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Invention: Idea Globe™ or Polar Chalk Board

Idea Globe or Polar Coordinates Chalk Board.
Idea Cup (notes jotted down on scratch paper at work when inspiration strikes... they eventually come home to the idea cup).
Captain Skull-bank, Arrgh!
Early foundry experiment.
Young parents. Ms. Darcy sez: "Your dad was a beautiful man."
hanging puppet shadows.
Invention: Idea Globe™ or Polar Chalk Board by NineInchNachosII.
Don't have much room for a full white board or maybe you think chalk boards are outdated and take up too much invaluable wall space? Why not build yourself a handy desktop Idea Globe™!

Ingredients:

1. Used classroom globe (in this case my wife bought me one from target for x-mas).
2. Chalkboard Paint
3. Spackle
4. Newspapers
5. Gesso (with squirt of black acrylic paint).
6. Coat Hanger

Directions

remove earth globe from mount, bend coat-hanger into strait wire. stick through globe. hang the skewered planet over a layer of newspapers, sandpaper globe smooth using Spackle in any cracks. After every sanded Spackling job paint with a coat of black gesso. This will show you where you need more spackle in addition to getting things dark and primed for the eventual chalkboard paint. When the paint is dry roll up the layer of newsprint careful not to spill any dust or paint drips and throw it in the trash. Re-bend the coat hanger back and return to closet. Mount the sphere into the globe mount. Now you are ready to give it a test-writing. I recommend the word: "Rocket Sauce!"

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JohnKit  Pro User  says:

Brilliant!
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gennessee says:

I love it!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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patrick h. lauke  Pro User  says:

excellent idea
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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sail4sea says:

This idea is perfect for the science fiction writer who is doing world building. It is world-building made easy. To draw maps of your planets, just draw in chalk on the chalkboard globe. Cool.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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Tim Waite says:

LOL! Any you haven't patented this yet? I bet this is on store shelves next Christmas...

Thanks for sharing!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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NineInchNachos says:

nice open source globe technology!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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Wylie Maercklein  Pro User  says:

Best idea ever.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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manofredearth says:

Sweet. A glossy coat of white with several layers of gloss varnish and perhaps you'd have a wet-erase globe!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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Green Wellies  Pro User  says:

This is brilliant...just don't have a mouthful of tea when reading the instructions as it tends to get on the monitor when laughing...it was the "skewered planet" bit that got me!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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ddot.  Pro User  says:

great! i'll be using this idea instead of creating a blackboard for my study.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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uglyagnes  Pro User  says:

awesome.... i have the perfect place for one of these.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

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prairie.shadow says:

really cool ...really
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

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jonathanbennett120 says:

That's Tubby on the mug! Nice Chalk board globe idea.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

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Sebastian.Exploratorium  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Exploratorium Geometry Playground, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

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slö says:

black is black

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Seen on the Web. (?)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

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Kyle Jones  Pro User  says:

genious!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Kentigerna  Pro User  says:

Absolutely ingenius!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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predatorpio says:

contact a manufacturer
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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So Very Very Nice  Pro User  says:

I think someone has beaten you to it my friend...
See Muji
Though I like yours better.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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onetomatotwo  Pro User  says:

This is fantastic!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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champagne.chic  Pro User  says:

Beyond clever!! Love this! :::Cheers:::
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

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Haniela ( painting and more...)  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Chalk Boards, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

I have not seen such globe. Fantastic. Where did you get it?
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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Heath & the B.L.T. boys  Pro User  says:

Check it out
Chalkboard Dust
flickr.com/groups/chalkboarddust/
Chalk Boards
flickr.com/groups/737209@N21/pool/
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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byabpryor says:

This is SUCH a great idea -I saw it on Cathie Filian's blog!

I also LOVE the idea cup too... OH and the puppet shadow.. LOL
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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tomt6788 says:

Hey,

great design...like it very much :D

If you want you can post your graphic- and webdesigns to my
group: Graphicdesign and Webdesign
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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NineInchNachosII says:

thanks everybody!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

august eve [deleted] says:

brilliant idea!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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a_stlkr  Pro User  says:

i love this!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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Decorscout says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called House Beautiful, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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Poetic Home says:

This is so fantastic! The idea is wonderful, as is the execution :) I wanted to let you know that I have happily featured your project and photostream on my blog, www.poetichome.com
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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NineInchNachosV says:

sexy!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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danielle1601 says:

what a cool idea! thanks for sharing.

my favorite part of the directions: "skewered planet"
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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mysteryidol says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Anti Gravity, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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Čajka  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Seasons’ Magic INVITE ONLY-P1/A2 - Summer in the City, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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