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5/6/2006

Nerd Bench

Filed under: — LAL @ 10:21 am

A nerd at heart, and research junkie. Just thought I would post a shot of what my computer worstation / jewelry workbench looks like. Keep in mind that this is just 1 of my 5 computers….! A resolution to any problem is just a google search away.

11/22/2005

Flexible gooseneck Camera Mount

Filed under: — Post @ 3:48 pm

In following thru with the effort to document MUCH more of what I do throughout the days and weeks, I turned to one of the best new publications I have seen in quite some time, Make Magazine. With a little inspiration from one of Make’s articles, I constructed this mount for my bench. Now it is a trivial job to photogragh, step by step, all that happens on the business end of my workplace…!

1/25/2005

Casting with your microwave…?

Filed under: — LAL @ 1:24 pm

What, you don’t believe me? How would you like to replace your big smelly oven, your way overpriced timer/ controller, and that vacuum machine with a $75 microwave from Walmart? Well, if you master this, it appears to be entirely possible. So who’s going to try it first? I want to hear about it.

MicroWave

1/7/2005

My Unimat…

Filed under: — LAL @ 2:00 pm

Well, I said a while back that I wanted one, and I got it. My Unimat modular mill thingy. I haven’t had much (read, ANY) time to play with it yet, but I have been able to put it together, and give it a good look over. From the pictures I had seen of it, I had assumed that it was made entirely out of heavy ABS, not so, the main parts are aluminum with the attachments being solid ABS plastic. It appears to be a very solid piece of machinery, and with some pratice and knowledge of excatly what its capable of, Im sure changing it into its numerous configurations will become second nature. Thats all I have for now, when I have a chance to dig into it I will let you know.
MyUnimat

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