tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348872742024-03-19T01:00:26.879-04:00Life of Gregory DThe Gregory Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908757580136172553noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34887274.post-22386171772526641562018-03-19T21:52:00.000-04:002019-03-28T10:17:10.305-04:00Wooden Box - Vinyl Storage<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
My love of making sawdust in the garage started about 30 years ago.<br />
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When I was a young boy I always enjoyed spending time with my grandpa Mongosa at his house. And if conditions were just right there was a chance we might get to play in the wood shop. He would push the door open and you could smell the sawdust even before your eyes could adjust to see the giant woodworking tools looming in the dark. In time my grandpa would teach me about each one and what its purpose was. He<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> would also tell me scary stories that taught me to respect each one of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If we had time he would fetch the extension cord and run it up to the house to power up the shop. He would then ask me to pull some pieces from the scrap bin and would quickly run it through every tool turning it into something for me to play with quicker than one could mold it out of soft clay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was far too young to use the table saw and band saw and on most days the closest I got was spinning the disc sander by hand when he wasn’t looking. But there was this one time he helped me up onto a chair and he let me use the drill press to put some holes in a board. It was awesome and I always hoped that someday I would have a chance to get into woodworking myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I woke up on Saturday morning knowing in my heart that this would be the day my grandpa would pass on. He'd been putting up one hell of a fight over the past couple weeks but something told me it was coming fast. So I made a decision to </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">duck out to the garage, open the door to let in some sun, pick a board off a shelf and make some sawdust and think of my grandpa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I ended up hauling 3 random boards out to the fence to look at them. I had no idea at the time what I would be making so I just stared at the boards, flipping them over one by one, to see if any of them 'spoke' to me. I noticed the knot and little bit of live edge on the first board and thought about cutting it off and throwing it away, but then I thought let's make that the design challenge.</span></div>
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I put the other boards away and stared at the one on the fence for a while longer. It was a still morning throughout the neighborhood as it appeared everyone decided to sleep in. I could have stood there all morning but I needed to get started. "A box to store my records in", I thought. That could be cool but what would it look like?</div>
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I measured the desk that it would sit on. <span style="font-family: inherit;">I measured the cardboard box that currently held all of my vinyl.</span></div>
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I figured I would have enough material to make 2 boxes to handle my growing collection for many years to come. I set some objectives and started to sketch out some ideas.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Objective 1: I wanted to put the live edge in the most prominent location</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Objective 2: I wanted the grain and colors to march around the boxes continuously</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Objective 3: I wanted to do my first set of box joints to challenge myself.</span></span></div>
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Once I had the pieces cut I went back and forth on the thought of making a jig on my iffy cross-cut sled or doing it by hand on the band saw. In the end I chose the band saw even though it was more work and less perfect. This option did allow me to print out the box joint pattern and glue-stick it to the board. Then all I had to do was trace the lines with the blade and sand off the paper. Wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be.</div>
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I did several dry fits to see how strong the joints were. Some corners were tighter than others but I made sure to get all 3 full size corners as tight as possible on the box below to help support the small live edge joint.</div>
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I then cut a groove in the bottom to receive some 1/4" plywood I had left over from another project for the records to sit on.</div>
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It was just after I assembled the second box when I received the call letting me know that my hunch had been right that morning and he had just passed away. I took some time to pull out a lawn chair and sit in the garage surrounded by sawdust on the floor.</div>
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I took the rest of the night off but got right back to it the next morning. I cleaned up the box joints (I cut them long so I could bring them down flush later) I eased the edges of the box and applied some tung oil to all of the surfaces. By evening I would be using it in its new home.</div>
