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Category: crafts/fun

From Workbench, to Work-from-Home

A brief Brazing Introduction, and quips about the prospects of sustainable DIY My house here in Los Angeles is shared between 4 people - between us we work diverse set of jobs, but we all inevitably spend a lot of time on our laptops. Some of us have desks, but we've wanted to have a … Continue reading From Workbench, to Work-from-Home →

beparnas crafts/fun Leave a comment May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 6 Minutes

A 115 Year Glow-Up

I picked up a film camera a few years back from a vendor at the MIT SwapFest, a collection of very colorful folks in beat up minivans selling all sorts of things out of a parking garage in Kendall Square. It was a Kodak 1A from the late 1920s - pretty, but also pretty common, … Continue reading A 115 Year Glow-Up →

beparnas crafts/fun 1 Comment November 27, 2019May 19, 2021 4 Minutes

Brightening my DayLilies

April was a tricky month. Formlabs is bustling; we announced a big new product to the world and now the days are spent on the final tweaks to get it into our customer's hands. And what is my role in all of this? I am, well, focused on growing some vegetables in our still-too-short New … Continue reading Brightening my DayLilies →

beparnas crafts/fun, electronics Leave a comment April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 4 Minutes

Hello, Again

...well, how was that for a cliffhanger? It wasn't exactly a riveting story, I agree. It's been a year and a half, plus or minus, since I left my story hanging here. I had to ask out of curiosity - Google tells me that I haven't posted or given any sort of update in exactly … Continue reading Hello, Again →

beparnas crafts/fun Leave a comment March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 3 Minutes

Creating New England’s Monster, in TableTop Form

As an outdoors enthusiast, I'm pretty fond of topographic maps. I can't explain it, I just like how they look!   A while ago, I came up with a creative technique of translating one of these maps into a 3D model, and produced a map of Mt. Ranier in Washington made of foam, lasercut into the … Continue reading Creating New England’s Monster, in TableTop Form →

beparnas crafts/fun Leave a comment January 5, 2017January 5, 2017 2 Minutes

What I've been up to recently

Gosh it's been awhile! Many things are going on but few of them get finished. Here's something fun though - I converted an oily machine shop workbench into a workbar, and explored some new techniques along the way. Link to the full post in my bio ☝️
This little home shop just became quite a bit larger! The transit was questionable, but nothing broke. Planning a number of improvements to this tool, to soon enable quite a few future projects...
Summer's in full, heh, swing out here, so @decidedly_unremarkable and I put together a hammock stand! It's made out of some no-so-great plywood and electrical conduit, plus a few bits of hardware to hold things together. Blog post to follow w/ instructions if there's any interest in that! It's pretty great to enjoy some R&R outdoors without planting two trees and, y'know, waiting 20 years 🌳-_-🌳
A quick & dirty #functionalprint this evening, to repair a busted latch on a headlamp. The printed clip is simply CA glued to a flat face around the charging flap - you'd hardly know it wasn't original!
I solved a mystery and fixed my old #printrbot 's filament guide over the weekend! Small writeup at the bio link, for those curious. There are newer printers and better extruders to be had, but this cost me nothing and took only an hour or so to complete, so I'm satisfied. I just need to make objects again...
I'm making me jelly! This is made from #local kumquats, which lie somewhere between grapes, oranges, and lemons.

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