8
Sep
10
Oct
Sled gets a new hat
Very soon after I started hotrodding the RocketSled, I found it was too fast to pass tech. Folk’ll cheat thinking tech is something that’s more a pain in the ass than anything else. I disagree. The rules are there to keep you intact incase you run out of talent before you run out of turn. Read the rest of this entry »
16
Aug
Bzzt, part 2
More furious halloween prop making (pushing the HD button is recommended):
11
Aug
OneOffs: Harbor Freight
toystore for guys.
We’re working on Halloween props. (less than 80 days remaining!) And it occurs to me that an odd fiddly site should talk about the things that make odd fiddly things. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: halloween, Harbor Freight, kits, sander, saw
A number of completely disparate events brought me to this feature. Michael Jackson dieing had me digging into my MP3 archives for an album or two. This is not about him. (Of course, it can’t hurt me in the Google rankings either. 
) A year ago, the wife bought a turntable, with the intent of turning it into a halloween prop. And I ran across a box with a half dozen records in it this afternoon. My son asked if any of them were ‘Michael Jackson’, and sure enough, Thriller’s in there. Read the rest of this entry »
16
Jul
Project Teaser
(Just so you know I’m not shirking my Odd Fiddly Duties)
Tags: Jacob's Ladder, Neon, Transformer
10
Jul
2010 Mustang spyshot
Happened to see this mustang in Victoria BC, looks like a 2010 Mustang:
As will be apparent in the upcoming posts, The family and I just got done with an extended vacation in Blaine, Washington. Upon hearing that the wife and I were gearheads, the local carshow asked if we would help judge. Silly me signed up for the Rod classes (street, Rat, etc.) which happened to be the single largest represented class, with each new example looking cooler than the last. Read the rest of this entry »
New hobby category! I’ve spent some time doing things photographical and figured here would be a good place to show last weekends events!
I’m one of those fathers. The ones that send their own project to the science fair. Well, actually, I’m NOT, but I think the request made of my kids seemed a little unfair for kindergartners. And I wanted them to win.
And, it struck a chord in my past. My Father died a few years ago, and this is a project he did with me, albeit when I was in Junior High. Is this how technically advanced kids are these days? That they have access to aerospace technology in kindergarten? Read the rest of this entry »