Category: Creative and Maker Projects
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Game table build
Claro Walnut, 40in frame with felt covered 1/4 ply top. There will be no legs on it; we’ll be putting it on top of a coffee table.Tolerances are about a 1/16th of an inch. PU finish and top mounting hardware to come.
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DIY DVD-R Spectroscope – Looking at lights with a camera
Over the last couple of years, I have had the fortune and curse of shooting with a lot of different lighting gear, and in a range of situations for both video and still photography. This range of experiences has improved my instinct for the quality of light in front of me. I have used everything…
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Bumper Avocado Crop
Last year was a weird weather year around here. If you live in Califa you may have noticed it, too. Everything seemed to run about a month behind, and was fairly mild. My apples didn’t like it, nor my tomatoes. My grapes, plums, oranges, and nisperos, all loved the extra month of mild weather, and…
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First Racking
I took a wild guess, and racked my one gallon of Viozinho this morning. As you can see it isn’t very clear at this point, but the smaller jug was very clear before I messed with it. It’s a little on the brown side, too but I’m not too concerned with that right now. All…
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Lomax
In his world he went by the name of Lomax. There he could search for his meaning in life without the hardships of really finding himself. The real flesh of Lomax lived in a small flat like so many of his kind. The new young. Not really attached to much that was out there. He…
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My First Try at Making Real Wine
I have very little idea how to make wine, but it is something that has always interested me, and living in California, it is something that’s just part of life. Anywhere you travel in this state you are bound to come across vineyards and wine tasting rooms. Go south from the Bay Area on US…
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October is a Good Month
This is a pumpkin from my garden. It’s one of the best I’ve grown. October is a great and odd time of year in California. It is a time when some of the trees drop their leaves as is traditional in the Fall, but others are just getting geared up to produce their crops. It’s…
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A spike in renovation
While renovating a small part of one of our buildings (the office out back) I ran into this while digging. What do you suppose it is? Obviously its a 10 inch steel spike, but the configuration is fairly odd. Working on this old house is always fun, cause I never know what I am going…
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Comic Books
At one point in my life I wanted to be a comic book artist. I know I used to draw a lot, but I’ve never really bothered keep track of what I drew or when. Now that I see this old sketch book my mom found, I remember drawing all this, and all the hopes…
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Reclaimed Wood Stool
I’ve been working on this for a while. It’s gone through three iterations, and then the long process of finishing it. The base is Douglas Fir 4×4’s and 4×6’s (even with hidden nails that killed my jointer blades.) The top is White Oak with Claro Walnut tenons. The finish on the bottom is a dark…