00650 Steampunk Arc Reactor finished

I've finished the random present making for a work colleague.

Turn it on and the red LED's light, then pick it up with the side handles and the central window is lit with white Power LEDs.

Once the Power LEDs are lit you can jump from tall buildings, but only once.

 

    

00649 Pooh stick spring

It's a sure sign that summer is on it's way when I find myself at the shipyard.

Construction of pooh sticks has always been a predominantly fair-weather business.

 

It is also a sure sign that summer is not here, when they are launched in a pool and not the sea.

BTFW, I am still currently out of the office.

00648 Arc reactor update 1

So I'm 80% through the construction and am just waiting for a new radial drill, as you do.

Work on the limitless power has reached a standstill. I just can't seem to get past weaning myself off batteries and onto fusion (or is it fission?).

FMFI
The bolts are aged by sticking them in acid and peroxide and chucking in a piece of copper tubing. Jury's out as to whether I should copper plate them first and then give them an acid wash, or just throw all the chemicals and metals in together.

I consulted a man who nearly finished his chemistry PhD and he said that he hadn't done chemistry for so long that he really couldn't remember.

So that went well, I thought.Experts, eh?

00647 Pooh stick in the horse trough

There's a walk I do along the cliffs.

I'm in the habit of making a small boat to put in the horse trough half way along the route.

It usually makes me late.

00646 Paper Panzer

When on holiday it is sometimes wise to disguise one's boredom and find activities which distract, but do not draw attention to your restlessness.

DO NOT, repeat NOT, make paper tanks.

If you feel compelled to do so and there is no other recourse, ensure that they are small, so as not to attract unwanted attention.

Please find below a maximum size reference: 

 

That is all.

00645 Arc reactor

Following the Trophy debacle, I've been asked to make an arc reactor for a guy at work. I'm going for the steam punk angle, but I'm a little concerned about his reaction when he learns that it can't produce limitless energy and actually runs off 4xAAs.

 

 

00644 Tower on a rock/model on a stone

I've decided to downscale and am considering this property. Great views, needs a bit of work and it's slightly smaller than I'm used to. But hey.

00643 Rollapaluza the movie

We have to change the name of this event. I mean surely adults have the ability to access some form of originality.

Don't they?

00642 the Flyer

 

From which comes information on how to possess the fabled trophy.

BTFW I am currently still out of the office

00641 The Trophy

Never thought of making a trophy before. This was Andy's idea - stick some bike bits together as a prize for Wednesday's charity roller racing. I say charity in the hope that Rollapaluza hasn't gone corporate and is cranking up the litigation engines as I type. We just couldn't think up another name in time and IT'S FOR THE KIDS, FOR CHRISSAKES! (well, maybe not just for the kids, but it's for people who used to be kids)

So the essence is wood, mdf, jam jar, bolts, sprockets, chain and an old quick release spindle:

   

 

Admittedly the whole "making a trophy" thing kind of got out of hand - was always going to happen. BTFW I'm out of the office at present, just so's you know, eh?

00640 Stars

Forced from my creative hibernation, I set to work making stars for my daughter:

I'm sure the hot glue I used with the voltage regulator inside the star won't melt when the temperature goes through the roof. Yeah, I think I've got that nailed.

00639 Currently out of the office

It would appear that you just can't be in the office all of the time:
http://www.outofofficereplies.com/
Well, there's a thing.