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In the end I am very happy with the build. From the memories I put into it to the final details. I'm sure my grandpa would have been proud.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm always looking for ways to save a buck and when I found 6-packs of rough finish C-Grade tongue and groove pine siding on sale I knew that was for me. Luckily they were in clear shrink wrap packaging and I could see that probably half of them had terrible knots or were split/broken. I bought twice as many pieces as I needed knowing the rest would be fire wood. Remember this entire project was under $25 so I wasn't too worried about the waste. I did have to cut both the tongue and groove off of each piece and sand like crazy which created a little extra labor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is missing from the photos is how I adhered / fastened the rail and stiles to the wall. It involved propping random objects against the trim while using a roll or two of painters tape. A note to make about my basement. Anything within the first 4 inches from the floor up is generally a pvc product in the event I get water coming into the space. I also cut the drywall a little high around the perimeter so it doesn't wick the water up into the wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Not only did this thing actually work but after several times timing how long the circuit would stay open it averaged to 5 minutes and 55 seconds. How amusing that in all of the chaos my 555 timer actually resulted in 5:55.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">It was a little tricky putting in the momentary switch. I found this amazing "arcade button" switch that I though would be perfect. Unfortunately the shear size of the component made it tricky to install and not be jutting out the front/back/side of the shelf. In the end a few sharp chisels created a custom recess for the piece. I also took this time to carve out a lava bed and identify where certain lights would be installed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">NOTE: I decided to place the button on the bottom so when someone would press it the entire shelf would be less likely to tip over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The next step came just a couple days before Christmas when the gift was due. At this point I had only soldered 2 wires together in my entire life. Sometimes the best way to learn is just to jump in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Because I wanted the 'minerals' to glow instead of the entire block I created a paper template for a typical mineral block . I did this by looking for large/small minerals on the Minecraft texture and giving them different colors (drill bit sizes.) I would then 'hog out' the inside of the block from the back using a fornster bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Below is a picture where I was testing it with a desk lamp behind the piece. I would eventually place LED lights just behind these holes. I found the best way to do this was to cut some dowels to use as plugs in the holes made by the fornster bit. I then drilled 2 holes down the length of this plug to run the wires for the LED. The LED itself was just placed against the other side of the dowel. </span></div>
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The Gregory Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908757580136172553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34887274.post-81330560517342956032017-12-17T22:22:00.000-05:002019-03-28T13:30:08.839-04:00Minecraft Electronics - Part 1 - Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another unusual sewing project my daughter and I worked on for her cousin. We really winged this one without any proper templates or planning. We started by going to the fabric store to find some nice brown fleece. Then we cut it up into 4 equal sizes and then drew a shape of what we thought 1/4 of a football would look like on the backs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We sewed everything together from the inside leaving a small opening at one end that I would hand sew at a later time. I then hand sewed the white laces into place which was some left over white fleece I found. Then my helper proceeded to stuff nearly 2 bags of poly-fill into the football!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The football ended up a lot 'fatter' that we were thinking but the precision was easily overlooked given 1. It's immense size 2. It was soft and squishy. 3. It was incredibly fun to play catch with.</span></div>
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<br />The Gregory Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908757580136172553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34887274.post-33242908742393266782016-12-14T21:59:00.000-05:002019-03-28T14:21:16.602-04:00Ponyville<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My daughter's collection of My Little Ponies has been growing steadily over the years and for Christmas I wanted to make her a Ponyville of her very own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The woodworking side of it was straight forward. 1x's were used for the base and 1/4" plywood was used for the backdrop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After I cut all of the rectangles I ran the 1x's through my table saw in multiple passes to create a gap to receive the background piece.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then found a lot of MLP themed images and imaged corrected them so they all had similar colors/theme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I printed them out and Mod Podged them to both sides of each base and each backdrop piece. This meant that she would have 16 base images and 26 backdrops to play with creating many fun combinations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also created a few intentional matches for some of the pieces to make it feel like the ponies were on a set.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here the pink and purple pony are visiting the white pony. (Sorry fans I don't know too many of their names)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here is one (Rarity) visiting a friend who loves to read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking a long walk around Ponyville.