Hey Folks! Glad you found my site. I hope to begin to catalog my adventures here. I’ll try and document things I’ve made and stuff I’m involved with. I’m not sure how organized this’ll be, bear with me, rawr!
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Custom Laser Cut Boxes
I made a number of leather products as family gifts this x-mas. I wanted to put them in boxes that fit just right. We happened to have a rather large cardboard box waiting to go out for the recycling. I thought, ya know, I can reuse that cardboard and give it at least one more life as a box. So I worked out how you build a design in onshape CAD that makes a box but can then lay the material out flat for the cutting.
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Leather Glasses Cases
This year for x-mas I decided I’d dig out my old leather tools and make people something. There’s a great creator I’ve been watching on youtube Tony See. I saw his video on a fairly simple glasses case. Purchasing the pattern from him on etsy was under $5. I ended up making 7 of them in total.
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Intro to Japanese Calligraphy
This year for my birthday my wife bought me a ticket to a 2 hour into to Japanese calligraphy. I’ve been doing Japanese on Duolingo for a few months and find it fascinating. So this was an excellent gift. Also, for x-mas she got me a vintage ink stone and brushes. So there will be more to come. But for now, here’s what I achieved in those two hours.
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Glass Blowing Workshop
We found a glass blowing workshop and thought we’d give it a go. We’ve been up to the Corning Museum several time and love it. It’s well worth stopping in if you are in the area. Anyhow, this “workshop” was just some blow torches, insulation mats and glass tubes. I don’t know exactly what I was expecting but it seemed a bit underwhelming. After a lot of instruction and talk of technique and safety we finally got a turn. We put some frit into the glass tubes for color, heated them and blew into them. Then we just had to wait for the slow cooling between the insulation. Here’s what I ended up with:
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Redhood Mask
My kid has been getting into comics more lately and I found her favorite character’s mask as a model. I thought I’d take this as an opportunity to try and finish a 3d print. Since I mostly print functional items I’ve never tried the whole sanding and paining process to get a nice finish. Here’s how it went:
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Montco Riders Logo
I’m one of the co-organizers of the Montco Riders meetup group. During a trip down south to visit the Tail of the Dragon We stopped into a cafe at the north end. It was a very car focused establishment. I saw a brand that I thought communicated their intentions well.
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