On the down side, I had to compromise on the minimal use of power tools, on the upside I borrowed a router. So courtesy of Dan, here's the result:
Lovely bowl shapes. Look great when painted, images of the final board to follow.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
00388 Holey bowley
Following the discovery that barrel hinges leave you with a box with no obvious way to open it, I woke up one morning at 5 o'clock and couldn't sleep with the excitement of finding a viable solution.
On the down side, I had to compromise on the minimal use of power tools, on the upside I borrowed a router. So courtesy of Dan, here's the result:
Lovely bowl shapes. Look great when painted, images of the final board to follow.
On the down side, I had to compromise on the minimal use of power tools, on the upside I borrowed a router. So courtesy of Dan, here's the result:
Lovely bowl shapes. Look great when painted, images of the final board to follow.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
00387
If you're planning an eggsecution, you should test your equipment & methods rigourously:
I hate them, all of them, with their funny little shells and their oblate spherics. They will all perish - mark my words.
I hate them, all of them, with their funny little shells and their oblate spherics. They will all perish - mark my words.
00386 In the land of the hungry
... the cake man is king.
Kneel and worship before my sponge and icing altar!
Mwahahahahahahahaha! Soon I will be able to take over the world.
Of cakes.
Maybe.
Kneel and worship before my sponge and icing altar!
Mwahahahahahahahaha! Soon I will be able to take over the world.
Of cakes.
Maybe.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
00384 Backgammony production line
So I finally got to taking pictures of the board with the Holga and 35mm film, but the lab wouldn't/couldn't scan the negs right up to the sprocket holes, so I did it myself (so there).
Anyhoo, more importantly (and here we see the relativity of words played out to their greatest extents) I am in production. There are two completed boards and three works in progress. It appears that now I have a method of fabricating the boards with consistent results, and so it now seems a natural thing that the painted points are just like a canvas and the board itself is just a frame. So I'm experimenting with different types of techniques and varying colours to get cool results and if I don't like them, well, it's only a small piece of wood and I won't bother to frame it.
Current favourite methodology is to apply Frisket film, mark with a stencil and cut before spraying and finally ripping off the film with a satisfying flourish.
Results are very, very good (almost too good):
- that one with the red tips is the bomb and as a result I will keep it to myself and guard it with a shotgun (along with all the others).
And the magnets are just awesome as a method of keeping the box closed, in fact they're too good. I really need a way to open the box easily, seeing as you can't very well play it with the lid closed (I've met sooooo many people with telekenisis and loads with x-ray vision, but very few with both). I now have a solution. It's awesome, and it's in the post. Eeek!
Oh, and here's a picture of the workshop wall. It's so pimp (if your pimp is lazy, fat and ugly).
And the magnets are just awesome as a method of keeping the box closed, in fact they're too good. I really need a way to open the box easily, seeing as you can't very well play it with the lid closed (I've met sooooo many people with telekenisis and loads with x-ray vision, but very few with both). I now have a solution. It's awesome, and it's in the post. Eeek!
Oh, and here's a picture of the workshop wall. It's so pimp (if your pimp is lazy, fat and ugly).
Friday, September 25, 2009
00383 Taken!
Sunday, September 06, 2009
00381 Backgammon boards are here again
Sing along now.
The last backgammon post was back at post 00253.
The whole "evening class backgammon board" thing just ran plain out of steam what with not being able to use half the tools (health and safety).
So after a brief period of mourning for the old design (which I might revisit one day), I've taken the attitude that hand tools and cheap materials are the way to go.
And, glory be, I'm so happy with the result.
From this:
To this:
Now all I need is a stiff drink, a dinner jacket, a pocket full of cash, an admiring crowd and a rich adversary bent on world domination.
I'll probably need to get some panache, too.
The last backgammon post was back at post 00253.
The whole "evening class backgammon board" thing just ran plain out of steam what with not being able to use half the tools (health and safety).
So after a brief period of mourning for the old design (which I might revisit one day), I've taken the attitude that hand tools and cheap materials are the way to go.
And, glory be, I'm so happy with the result.
From this:
To this:
Now all I need is a stiff drink, a dinner jacket, a pocket full of cash, an admiring crowd and a rich adversary bent on world domination.
I'll probably need to get some panache, too.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
00379 Holgaaaaaaaaaargh!
It's like a regular camera, but for pirates:
It's so analogue, it hurts, mainly just around the wallet. What's the attraction of not seeing the images you shoot straight away? Dunno. It's like a fashion or something.
00378 TTVirus
I have been bitten by something and I came out in this massive rash of similarly-doctored images:
I got this cream, but they keep appearing.
I got this cream, but they keep appearing.
Monday, August 24, 2009
00376 Stick on!
Summer has brought with it a massive pooh stick revival.
The sun's out which means we've been heading to the beach alot, swimming, making sand castles and did I mention pooh sticks?
(Well, a good friend informs me that it does if you throw it hard enough)
See how it's running wild and unchecked?
It's like a virus. Made out of sticks.
The sun's out which means we've been heading to the beach alot, swimming, making sand castles and did I mention pooh sticks?
(Well, a good friend informs me that it does if you throw it hard enough)
See how it's running wild and unchecked?
It's like a virus. Made out of sticks.
Monday, August 17, 2009
00375 Closer
So I finally got the whole "turn your lens round and it's a macro" thing. Apparently all you have to do is to turn your lens around, and its a macro!
I just get smarter all the time.
I made a set of them so I'll never forget the moment it dawned on me.
Watch me next time when I unravel the mystery that is "turn on the lights and you can see stuff better".
I just get smarter all the time.
I made a set of them so I'll never forget the moment it dawned on me.
Watch me next time when I unravel the mystery that is "turn on the lights and you can see stuff better".
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