[vcf-midatlantic] Hard drive art

[Brian Brubaker]

The 4 27" platters I got , I'm 99" sure someone previously removed the top
layer from them as they now look silver not like the one in the link
included below. My plan is to make 4 tables out of them, similar to the one
in the link below, but with my own art added on top, in a clear resin
epoxy.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://stupidevilbastard.com/2005/11/old_hard_drive_platter_made_into_table/&ved=2ahUKEwi9rtjEndjhAhWKmeAKHUPBAewQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw0yhgvX93uO1BTSKKzdyrse

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019, 12:47 PM Brian Brubaker <brianbrubaker at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I definitely buy drives from ebay, and sometimes the drives are
> working. The two rarest drives/platters I've bought were a .85" drive,
> aka the smallest drive with moving parts, and 4 27" platters from an
> IBM 350. The majority of the drives I've bought are sold as scrap, the
> small percentage of larger industrial drives most all came from
> California. Most of these larger drives were listed for sale on e-mail
> for 6+ months, occasionally lowering their prices to a point where I
> could justify buying them. The other times I made offers and they
> accepted. Most of the time I ended up spending more on shipping then
> the drives themselves.
>
> I started making my art out of a love of hard drives, I shared it here
> with the thought of all people this group might be able to appreciate
> what I'm trying to do. If I was wrong, I won't bother the group again.
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:15 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic
> <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >   I understood from one of his posts that he was purchasing drives on
> > the market, for sometimes serious money.  If I misinterpreted his
> > statement, please let me know, in which case I will apologize and move
> on.
> >
> >             -Dave
> >
> > On 4/17/19 10:54 AM, Drew Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > > No need to be mean to the guy.  If he's using scrap parts then I don't
> see
> > > what the big issue is.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 4:24 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <
> > > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On April 16, 2019 4:10:56 PM Brian Brubaker <brianbrubaker at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> It seems you've missed my intentions, all I'll say is I thought of
> all
> > >>> people you all could appreciate my art, if I was wrong, I'm very
> sorry
> > >>> to have bothered you.
> > >>
> > >>   I'm sure you are a talented artist.  I for one would likely
> appreciate
> > >> your art a lot more if you didn't destroy what I've worked for years
> trying
> > >> to preserve when you create it.
> > >>
> > >>   At the very least you could learn something from the reactions
> you've
> > >> gotten, but you don't seem to have that capacity either.
> > >>
> > >>> Before you start calling someone unintelligent you might want to
> avoid
> > >>> threats in a digital medium.
> > >>
> > >>   Predictable.  New to the net, too, I see.
> > >>
> > >>  ...and, I take that as a threat!
> > >>
> > >>             -Dave
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > >> New Kensington, PA
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > New Kensington, PA
>