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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Christmas goodies
Nearly the end of 2008, and I’ve had a great Christmas.I’ve had some nice times visiting family, playing silly games, and drinking generally too much. And I’ve apparently been a very good boy this year as I’ve been treated to lots of things I really wanted.