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Something for the Weekend - Part 237 - Pot luck!

  • March 28, 2025
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Thanks to all who took part in our last 'Pi' challenge.

 

This week I was digging around in a components drawer and came across this small potentiometer, which is used to vary voltage, or current, in an electrical circuit. However, I know that your creative imagination can put it to a much wider use. What can you make with it?

 

The “rules”:

  • Use the starter image as at least part of your own image entry.
  • Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright, etc.
  • Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert. This is not just for our forum “regulars”.
  • There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off your skills, or bring a bit of humor and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!
  • The starter image is made available for you to use in this forum challenge only.

 

To download the starter image, hover over the image and click on the circle with the arrows at the top right. Then, when the image opens in its own window, right click and choose “Save Image As/Save Target As” (or similar depending on your browser).

 

 

When posting back your image — please use the blue reply button in this first post and use the 'Insert Photos' icon at the top of the reply box. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry, then please use the grey reply button next to their image post.

 

Have fun!

 

Dave

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derekwatson
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Derek Watson
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April 1, 2025

Great minds think alike!

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derekwatson
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April 1, 2025

Ha!! Sorry I didn't notice you had posted that! 😄

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April 1, 2025

derekwatson
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April 1, 2025

I can see that on the good, better, best section of Antiques Roadshow on BBC!

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March 31, 2025

Hybrid train

 

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davescm
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April 1, 2025

Back to Alston, JR. The pot fits the front of the loco well, and I see by the platform that it is definitely going places.
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@mj
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April 9, 2025

Missed that subtlety

fbeaume
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March 31, 2025

Pot Invaders
(All made from starter image)

AlanGilbertson
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March 31, 2025

Hilarious! And a brilliant take on the subject! I can hear those 8-bit sound effects in my head.

fbeaume
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April 2, 2025

Thanks Alan!

TheOriginalGC
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March 31, 2025

The King of Radio Shack. 

Trevor.Dennis
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March 31, 2025

Hah ha.  That's funny!  The poor fellow is not doing so well by the sound of it.

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March 31, 2025

davescm
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April 1, 2025

A sort of steam-punk necklace, Nikki. Don't shout too loud about it, they'll all want one.  🙂
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Travis Keyes
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March 31, 2025

“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.”
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April 1, 2025

The pot fits in well with the decorations on that chest, Travis. I like that you've extended the bottom of the pot to reach the bottom of the chest.
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Jacob Bugge
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March 31, 2025

 

 

Click to get closer

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April 1, 2025

It looks like a new night vision gun-sight, Jacob.  🙂
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Jacob Bugge
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April 2, 2025

I agree, Dave.

 

Reading about such a pot I felt like one of the small animals in Farewell to Shady Glade, completely failing to understand what the old raccoon was trying to explain.

 

The aged look reminded me of a few episodes of Foyle's War so I came to see it as an elaborate release button with an alert.

 

didiermazier
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March 31, 2025

System

davescm
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April 1, 2025

I wonder if it spins faster as you turn up the pot? 🙂
Dave

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March 30, 2025

Trevor.Dennis
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March 30, 2025

I'm sure this one was in a Doctor Series.  Not sure if they were called Potleks or Cyberpots.

AlanGilbertson
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March 31, 2025

I was thinking of the Absorbalov. He (it) was only in the one episode, I think, with the 11th Doctor. The only alien in any of the Doctor Who series that had a Yorkshire accent.