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This “mouse house” was born out of necessity. The air vent above the persons desk was causing a chilled hand so what better way to interupt the airflow and protect the hand – a mouse house. It is made from maple and purpleheart. User indicates there is an added benefit – people can not see her hand gestures when they are complaining….
-- Marge, Colorado































21 comments so far
gizmodyne
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posted 668 days ago
Fancy. Well done.
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Karson
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posted 668 days ago
Great job. Nice design and very functional.
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GaryK
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posted 668 days ago
Interesting. It also creates another flat surface to put stuff.
Good job.
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TreeBones
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posted 668 days ago
Very cool, one of a kind.
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 668 days ago
Contemplating a wearable hand gesture shield for the workplace. To be used only for “internal customers” (coworkers) only. Customer service at it’s finest.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Jeff
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posted 668 days ago
Great project. Now it just needs a cup-holder/cd-tray…. lol.
Just kidding. It’s too nice for someone to be putting drinks on. Maybe some simple bookends to hold up a few paperbacks?
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cajunpen
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posted 668 days ago
Now that is taking care of a co-worker. I would have given her a glove.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 668 days ago
well isn’t that interesting.
I bet it gets to have other purposes as well, besides the hidden hand gestures.
beautiful
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Greg Wurst
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posted 667 days ago
I was wondering what the heck you would use something like that for when looking at the picture in the gallery. I know a few people at past jobs who would have paid handsomely to have something like that. They always had cold hands.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 667 days ago
It’s a beautiful box at any rate! Maybe you could install a tiny little heater in there as well….
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
mrtrim
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posted 667 days ago
very cool ! guess it kinda doubles as a bird house ?? lol
schwingding
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posted 666 days ago
Great! You should fashion a spring trap for the top! It’d look like a giant mouse trap.
The user could hold notes with it.
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 666 days ago
Schwing, what a cool idea!
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jockmike2
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posted 666 days ago
Original idea for sure. Maybe u could market it. Mike
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mot
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posted 666 days ago
Neat. Plus you can reclaim that part of a busy work space by putting your coffee on top of it, or anything else, but I really want a coffee right now so I’m thinking that would be best. Cool.
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
DrSawdust
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posted 665 days ago
That is absolutely ingenious. What a great gesture of caring and concern.
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Bradford
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posted 665 days ago
Enough room for a sleeping cat on top of a mouse house.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
Marge
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posted 664 days ago
After reading the posts I have an image of a sleeping cat caught in the mouse trap spring. User usually has a plant and some files on the top, alas no room for coffee on top.
-- Marge, Colorado
Cindyr
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posted 654 days ago
I’m the user of the “Mouse House” – can’t thank Marge enough for saving my hand from certain frost bite! Trying to get her to market product!
Douglas Bordner
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posted 654 days ago
Cindy, I’m surprised you can type at all with four claws and a dew-claw per foot (space bar must be murder):^D
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Don
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posted 652 days ago
How unusual. So, is it a box with only three sides – don’t know. Regardless, it is an interesting project. (Can’t give it my “I just love small wooden boxes” seal of approval, until I decide if it actually is a box.)
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