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I took some measurements of the existing stairs and the walls above. To my surprise the stringer and wall above were not in alignment. My solution had to involve a slight twisting of the handrail from vertical to slightly rotated. Things got intense when at one point I had to dust off my memory of how to bisect an angle from geometry class. Huh! I actually did get to use this in real life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The one piece of the railing I had to buy as is was the newel post. I wanted something a little nicer than a rectilinear post so I paid about $50 for this oak one. I drilled 2 holes in the base so that I could get 2 lag bolts through it into the stair framing. It was important that this piece was very secure to keep the railing from moving any. Once the bolts were in I cut a dowel to use to cap the 2 holes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next piece was to install a light. I wanted something that wasn't too bright and didn't look out of place. To do this I was looking for a wide wall sconce to put over the stairs. After some shopping around I was not able to find any so I took 2 smaller vertical sconces and rotated them and put them together to make it look like a single unit. Didn't turn out half bad, eh?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I trimmed around the opening with some base trim and painted the walls with some pain I mixed from several left over cans of pain. The final step was to find some discounted carpet remnant at the local box store. After some experimenting I decided to remove the existing tack strips and just staple it to the stairs. </span></div>
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<br />The Gregory Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908757580136172553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34887274.post-80725247114353067552016-06-21T22:29:00.000-04:002019-03-28T09:50:43.848-04:00Poison Ivy Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My daughter had a few super hero action figures she would play with but one was starting to be her favorite. So one weekend I went to work trying to make a Poison Ivy outfit for her to wear when she played dress-up. Having only made her a skirt when she was a baby this was definitely a lot more complicated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went back and forth on how to layer everything and after realizing that the amount of fabric to make it really "flowy" was more than I had estimated so I went with an outer lining that could be pulled apart. The next challenge was the order to stitch everything together. I started working inside out for the first couple layers and had to get creative after that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't seem to find a photo of her wearing the final piece but here she is trying it on before adding the ties/straps/leaves/etc. It was a fun challenge that was mostly successful. I hope to make some more things for her in the future. Something less dress-up and more every day perhaps?</span></div>
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<br />The Gregory Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908757580136172553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34887274.post-68057200049358307282016-06-02T22:37:00.003-04:002016-06-03T22:33:13.166-04:00Minecraft - Hobbiton Build - A Brief Tour - Part 6<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Home of Bilbo, afterwards of Frodo Baggins, and then of Samwise Gamgee and his wife Rosie Cotton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where this build once began, deciphering the organic layout of Bag End, creating structure and scale. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.' </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!”</span></span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><i style="color: #181818; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Tolkien</span></i><br />
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<i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;">Blunt the knives! Bend the forks! Smash the bottles and burn the corks! Chip the glasses and crack the plates! That's what Bilbo Baggins hates!"</span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;"> - The Hobbit (2012)</span><br />
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<i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;">They pillaged the pantry. I'm not even going to tell you what they've done to the bathroom, they all but destroyed the plumbing. I don't understand what are they doing in my house?" - The Hobbit</span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;">(2012)</span><br />
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"<i> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;"><i>I just need to sit quietly for a moment.</i>" - The Hobbit</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;">(2012)</span><br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;"><i>Gandalf, my old friend, this will be a night to remember.</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;"><i> </i>" - The Hobbit</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.03px;">(2012)</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” - Tolkien</span></i></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/03/minecraft-hobbiton-build-preface.html">1.Preface</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-concerning.html">2.Concerning Scale</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-setting-limits.html">3.Finding the Limits</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">4.Sandyman's Mill, Green Dragon</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_28.html">5.Bywater Pool, Hobbiton Road, Poolside</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_30.html">6.Bagshot Row</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">7.Gandalf's Cutting, Great Smials</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_2.html">8.Frog Pond, Woody End</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_29.html">9.Bag End, Hill Lane</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11.hobbit.Lab </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(placeholder)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not being a proper living quarters this structure is referred to as a true 'Hobbit Hole' and not a 'Smial'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/03/minecraft-hobbiton-build-preface.html">1.Preface</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-concerning.html">2.Concerning Scale</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-setting-limits.html">3.Finding