:49:41 PM MST

Yeah even a couple of (OOPS!) with the soldering iron would be affordable! Not quite like brain surgery...LOL! Norm.
( :>) Norm
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Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#6)
by bob golding on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 06:41:23 PM MST

thx for the reminder norm. i still have a couple of calulators with wires coming out of them from doing this years ago. knew i did it for something other than powering them.

bob

reminder (none / 0) (#8)
by Norm on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 09:17:50 PM MST

Yeah they were a lot more expensive then too...battery-draining LEDs ...Norm.
( :>) Norm
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Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#7)
by cevonk on Sun Dec 21, 2003 at 06:51:51 PM MST

Very clever! The pushrod on the coil winder would be an ADC (Analog to Digital Converter)!

Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#11)
by witapple on Mon Dec 22, 2003 at 02:22:24 PM MST

I have used an old calculator in the past for similar purposes but insted of using a cam to push the button I put a magnet on the shaft and set a reed relay close to the shaft so it would be triggered once for every revoultion, and then ran wires from the reed relay to the button contacts on the calculator.
You do have to reset the calculator after a while cuz they only count so far but works fine for short periods of time.

Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#12)
by Norm on Mon Dec 22, 2003 at 07:11:32 PM MST

Like I said when I first posted this it was mainly for those that didn't know this could be done,I figured a large percentage of us probably already knew that you could use it for a counter, but it was just recently that I accidently discovered that you could reset it. This feature makes it twice as nifty. Plus they're so inexpensive anymore. Norm.
( :>) Norm
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Re: The 88 cent counter (none / 0) (#13)
by Bach On on Tue Dec 23, 2003 at 05:08:38 AM MST

Seems like somebody did this on the other board. He wired the switch with a jack coming out. He made two plugs for it. One went to his device to "count" revolutions. He made another that was shorted out. That meant the shorted one could be placed in the calculator so it would work like normal. The other was used when he wanted to use it as a counter. Of course for $.88 a pop, you could probably forego the extra plug.

Or did I dream that?

Bach On

- - I'm not superman, but I am very dense! -

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