+cliptwings Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Here's a link to a video of my latest gadget cache, inspired by the master, WV Tim: Easy as 1,2,3 Quote Link to comment
+Pork King Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Neat! You sure solved that fast. It's almost like you knew what the solution was beforehand... What powers the 3rd part and how long could a body expect it to last? Also, I would hope that I never find it. The first thing I would probably do is drop the nail and never be able to find it again. Quote Link to comment
+cliptwings Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Neat! You sure solved that fast. It's almost like you knew what the solution was beforehand... What powers the 3rd part and how long could a body expect it to last? Also, I would hope that I never find it. The first thing I would probably do is drop the nail and never be able to find it again. Part three is a 12v solenoid powered by a 9v battery (hidden). It's only powered when someone completes the circuit (touches the correct bolts), so the battery should last for a while. Quote Link to comment
+Wet Pancake Touring Club Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I like it, nice job! I have two minor suggestions, based on Pork King's comment. They both have to do with making it less likely that parts will get misplaced. First, use a longer nail, and add a stop mechanism, maybe solder a washer to the nail, to prevent the nail from being completed removed. This might mean that the eyelet would need to be relocated. Second, attach the magnet, and the jumper wire to the container. Maybe put the magnet on a string, and use a tie strap to affix the center of the wire to the side of the box. Again, great job, and thanks for sharing. This has given me a couple of ideas to build my own. Skye. Quote Link to comment
+cliptwings Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 I like it, nice job! I have two minor suggestions, based on Pork King's comment. They both have to do with making it less likely that parts will get misplaced. First, use a longer nail, and add a stop mechanism, maybe solder a washer to the nail, to prevent the nail from being completed removed. This might mean that the eyelet would need to be relocated. Second, attach the magnet, and the jumper wire to the container. Maybe put the magnet on a string, and use a tie strap to affix the center of the wire to the side of the box. Again, great job, and thanks for sharing. This has given me a couple of ideas to build my own. Skye. Great suggestions, thanks! Quote Link to comment
+CacheDweeb Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I seen your video. What a great concept. Hope you don't mind if I borrow the idea from you. I'd like to make a box with 5 doors. Instead of opening them 1 2 3 4 5, the order will be 1 2 5 4 3. I also like your idea of using a solenoid to unlock the door. I don't want to be identical, so I'd like to make door #4 open with 8 switches. You have to switch them in a certain order Up/Down or Left/Right. In order to open the door, you push a button. Correct and green light goes on and door unlocks. Wrong and a loud car horn beeps. I got that idea from a friend of mine. Quote Link to comment
+GeoTrekker26 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Wrong and a loud car horn beeps. I got that idea from a friend of mine. I trust you are joking about this part! Such a noise will certainly attract muggles in an urban/suburban area and would most unwelcome on a nice hike though the woods. Quote Link to comment
+cliptwings Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 I seen your video. What a great concept. Hope you don't mind if I borrow the idea from you. I'd like to make a box with 5 doors. Instead of opening them 1 2 3 4 5, the order will be 1 2 5 4 3. I also like your idea of using a solenoid to unlock the door. I don't want to be identical, so I'd like to make door #4 open with 8 switches. You have to switch them in a certain order Up/Down or Left/Right. In order to open the door, you push a button. Correct and green light goes on and door unlocks. Wrong and a loud car horn beeps. I got that idea from a friend of mine. I say go for it! Here's my latest, called "Timing is Everything," GC6KHV3:Timing is Everything cache Quote Link to comment
+CacheDweeb Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Wrong and a loud car horn beeps. I got that idea from a friend of mine. I trust you are joking about this part! Such a noise will certainly attract muggles in an urban/suburban area and would most unwelcome on a nice hike though the woods. No worries. I have several gadget caches with Car horns in them. The first one is at a Tire Center where they fix cars. No one is the wiser if someone is geocaching. The horns are loud at the cache, but understand that it is inside a wooden box. Its not as loud 20 feet away, 1/2 at 40 feet, so on and so forth. I would never use one in an area that you do not want to attract attention. Gadget caches are easy to find, hard to open, so its common sense that you need to place it in the right location, and obviously, you need permission from land owners when placing. I appreciate the concern though. Quote Link to comment