the Limits</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">4.Sandyman's Mill, Green Dragon</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_28.html">5.Bywater Pool, Hobbiton Road, Poolside</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_30.html">6.Bagshot Row</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">7.Gandalf's Cutting, Great Smials</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_2.html">8.Frog Pond, Woody End</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_29.html">9.Bag End, Hill Lane</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11.hobbit.Lab </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(placeholder)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Used in the films as the iconic entrance into Hobbiton. Flanked with tall stone walls it frames a view of Hobbiton revealing most of Hobbiton including, in the distance, Bag End and the Great Tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just beyond the 'Cutting' lies a great mount that houses many of the "Great Smials". The layout of the mound was a little tricky trying to layout a number of smials around a single standalone mound. Some locations had to be tweaked to keep them on a good x/y axis and I had to ensure I'd have enough volume under that mound for all of the interior spaces. This great mound grew several times during the build.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/03/minecraft-hobbiton-build-preface.html">1.Preface</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_28.html">5.Bywater Pool, Hobbiton Road, Poolside</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_30.html">6.Bagshot Row</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">7.Gandalf's Cutting, Great Smials</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_2.html">8.Frog Pond, Woody End</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-concerning.html">2.Concerning Scale</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-setting-limits.html">3.Finding the Limits</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">4.Sandyman's Mill, Green Dragon</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_28.html">5.Bywater Pool, Hobbiton Road, Poolside</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_30.html">6.Bagshot Row</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">7.Gandalf's Cutting, Great Smials</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_2.html">8.Frog Pond, Woody End</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_29.html">9.Bag End, Hill Lane</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A pond located north of the town with the same name. From the films the water lies between Hobbiton and the Green Dragon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This pool has been one of the least favorite tasks of the project. Having to excavate the entire thing by hand was a little too tedious and I had to do it in small chunks over a few months. But in the end it was all worth it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A prominent road that ran through the Shire connecting Little Delving, Bywater, and lead to Hobbiton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The stretch of road leading into Hobbiton lined with trees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Added a few points of interest on the walk back to Hobbiton. A camp site, a couple docks, a garden, wishing well, and other little things to discover on your walk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I head back over the pool I would alternate between working on the Smials, the Party Tree, and the surrounding context building up layers of detail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-concerning.html">2.Concerning Scale</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_28.html">5.Bywater Pool, Hobbiton Road, Poolside</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_30.html">6.Bagshot Row</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">7.Gandalf's Cutting, Great Smials</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_2.html">8.Frog Pond, Woody End</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_29.html">9.Bag End, Hill Lane</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bywater Road - 75%
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A quaint little mill on the outskirts of Hobbiton situated off of Bywater Road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A view from a nearby dock looking at toward the watermill and Ferny's Fen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Along Bywater Road we come to a bridge aptly named Bywater
Bridge. Spanning The Water near Sandyman's Mill. This double arched bridge is wide enough to accommodate a wizard on a cart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"There's only one Dragon in Bywater, and that's
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Green Dragon is a great inn that exists across the pool. As with the plans for Bag End I was fortunate enough to find a photo someone took of a posted map from within the establishment. Once again I took some liberties, including the removal of the restrooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-concerning.html">2.Concerning Scale</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_28.html">5.Bywater Pool, Hobbiton Road, Poolside</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_30.html">6.Bagshot Row</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">7.Gandalf's Cutting, Great Smials</a></span><br />
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limit the amount of future headaches. Then I will slowly layer detail over the land
and buildings bringing them up to the same level of detail at the same time. I still expect to have to
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/03/minecraft-hobbiton-build-preface.html">1.Preface</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-concerning.html">2.Concerning Scale</a></span><br />
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able to find the Weta Forum (currently called Flame of Udun) where a special
post was created "Hobbiton Chronicles" (http://flameofudun.net/forum/general/4043-hobbiton-chronicles).
