Hey gang,
The weather has been kinda Nova Scotia Wintery so I haven't been doing much outside or in my unheated garage lately. What I have been doing, however, is watching Olympic hockey and drinking beer. This gave me an idea and after I got another beer to drink I had another idea! Why not share some interesting beers with my friends in the intertubes?
So here we go, my maiden voyage beer review:
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Little Big Projects
Howdy,
I've been neglecting my blog. I think that's how blogs are supposed to work. Anyway, here's what's up:
We (mostly my wife) had a baby. A little boy named Daniel. He's terribly adorable and growing at a grand pace. At the time of writing this he is just under 6 weeks old. Since he's largely immobile at this stage I've been taking advantage of any wisps of spare time I can find to do quick little arts and crafts hobby projects. One such project is my newest large-scale radio controlled truck.
Let's call it the "Hemipede" because... well because I feel like it. The ingredients of this one are pretty simple: one huge toy truck body salvaged from the garbage, one working but unloved R/C truck, a pinch of ingenuity, and a hacksaw.
I didn't really photograph this project much along the way so this is how it works: lop the working R/C truck in half in the middle, add a bunch of length to match the wheelbase of the body, nail (or in my case rivet) it together again and adjust the position of the body mounting posts. That's really about it. Even with a great deal of bumbling on my part I knocked this one out in about 3 or 4 hours. The unheated garage at -5c slowed progress somewhat.
Anyway... video:
I've been neglecting my blog. I think that's how blogs are supposed to work. Anyway, here's what's up:
We (mostly my wife) had a baby. A little boy named Daniel. He's terribly adorable and growing at a grand pace. At the time of writing this he is just under 6 weeks old. Since he's largely immobile at this stage I've been taking advantage of any wisps of spare time I can find to do quick little arts and crafts hobby projects. One such project is my newest large-scale radio controlled truck.
Let's call it the "Hemipede" because... well because I feel like it. The ingredients of this one are pretty simple: one huge toy truck body salvaged from the garbage, one working but unloved R/C truck, a pinch of ingenuity, and a hacksaw.
I didn't really photograph this project much along the way so this is how it works: lop the working R/C truck in half in the middle, add a bunch of length to match the wheelbase of the body, nail (or in my case rivet) it together again and adjust the position of the body mounting posts. That's really about it. Even with a great deal of bumbling on my part I knocked this one out in about 3 or 4 hours. The unheated garage at -5c slowed progress somewhat.
Anyway... video:
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