Neat way to save money!

mb5191 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:33 pm

I've been thinking instead of buying a magic close up padwhy not make your own!(you can make them as big or as little as you want!)

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Buy as many mouse pads as you want (make sure there the kind with the cloth top)
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Carefully peel off the cloth leaving the rubber bottom
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Loosely sew the pads togeather in any way you wish!
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Go to a cloth store and but any material you want to cover the pads with
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glue the cloth on!

Vola! you got yourself a close up pad, I know it will be more expensive, but you can customize it to any thing you want and with it loosly sewn its seme-foldable!

p.s tell me how it turns out if you decide to make one!

ShaneW · **Joined:** 21 Nov 2003 **Posts:** 565

Wait wait wait. This thread says a way to save money but you just said it would be more expensive. I'm so confused. Honestly, it would be better to just buy a close up pad. You can still customize one that you buy. Just my two cents.

k1eg · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:46 pm

mb5191 wrote:

I know it will be more expensive, but you can customize it to any thing you want and with it loosly sewn its seme-foldable!

p.s tell me how it turns out if you decide to make one!

Topic title says Neat way to save money! RIGHT

ShaneW · **Joined:** 21 Nov 2003 **Posts:** 565

k1eg wrote:

mb5191 wrote:

I know it will be more expensive, but you can customize it to any thing you want and with it loosly sewn its seme-foldable!

p.s tell me how it turns out if you decide to make one!

Topic title says Neat way to save money! RIGHT

No, you don't understand. In the message he says

Vola! you got yourself a close up pad, I know it will be more expensive, but you can customize it to any thing you want and with it loosly sewn its seme-foldable!

In the topic it says Neat way to save money. So in the topic it says this way is cheaper but in the message it says his method is more expensive. Or am I musinderstanding something?

k1eg · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:54 pm

Sounds like a bait and switch tactic --like they use at Sears or a car dealership..

becbec · **Joined:** 05 Oct 2003 **Posts:** 45

I think that its a wayto save money on a big close up pad. I think it might be cheaper than buying several closeup pads and glueing them all together. Just my interpretation.

pb_05 · **Joined:** 25 Sep 2003 **Posts:** 494

yea i made like one of those blackjacj tables it was realy cheap actully, just bought some plywood, then went to the fabric store and bought some cheap fabric that has cards all over it AND VOALA A CHEAP close up pad

retrac · **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:48 pm

pb_05 wrote:

yea i made like one of those blackjacj tables it was realy cheap actully, just bought some plywood, then went to the fabric store and bought some cheap fabric that has cards all over it AND VOALA A CHEAP close up pad

LOL

This entire thread is just too funny, starting with the misleading title.

freiburgflyer · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:00 am

just buy a role of paper towels. glue a couple together to get the right thickness, then viola, a cheap close-up pad

you can also take a sharpie and customize it

Scorpio · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:08 am

freiburgflyer wrote:

just buy a role of paper towels. glue a couple together to get the right thickness, then viola, a cheap close-up pad

you can also take a sharpie and customize it

see, now he knows how to save money, we could all learn a thing or two from him.

majikgeorge · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:31 pm

Hey guys, you're thinking about this the wrong way round. Just cover all your magic tricks in velvet then you won't need to buy a close-up mat. Mega-saving.

Here's another handy tip.
Don't go throwing $4 down the drain buying a TT. Simply dip your big toe in liquid nitrogen, snap it off, hollow it out and away you go.

becbec · **Joined:** 05 Oct 2003 **Posts:** 45

Wow, this topic is generating good ideas. Keep up the good work. Does anyone know of a place to buy some cheap nitrogen?

Mookie123 · **Joined:** 20 Sep 2003 **Posts:** 876

majikgeorge wrote:

Here's another handy tip.
Don't go throwing $4 down the drain buying a TT. Simply dip your big toe in liquid nitrogen, snap it off, hollow it out and away you go.

wwwwaaaaiiittt a second....i thought that was what they were made of! oh well, silly me!

retrac · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:51 pm

As far as silks go...just cut up your old worn out boxer shorts into squares!

joshk · **Joined:** 16 Sep 2003 **Posts:** 266

just buy carpet under padding... actually I got mine for free, but if you cant its really cheap.
Then cover it with ur choice of fabric!

and by the way... the silk idea is gross

Neat way to save money!

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