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I was really inspired by the Quarantine Quarantines menu from the Electronic Literature Organization conference this summer. Its a randomly determined food and drink menu set in verse…
Folks, here’s a video on some specific finish samples for Hatchbox wood PLA. It took me a while to find some solutions that I liked and worked well,…
Put the final touches on the ultralite skin-on-frame canoe over the past few weeks. I had pre cut and pre bent the 12′ rub rails along with the…
After glueing up the thwart and floor boards it was time to finish the wooden frame. I used 3 coats of clear gloss rust-oleum spar varnish, and plan…
Put in the last of the wooden pieces including the thwart and floorboards. I used western red cedar for the floorboards. The plans only call for the two…
Everything I know about woodworking tells me that this breasthook glue joint will fail. But, Platt Monfort knows more about boat building than I do, and the Snowshoe…
I had help from my wonderful mother with bending and glue the ribs for the ultralite canoe. Somehow I escaped furniture design school without ever steam bending wood,…
New work, Security Blanket. In September 2001 the US congress passed public law 107-40, commonly know as the ‘Authorization for Use of Military Force’ or AUMF. Designed to allow…
Well, now I’m further along with the Snowshoe 12 canoe than I got with the Classic 12 sailboat I tried building in Tempe. Unfortunately, the living room is…
Ripped the stringers, gunwales, inwales, rubwales, and keelson all from one 5.5″x12′ board of poplar. They say you can even make these boats out of 2x4s but I…
Well, theres so many lakes and rivers here I thought I would give the boat building a second go. This time the plan is to end up with…
Arizona is a land of borders. Some clearly defined, like the 21 foot high fence along the border with Mexico, others less clear. Looking at a map of…
I had never experienced flood irrigation until I moved to Arizona. It is still a marvelous phenomenon to me, and provides a new context for my tiny house….
I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with this yet, given that I don’t usually walk around calling myself a photographer. But, I do really…
Need help making a decision? Try pro|con, it’s a free web app I made for creating pro/con lists. http://procon.herokuapp.com/
Just found this from last semester while dusting off the drive. An Interesting, but not quite feasible, collaborative project I did the visuals for on analyzing networking events….
Arduilay is an 8 channel AC relay box for use with Arduino, Max/MSP, Processing, etc. Â I designed this system as an alternative to the USB>DMX 4 channel relay…
Frames in place. Time to get the crush wood. Might have to go with kiln dried white oak or ash. No green wood or white cedar in the…
I’ve decided to make a boat as a summer project. I fell in love with the geodesic aerolite boats after seeing some of Matthias Pliessnig’s steam bent benches…