loop for life 2008 w/vids |
. Been a long time since I posted here ...last Saturday ,23 August ,some friends from work and I went on the loop for life ride . This is a charity held each year where one side of I-465 ,the high...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:55:00 GMT |
Claudes folly part four -final assembly |
Claude's folly part four -final assembly Well, I've certainly took my time getting back to this ... I could just have easily have had some BS excuse about the holidays and such , and while it is tr...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:03:00 GMT |
claudes folly3 |
It was finally time to prepare the leather for the covering the case.I used 2-3 oz leather for the fascia covering partly because it would conform to the surface irregularities better ,and it was on s...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:13:00 GMT |
Claude’s folly part 2 |
I had relocated the controls to make room for the fans added the grill and sanded smooth ( actually I cheated by adding strips of plastic stock across the seams so they didn't have to be perfectly sm...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:04:00 GMT |
claudes folly part 1 |
Claude's folly part 1 acquiring the parts . I first had to find a good case to start with I cruised over to Newegg.comchecked what was on sale and what had (relatively) good reviews .this is what i c...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:23:00 GMT |
My folly: computer case mod project part 0 |
This whole thing started ,as most folly's often do ,on a dare . Well, not really, more of a shrug ...I shall explain: I built my first PC with the help of the folks at the (now defunct in Indiana)PC c...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:29:00 GMT |
3d chessboard complete. |
3d chessboard complete. It's been a while since I've been back to the keyboard to update my blog .No real excuse, just haven't felt the muse .I thought i should wrap up my chessboard project by p...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:33:00 GMT |
3d chess part 6 |
fishing touches .I had at one point wanted to make a leather cover for the base , but that would have extended my completion time and I was kind of looking forward to completing this project (others w...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:02:00 GMT |
3d chessboard part 5 |
The next step I used a motor tool with a fiber reinforced cutting wheel to cut brass tubing into lengths to make the post and holders for the "attack" boards. once they were cut,and the ends polished ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:47:00 GMT |
3d chess board part 4 |
3d chess board part 4finishing the boardsI should once again stress that this part is not for the novice . grinding and shaping glass can be hazardous even to the experienced (I found out the hard wa...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:20:00 GMT |