+CacheDweeb Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I seen your video. What a great concept. Hope you don't mind if I borrow the idea from you. I'd like to make a box with 5 doors. Instead of opening them 1 2 3 4 5, the order will be 1 2 5 4 3. I also like your idea of using a solenoid to unlock the door. I don't want to be identical, so I'd like to make door #4 open with 8 switches. You have to switch them in a certain order Up/Down or Left/Right. In order to open the door, you push a button. Correct and green light goes on and door unlocks. Wrong and a loud car horn beeps. I got that idea from a friend of mine. I say go for it! Here's my latest, called "Timing is Everything," GC6KHV3:Timing is Everything cache Wow, what a great cache. I wish I new more about electronics where I can build something like that. I'm pretty slick, but not that slick. Here is my cache that just got published and found today. Its about a mile in the woods. There is a phone book there with numbers of famous musicians that you can call. (Fake numbers). But if users pick up the phone and hit a single number, for instance '0', they will hear a dial tone, button push, then ringing. After 2 rings, "Operator" by Jim Croce starts playing. If they press '1', then they hear, dial tone, button press, (so on so forth) and "One is the loniest number" by Three dog night starts playing. If they hit '8' then "Jenny, Jenny 867-5309" starts playing. If they hit '5' then the operator comes on stating all of representatives are busy, and puts them on hold. That's when the song "Payphone" by Maroon 5 starts playing. Every 15 seconds, the operator comes on thanking the person for their call, and a new song clip plays (for example "Call Me" by Blondie". After several clips and maybe 2 minutes, I come on the phone and give them a hint on how to get into the Gadget cache. I was hoping to get the actual bells working, but don't know enough to do that. Its only parts of a real payphone, button, coin return, etc... Everything else (the box) is wood, as well as the housing that it sits in. After I had it complete, I found another unit that was more expensive that had a motion sensor on it. Would have been cool to use that to make the phone ring when a cacher approaches. Not sure what kind of battery that would take to make it last, so maybe its better that I had not thought of it before I had finished it. lol Quote Link to comment
+cliptwings Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 That's really remarkable! I predict your telephone cache is going to get a LOT of favorites! Quote Link to comment
+digimuzik Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 D'oh. One more reason I'm sad I mis-read the destination of my September work trip as "Massachusetts" instead of "Maryland". This would've been a perfect destination! Quote Link to comment
+WVTim Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 CacheDweeb's cache is an amazing piece of craftsmanship ! You can tell it took hours and hours to build and considerable expense. Congratulations for raising the bar. 1 Quote Link to comment
+cliptwings Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 Here's my latest gadget cache, GC6VB3R, "The Good Geocacher." In order to open the container, you need to be a good geocacher. This "machine" analyzes your geocaching goodness when you place a finger on the sensor. If you don't meet the criteria, the box doesn't open. Here's a video of how it works: Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Here's my latest gadget cache, GC6VB3R, "The Good Geocacher." In order to open the container, you need to be a good geocacher. This "machine" analyzes your geocaching goodness when you place a finger on the sensor. If you don't meet the criteria, the box doesn't open. Here's a video of how it works: How do it know?! Is it like the old McDLT containers that somehow knew to keep the hot side hot and the cool side cool? Quote Link to comment
+cliptwings Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 Here's my latest gadget cache, GC6VB3R, "The Good Geocacher." In order to open the container, you need to be a good geocacher. This "machine" analyzes your geocaching goodness when you place a finger on the sensor. If you don't meet the criteria, the box doesn't open. Here's a video of how it works: How do it know?! Is it like the old McDLT containers that somehow knew to keep the hot side hot and the cool side cool? Shhhhh! Don't tell anybody, but it gives EVERYBODY the highest rating. I thought it would be mean to do anything else! Quote Link to comment
+zookeepertx Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Here's my latest gadget cache, GC6VB3R, "The Good Geocacher." In order to open the container, you need to be a good geocacher. This "machine" analyzes your geocaching goodness when you place a finger on the sensor. If you don't meet the criteria, the box doesn't open. Here's a video of how it works: That is ridiculously cool!! Quote Link to comment
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