So I melted my keyboard today...

[pendragon1998]

A good reminder to everyone who does desktop coin photography. Those lights can get pre-ty hot. I was looking at a coin near my keyboard today and had one of the lamps aiming down toward the keyboard. About 2 minutes later, I went to type and discovered that 5 or 6 of my keys were melted. Very nice.

[MunkyMan95]

 

Congratulations!

[RWB]

My computer came with some extra consonants. I can send them to you and you can refill the melted consonant keys - that will straighten them back out. Sorry, didn’t get extra vowels.

[Amanda]

Horrors!

 

I hope you can get it fixed!

 

-Amanda

[physics-fan3.14]

I thought this was going to be a "I spilled coffee on it" story. I didn't know a lamp could actually melt a keyboard. By the way, for much cooler, more power efficient bulbs get the halogen bulbs, they look like spirals. I have had the same bulb in my lamp (which is on for several hours a day) for 4 years, and even after several hours I can touch the lamp and it is only slightly warm.

[jgrinz]

can you say doofus

hhehehe

[pendragon1998]

This was a 60W Phillips natural lamp in a metal reflector that I use for coin photography. I'm pretty good at destroying keyboards. I've crushed one, spilled Cheerwine on another, and now I've melted one. I just bought a new one, so hopefully this one will last a few months.

[jgrinz]

Can U say wireless ...

 

Keep it off the work bench ...

 

Jest jesting of course as I am the ....

 

Perhaps people dont know what it stands for and has been my nick forever.....

 

jgrinz = Jokers Grin

 

It was an off the cuff handle / Nick etc etc ... when I was 16 and now

30 years later I had to shorten it as it was too much typing ...

 

ooooooo ahhhhhhh I can hear the awe of the story and history ........

 

[cpm9ball]

This was a 60W Phillips natural lamp in a metal reflector that I use for coin photography. I'm pretty good at destroying keyboards. I've crushed one, spilled Cheerwine on another, and now I've melted one. I just bought a new one, so hopefully this one will last a few months.

 

Michael, if you should get a wireless keyboard and mouse on the next go-round, be sure not to sit on it.

 

Chris

[astrostu]

I spilled apple juice on my keyboard 4 years ago. I was lucky, that after drying upside down under a fan for a few hours, only one key stopped working. Hence I still use it ... though I did buy a waterproof keyboard as a consequence that I use occasionally.

[pendragon1998]

I just picked up a $19.95 multimedia keyboard. All is well.

[DC Dawg]

How about a picture of your work... we can see if it was really AT or is it NT!!

 

Scott

[pendragon1998]

Sorry, I already chucked it.