It was only a couple posts old but the amount of content that would pop up over
the next 10 months would be incredibly helpful. Go ahead and save the link for viewing later. I'll wait.</span></div>
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amazing maps of Hobbiton (theatrical version) that were passed down from a
"Flamer" by the handle lotrscenerybuilder (LSB) through the hands of another
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scale and make them so you could enter each one and walk around inside.</span></li>
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soften some of these grades to allow one to walk around in the Minecraft
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While walking around the New Zealand site gives you one
experience, you have to understand that from a Hobbit's perspective (a little
lower) Hobbiton would have been perceived a little larger. Maybe?</span></li>
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study the roll of the land. I identified the high and low points of Hobbiton
and counted 15 blocks from the bottom of Bywater Pool to the threshold of Bag
End. I created a 10x10 matrix across the land to help create guidelines that
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that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not
see them."</i> ~ Lady Galadriel (Tolkien)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/03/minecraft-hobbiton-build-preface.html">1.Preface</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-concerning.html">2.Concerning Scale</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-setting-limits.html">3.Finding the Limits</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">4.Sandyman's Mill, Green Dragon</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_28.html">5.Bywater Pool, Hobbiton Road, Poolside</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/04/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_30.html">6.Bagshot Row</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour.html">7.Gandalf's Cutting, Great Smials</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_2.html">8.Frog Pond, Woody End</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/06/minecraft-hobbiton-build-brief-tour_29.html">9.Bag End, Hill Lane</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have always held a fondness for all things Tolkien. Reading through his books gave me a glance into an ever expanding world that I always looked forward to returning to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When the movies were released it pulled me into the world
even further. I was excited to see a number of familiar things on the big screen that happened to align with
the images I crafted while reading the books. Of course there were many
disconnects from the book but I quickly grew to appreciate each presentation of the story for
what each one was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 2014 I had downloaded Minecraft in hopes to better
understand my nephew’s fascination for the game. I inadvertently got hooked. By
the next year I went from working 52 hours a week up to 56 hours a week. Add to
that spending time with my wife, our two young halflings and maintaining our
house and I would often find myself exhausted at the end of the day. Even given
my tired state Minecraft afforded me an easy way to unwind at the end of the
day whether it be of a few minutes or a couple hours.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One night while browsing the internet I saw some Minecraft
builds where others were working to recreate places from Tolkien’s work. I saw
many dedicated people looking to recreate the TRUE Tolkien image of these
places and not necessarily the new Hollywood spin. They are awesome and worth looking into
but for me I wanted to do my own personal take on a build. I chose to do a 1:1 solo-build of Hobbiton.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Typeface concept borrowed from a build @ www.minecraftxl.com/hobbiton-map</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Download: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/f88d8ta85thy67e/Hobbiton.zip" target="_blank">Click Here</a> - Hobbiton v0.9 / Minecraft 1.9.4</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the mean time please join me over the next couple months as I walk through my ongoing build of Hobbiton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lifeofgregoryd.blogspot.com/2016/03/minecraft-hobbiton-build-preface.html">1.Preface</a></span><br />
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The Gregory Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908757580136172553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34887274.post-60936244896695053632015-01-01T23:13:00.003-05:002015-01-01T23:17:37.777-05:00Marble Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27 years... It was 27 years ago I saw some classmates playing with a wooden marble run game during an indoor recess. It was the most sought after toy during these rare rainy days that left us confined to our classroom. I was always too late to the game box and only once did I get a chance to interact with a few of the pieces. But I was drawn in and have thought about that game ever since. Then it dawned on me. I have a woodshop. I have several poplar boards just sitting around. Let's do this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went ahead and decided to make (3) sets. One for my nephews and two for my kids. Who am I kidding two of them would be for me, but I'd share. I did some math comparing marble sizes <a href="http://www.landofmarbles.com/" target="_blank">www.landofmarbles.com</a>, looked at the thickness of the poplar wood (3/4"), and determined the best width to maximize my boards. In the end I kept all lengths in 1-1/2" increments. The trick is to remember to account for sanding. I cut many linear feet of 1-1/2" x 3/4" pieces on my table saw that day without knowing how many pieces I would end up with. When you are about to embark on a mission of cutting and sanding a lot of pieces, ignorance is preferred.