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Unique art or uninspired copy
I decided for this project not to take any pictures of the making process. I’m not sure why but it seemed that unlike a functional piece, as a piece of art it should evolve naturally and only be seen in its final form.
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Lidded box project
Some months ago I bought a number of project accessories from Turners retreat. I was primarily after bottle stopper bits, eg the rubbery bits that form the seal. But I ended up buying a bottle opener end piece.
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HWA January project – Wine bottle coaster
Whilst it may seem a little late, due to the snow the February wood turning meeting got canceled and I got more time to complete the challenge set by Bill to make a wine bottle coaster.
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New tools!
At the weekend I took a trip to John Davis Woodturning This was my first time in a real wood turning shop/workshop rather than just browsing items on line. It was very cool, nice to be able to actually see the various tools and get a proper feel for them.
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Work around computers? Or have them work around you?
I’ve been thinking recently about the way my computer use has changed over the years as technology has progressed.
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Side table project
The side table sits next to the sofa and holds a few sundry items like the phone. It is cheap black metal frame and glass top. I’ve had it for a long time, and I really don’t like it any more. I’ve totally grown out of the glass surfaces thing. They almost never look good…
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Getting call stack tracing out of navit (or any C application)
This evening I’ve been working on something I’d been thinking about for a little while. As part of my trying to get involved in navit I discovered that I understand fairly little able C and very little about how navit works.
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My new bandsaw, the Record BS-350s
Despite knowing that I have a tool addiction, and that I probably already spent way too much time in the garage, and not nearly enough time paying attention to her, Kat bought me a bandsaw for Christmas. Lets face it, I have the best girlfriend in the world.
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Participating in OSS
Fairly recently I went through the process of being allowed to participate in an open source project ‘Navit’Working for a big company I have to just make sure there are no potential contamination issues. Very boring, but done now.
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HWA January meeting – Adrian Smith off-centre turning
A new year and already we’ve had the first good woodturning demonstration. This month Adrian Smith gave the demo on off-centre turning. There are a few signs which indicate someone takes woodturning seriously, one such sign was present on Adrian Smith… his own work smock with his name stitched on breast.