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PEEPERS!
given the incredibly warm February we had this year, i expected to break last years record. But no, March decided to be the new February, and we got several big late march snowstorms.
And the peepers are actually pretty late this year.
But they're finally here. Suck it, winter. You're DONE. -
Art, delayed gratification
25 years ago, I was still working at a small company in Cambridge called Cybermation. We made CNC machines for the signmaking industry; routers and plasma cutters. We made both the software and the hardware. I worked on the software side. The company is long out of business, but many of the machines are *still* in use today. (google for Cybermation ( Read more... ) -
Outcruft!
Bung bung bung bung,
Bung bung bung bung.
Bung bung bung bung!
Magic Dumpster! salvage my dreams!
Accept the weight of my Recycling Streams!
Eat my scrap steel, and other things Ferrous
Guest star on _Hoarders_, from that you will spare us!
Magic Dumpster! Take these I-Beams!
Reduce the volume of my Unfinished Schemes
The dusty cruft, in my basement it ( Read more... ) -
that small machine shop project i've been meaning to get around to for years...
So, I have this lathe. Classic South Bend 10K (heavy 10) toolroom lathe. I got it used many years ago, and it has served me very well.
Used tools generally have some sort of idiosyncracies.
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PEEPERS!
Its raining, and the peepers have come out!
A new record! Beats the previous record of March 13, from 2012, by three days.
33 days earlier than last year. -
Quality question.
Are there *any* manufacturers out ther that produce a decent room humidifier that will actually last more than 2-3 years before crapping out? -
This is not really what i'd call "rapid" prototyping.
Yay! First print with ABS that didn't warp it's way off the print bed within the first 5 layers.
In fact, it finished, and came out great!
Still in the realm of "black magic" until I can make it happen repeatedly, though.
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PEEPERS!
The froggies are finally out there singing away! (there may have been a single lonesome one out there last night; not positive) Another late arrival this year, the latest we have ever recorded here in Westford MA ( Read more... ) -
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Happiness is a steaming bowl of Borscht with sour cream. That is all.
