The end of May is rapidly approaching.  eep!  The next few weeks will be very busy, hopefully even more productive than the last two weeks.

Since the last update much has happened.  The weekend of April 23rd was a trip up to the St. Paul and beyond.  Saturday was an SCA melee event which was a lot of fun.  I was also presented with my AoA (Award of ( Read more... )

Tuesday night I spent arranging and finding things in the garage, Wednesday I did make it to practice, but not in armor. Still managed to leave with more than I went with and broken at that. Gives me a project to get the stainless welding setup and practiced. Thursday we got a sword and shield made for PJ. Now I need to make a shield for Skeeter at ( Read more... )

Thursday night I mowed the lawn and then did the photoshoot for the pauldron. Pictures should be up and in galleries in the next few days. Friday I ran an errand to Menards for a dimmer switch and a few other things in preparation for the weekend. That evening I spent a majority of the time cleaning the garage and filling up the trailer with more ( Read more... )

Friday night along with Sunday morning and early afternoon were spent with a collection of hammers, some steel and the anvil. It was good. The collaboration project is now ready for coloration, new powder techniques were tested last night. It is still on track to be mostly done this weekend so that is good too.

Saturday was a change of pace to get ( Read more... )

Another month+ since posting. Progress has been made and there has been a lot of thinking going on ( Read more... )

Wednesday night I made some progress in the garage clearing things out and also cleaned some in the office. Thursday night I made a good start on the door insulation for the oven, then took out the full garbage and recycle bins ( Read more... )

Since I didn't get to it yesterday, after waking up and checking in with the wii fit this morning I took the VFR battery out to the garage. I installed it and fired up the engine, yay fuel injection! Since that looked good and the chain was properly tensioned I rolled it out of the garage to make it easier to check and fill the tires. Topped the ( Read more... )

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Friday I fit the new booth setup into the truck, Saturday morning was the market. Saturday evening we made some landscaping progress. Peonies are gone, bush stump removed, and compost bin moved into place ( Read more... )

Frame on the trailer isn't done yet, still need to do a few more welds (still plenty strong without them) on the bottom side and paint it all. However, to do that right will take a bit of time yet, and I have things I need it for before then. So I started along the path of making it functional for what I need it for next Wednesday ( Read more... )