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I purchased a 3/4" core box router bit for the trough of the straight-a-ways and used a 3/4" fornster bit for the holes. The cube transition blocks are just (2) 3/4" pieces glued together. I did a little trial and error on these cubes. Where the marble enters the cube I kept the hole centered. I did the same for the exit but sometimes the marble would get stuck. So I ended up creating a jig to hold the cubes at a slight angle under the drill press so even if the marble didn't "kick" out it would roll out plenty quick enough with the help of gravity. Hindsight I would have drilled both holes at an angle so the marble could enter/exit either hole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a blast picking out the marbles for everyone. I made sure that each person got the same quantity/color/etc. It was easy for me to get carried away on the website though since they were about $0.15 per marble. I won't tell you the obscene amount of money I ended up dropping on them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While playing with and sorting the marbles I had a lot of memories resurface of when I was in grade school and had this red and blue leather marble bag adorned with native american bead work around the outside. I remember the cotton draw strings that closed the top of the bag up and had round bells at their ends, most likely as a security measure to make sure no one would steal my marbles. I haven't seen that marble bag for 15+ years but still think about it even today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To finish the project I bought some cheap photo memory boxes from a local hobby store and placed the marbles in a zip lock bag. </span>The Gregory Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908757580136172553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34887274.post-25619713186662956512015-01-01T21:45:00.000-05:002019-03-28T10:17:32.322-04:00Wood Pens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a short story about how I salvaged some Maple from and old tree, violated at least 20 woodworking safety rules, and made 2 small pens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As with another one of my other projects the wood came from some large branches from this tree. A strong storm came by snapping the main branch over the driveway. I had enough lumber already stock piled for years of small projects but I couldn't stand by and watch a large part of this amazing tree just go to a bon fire. So I "milled" my first bit of lumber.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I continued to run it through the table saw until I had made some small 'blanks' and prepped them to be turned. I decided to do a similar exercise on a walnut branch that was given to me as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So a proper woodworker would turn a pen on a lathe. The problem was I didn't have a lathe so I had to do some online researching. Eventually I was able to find these mandrels that could potentially be used in my drill press. Not the best idea but for a couple small pens I think it should be fine. Right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My greatest fear in using this makeshift lathe setup </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(aside from losing a finger) </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was putting my drill press under unusual stress. The mandrel became a sort of lever that whenever I would press on the far end I could see it move which meant it was potentially twisting the drill itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What did I use to take away the wood one may ask. Whatever I could find. Rasps, bastard files, other dangerous tools you should have anywhere around fast rotating blocks of wood. I wore thick leather gloves and kept a tight grip on everything... just in case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before I knew it I had turned myself 2 pieces to use for my pen sets. I sanded down as fine as I could and then coated each piece with a double layer coat of super glue. Yea, it actually works well as a finish. While it worked pretty well I really doubt I'll be making things in this manner moving forward. A woodworker can only be so lucky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As my daughter has started to collect more legos I thought it would be a good idea to make a fun and useful play mat. The mat would be something that she can place all her tiny lego pieces on without falling into the carpet, make for a quick clean-up when done playing and then can be stored off to the side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started by cutting (2) 50" diameter circles out of some fabric and sewed them together with wrong sides out. Leave a gap so that you can then turn this piece inside out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I then sewed along the edge of the mat to create a channel to run the draw string. I then realized I should have cut/sewn the draw string grommets before assembling but managed to do so with some care. I cut 4 grommets (2 on opposite sides of mat) and ran some cord through it. Once you pull the cord out tight tie a simple knot/bow and hang it on a nearby hook.</span></div>
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<br />The Gregory Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10908757580136172553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34887274.post-42112609619749244652014-12-26T22:30:00.002-05:002014-12-26T22:34:54.566-05:00Balance Beam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My daughter received an early Christmas present from her Nooka, gymnastic classes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She enjoyed practically every aspect of these classes, well except for the uneven bars but I don't blame her one bit there. She talked about the balance beam a couple times and all I could think was, well that's something easy I can make and do so for under $22.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After some initial research on official sizes of balance beams I decided to shorten the 16 footer and do a short 8' practice beam and have it sit about 7" off the floor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started with 3 pine 2x4's that I sanded down to reduce the overall thickness (was shooting for a 4" wide beam) and to round over the edges. I then glued and screwed the 2x's together. I left (2) 3 1/2" gaps at either end to receive the removable 2x4 feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't know if there would be potential for toe pinching as the boards may move over time so I taped a thin board on the top side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went to the fabric store during a 50% off upholstery vinyl. Fabric generally comes in 54" wide so I had to stitch the two halves together on my sewing machine. It flattened out well once it was pulled tight. The trickiest part was how to fold heavy fabric at the ends and not look horrible. It took several tries to find the best solution. I started installing the fabric in the center and used a hammer stapler to tack it to the wood. I then pulled it tight lengthwise and temporarily stapled the ends before wrapping the rest of the beam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It turned out a lot better than I thought it would and both my daughter and her younger brother loved playing on it... even if were used for non-gymnastic things.</span></div>
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