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I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by throwaway71271 »

traceroute66 wrote: post #207
jackdoe wrote: post #181

I just love the maker's mind. > I want something that does not exist, I will make it. Making things has never been so accessible, if you don't know how to start, join a community and ask, if they are hostile, just ask chatgpt and start from there. 3d printers are 200$, esp32 is the same cost as arduino nano. Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it. I…

> Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it. Or, you could just, you know, buy them. My beef with people who say, like you do that 3D printers are cheap or you can buy an arduino/pi/whatever, is simple. People consistently fail to value their time, and the startup cost. The startup cost because your thinking works on the assumption that people know how…

I don't value my time at zero, I just think making something is more valuable than my time.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by causi »

I'd be interested in tests to see just how much space it actually saves. From personal experience, you can fit quite a few shirts on that same on-the-wall rail using a normal coathanger with a rotating head. Not that this isn't better, I'm just not sure it's "six bucks per hanger and using a normal rod instead of buying ours isn't recommended PS you can't use them for pants" better.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by Kodix »

traceroute66 wrote: post #207
jackdoe wrote: post #181

I just love the maker's mind. > I want something that does not exist, I will make it. Making things has never been so accessible, if you don't know how to start, join a community and ask, if they are hostile, just ask chatgpt and start from there. 3d printers are 200$, esp32 is the same cost as arduino nano. Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it. I…

> Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it. Or, you could just, you know, buy them. My beef with people who say, like you do that 3D printers are cheap or you can buy an arduino/pi/whatever, is simple. People consistently fail to value their time, and the startup cost. The startup cost because your thinking works on the assumption that people know how…

You are correct about the utility calculation, of course.

It's just that many people can afford to have hobbies, and hobbies do not have to earn money or be a good investment in order to be worth doing.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by fxtentacle »

traceroute66 wrote: post #207
jackdoe wrote: post #181

I just love the maker's mind. > I want something that does not exist, I will make it. Making things has never been so accessible, if you don't know how to start, join a community and ask, if they are hostile, just ask chatgpt and start from there. 3d printers are 200$, esp32 is the same cost as arduino nano. Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it. I…

> Want to make AI things? Make them. Want to make coat hangers? Make them. Want to make a book stand? Make it. Or, you could just, you know, buy them. My beef with people who say, like you do that 3D printers are cheap or you can buy an arduino/pi/whatever, is simple. People consistently fail to value their time, and the startup cost. The startup cost because your thinking works on the assumption that people know how…

Sadly, 3D printers are still cheaper.

I once needed to make a few customized gears out of food safe plastic. I asked several online services for quotes and I called several on-location shops in northern Germany. The quotes I got were all around $1800 per unique gear shape. Since I needed 4 different shapes (i.e. $7k for outsourcing), it was much cheaper to buy a 3D printer, watch some tutorials and spend two working days just to make them myself.

Plus I honestly don't know why Shapeways (for example) will always quote you multiple weeks in lead time. What do they do in those 2 weeks after the print finished but before they send the parcel?

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by jolmg »

Zanni wrote: post #63

I came across the Kickstarter [1] for this as a Facebook ad and passed over it for all the reasons folks are citing below. Folding hanger? What's the use case? But watching the video, she's really put a lot of thought into this. The system with the paired rod is pretty slick. I love the notches for keeping the hangers spaced. This solves a problem not everyone has (not me, for instance--I have full-size closets), but…

> The Kickstarter is already double-funded.

More than triple-funded just 5 hours after your comment.

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by Timshel »

nighthawk454 wrote: post #88
fbdab103 wrote: post #49

I have more questions about the enormously high bed stand in the opening shot. It immediately makes tons of sense (so much otherwise wasted vertical space in a room), but I have never seen such a thing.

She has a video on that too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inVvXS6gA8c

Funnily you can see some coat hingers prototype at the end of the video :).

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Post by sltkr »

fbdab103 wrote: post #139
nighthawk454 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

She has a video on that too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inVvXS6gA8c

I am upset she put in all that effort and did not stain the wood.

In the Kickstarter video the wood is painted (and she has sensibly removed the goofy leaves on the sides, which were obviously only going to get in the way).

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by fisian »

I love when people see a problem and they spend a (seemingly) insane amount of time, work and passion to solve it.

I saw a similar thing some time ago posted here about designing better pockets for pants. Finally found it again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38301280

Re: I spent 3 years working on a coat hanger [video]

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Post by meigwilym »

ipsum2 wrote: post #119

I used to like her videos, but found out that she takes other people's work and passes it off as her own. This video is a good example. Anyone reading the title and watching the video, it appears that she's done all of the work iterating on the prototypes. No one else is mentioned in doing any of the work. Only in the comments does she post "If you have any technical questions, my co-inventor @stumcconnel will be her…

Perhaps the co-inventor hates talking to camera and is perfectly happy that she does this part of the process.
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