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Cone Tent v1.3 ~ Hardware
So I have a conical tube of canvas. I now need to make a pole to support the whole shebang. Since my truck will only accommodate poles 6’4″ in length. I am going to have to make a two part sleeve/pole set up.
Cone Tent v1.2 – Painting
I wanted to pretty up the cone tent. I had by this point realized the mistake I had made when making my template, and decided to make it pretty to make up for the fact that it wasn’t going to look like the tent I was trying for. Sadness! I did a quick doodle of [...]
Cone Tent v1.1 The build
At this point I had not realized I had screwed up the template. I marked out all the sections on the painters tarp with wax tailor markers. The template was longer than the tarp, so I ended up using the wasted space at the corners to make up for the short lengths of canvas. Hard [...]
Cone Tent v1.0- Design
The big news… Recently I was contacted by an individual from Austin Texas, about purchasing my bedoiun tent. After a very short period of time a mutualy agreed upon price was determined, and the tent shouls be in Texas as I write this. This means I have very little time to make a new tent [...]
How to awesome up your work boots.
OK, I will admit it… I have huge feet. So Big that I find that shoe shopping is one of the more depressing things I can do. I ussually revert to buying a pair of mens shoes. Well, I decided I wanted shiny pretty work boots. This is my second pair, and I thought I [...]
Inspired and Humbled
I am in serious Awe. I need to make me a floor lathe. yoinked from Stuart Kings blog
Introducing Brisco
So my plans to have Son of Ash the turnip have failed. I used seeds from the original Ash the Turnip, but I forgot to get someone to water them while I was house sitting. They all died, and I sould be charger with turnip neglect. I was inconsolable all the way to the local [...]
May Gamers 2010
May Gamers (also known by some as May Bardic) took place yesterday. It was a smallish affair, but also kind of awesome. It was one of those events where just about everyone ended up doing all sort of stuff. I ran my first games tourney as Lions Gate games marshal. I decided on making a [...]
