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Chalk Carving Instrument?
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exacto knives are perfect! Just make sure you have that and a flexible ruler.
Chalk carving night? Hmmm...sounds like nerd central. J/K Good luck bud!
This is the best pre-dent activity I've heard yet 😉
Sweet! Someone actually asked the question to which I have a very good answer (and yes, there is only one such question in the Universe).
So first, a few details about my story to give you a little background. I'm a grad student doing research in biophysics, and I want to enter dent school in 2005. A couple of months ago, I went in to my pre-health advisor counselor thingy person and got the exact same advice. So, when I got back to the lab, I started thinking: what could be used to carve chalk? Scalpel? Really dangerous... anything else, probably not sharp enough... but then I remembered a VCR I had taken apart several months back, and the little motor that popped out of it (I think it was the rewinding motor because it goes pretty fast). I took a pipette tip, put a little mixture of 5-minute epoxy and beach sand on the tip, found a way to attach it to the little motor, and thus my chalk carving instrument was born!
I've made several more since then, and I've been thinking of selling them to pre-dents to help pay for the costs of interviews (pleeease let there be interviews!), because I'm *really* short on cash and long on debt at the moment (i.e, in perpetuity).
Initially, I wanted to sell them for between $50-$100, to whatever "rich kids" could get their parents to pay for them (and no skin off anyone's nose, really, and more money for me). I think a fair price, though, is $25, which would include priority shipping. That offsets the cost of the materials with a little left over for the time it takes me to make them (which I think is kinda fun anyway). And carving with it is extremely addictive, to which my officemates can attest.
Anyhow, if anyone's interested in getting a nice little motorized chalk carving tool, give me a holler by PM or visit the website listed with my SDN user profile to take a look.
I hope this wasn't too offensive an advert, but someone did ask the question.
So first, a few details about my story to give you a little background. I'm a grad student doing research in biophysics, and I want to enter dent school in 2005. A couple of months ago, I went in to my pre-health advisor counselor thingy person and got the exact same advice. So, when I got back to the lab, I started thinking: what could be used to carve chalk? Scalpel? Really dangerous... anything else, probably not sharp enough... but then I remembered a VCR I had taken apart several months back, and the little motor that popped out of it (I think it was the rewinding motor because it goes pretty fast). I took a pipette tip, put a little mixture of 5-minute epoxy and beach sand on the tip, found a way to attach it to the little motor, and thus my chalk carving instrument was born!
I've made several more since then, and I've been thinking of selling them to pre-dents to help pay for the costs of interviews (pleeease let there be interviews!), because I'm *really* short on cash and long on debt at the moment (i.e, in perpetuity).
Initially, I wanted to sell them for between $50-$100, to whatever "rich kids" could get their parents to pay for them (and no skin off anyone's nose, really, and more money for me). I think a fair price, though, is $25, which would include priority shipping. That offsets the cost of the materials with a little left over for the time it takes me to make them (which I think is kinda fun anyway). And carving with it is extremely addictive, to which my officemates can attest.
Anyhow, if anyone's interested in getting a nice little motorized chalk carving tool, give me a holler by PM or visit the website listed with my SDN user profile to take a look.
I hope this wasn't too offensive an advert, but someone did ask the question.
Personally, I think it's a great idea. Sure, spending your free moments partying is funner, but I've heard that dental anatomy is a killer, especially for those who aren't up to par with their artistic and spacial skills. I'm thinking about picking up some chalk or wax and an exacto knife to practice in my free time cuz my artistic abilities are horrible. If anyone has some tips, please let them fly.
Yeah, sure guys...chalk carving night...I'll see ya there. By the way, if I'm not there within the first 2 nanoseconds of the class, go ahead and start without me.😴
For anyone that's interested, a really good hobby that works your dexterity is carving decoy ducks. Some people are into that stuff..some aren't.
Raidernation...point taken, and understood. In predent club it's hard to compete with people going out drinking with their frats/sororities ya know. I don't really blame em either! Maybe we should bob for toothbrushes in in a vat of long island or or a liquer luge using a big ice tooth! haha. Anyways, you have any realistic ideas that would actually get people out??
Raidernation...point taken, and understood. In predent club it's hard to compete with people going out drinking with their frats/sororities ya know. I don't really blame em either! Maybe we should bob for toothbrushes in in a vat of long island or or a liquer luge using a big ice tooth! haha. Anyways, you have any realistic ideas that would actually get people out??
