Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 55m OK these might be the last scenery pics, because I'm getting up to about five minutes+ of fighting with the iPhone auto-focus to not latch onto the increasingly dirty window per successful photograph, which is making it difficult to actually enjoy the view. 011
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 3h 40 minute train maintenance stop in sunny Albuquerque! 3104
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 6h🪵 2026/10/15 I'm gonna have to come back to this part of the country when I have some time to play around. These New Mexico landscapes are really activating my feline "go climb on the rocks" instincts. 1122
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 12h I was trying to figure out if they were part of the Democrats who hate leftists botnet that joined November 2024, but most of them aren't programmed to be perverts, they're just incomprehensible fans of Gavin Newsom. 210
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 19h Midnight coming into Topeka with my borked sleep patterns. 021
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 14/10/2026 Shooting B roll of pigeons like an omega tourist so I can study their biomechanics for the opera about my highwayman ancestor that I'm reworking into a puppet show about doves. 151
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 14/10/2026 Checking out the architecture at Union Station while we kill time. 131
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 14/10/2026🪵 2026/10/13 Four hour layover in Chicago. 1114
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 13/10/2026Sunset over the Potomac at Harper's Ferry. 0105
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 13/10/2026🪵2026/10/12 Choooo Chooooooooooo! ⛰️ 🚂💨💨💨💨 🏕️ 113517
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 12/10/2026🪵 2026/10/12 The box is is sealed and getting picked up today!! ...Now we just need to cover the transport bill! Last-minute expenses have really drained the accounts! Anything helps! 💸 bit.ly/WDCshApp ☕ ko-fi.com/ommerdraven 🙏⚒️💕💸🏳⚧♿💜 43226
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 11/10/2026 Luckily after the tornado warning passed the sun came out to help everything dry. 021
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 11/10/2026🪵 2026/10/11 Sorry I haven't been staying on top of updating, but the tent is down and we are in the final stages of packing! ⛺💨 Things have been a bit chaotic as you can see, and last-minute expenses are really hurting the travel funds! 🚂💨 Anything you can spare helps! 🙏⚒️💕💸🏳⚧♿💜💨 11415
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 09/10/2026 OK, the concrete workbench is disassembled and packed flat... Only had one minor catastrophe when I had to rip out a stripped screw (after carefully filing flats on the side of another one whose head was proud enough to get at), but it wasn't a major loadbearing connection. 121
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 09/10/2026🪵 2026/10/09 Well, this is gonna be a mess inside, but thanks to magneting the lid down which locks all the drawers nothing actually fell /out/ while I was struggling it out of the tent. Tools will be much happier in the new co-op workshop! 💸 bit.ly/WDCshApp ☕ ko-fi.com/ommerdraven 🙏⚒️💕💸🏳⚧♿💜 155
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 08/10/2026 Oh, and this is from yesterday. I got the forge all broken down and cleaned and packed full of stuff to save space and strapped into the container. Sorry I haven't been updating like usual but trying to just push momentum into packing. 021
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 08/10/2026🪵 2026/10/08 One thing I for sure won't be missing is this old warped weathered arsenic treated wood I found in the park and built that temporary anvil stand out of. That stuff was miserable to work with, irritated my skin, and i'll be glad to leave it behind in the trash. 😤⚒️ 131
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 04/10/2026🪵 2026/10/04 Spent all morning cleaning and getting ready (plus being diverted on a few side quests) and the plastic is finally up. I am wiped. 183
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 04/10/2026🪵 2026/10/03 Didn't have the time or energy to put the plastic up today since all of my spoons were spent fighting various other crises, but it's here for tomorrow. 🛏️ 152
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 02/10/2026 My mean old disabled body made me retreat out of the heat to recover, but I got started cutting the hole out.🪚⚒️ 011
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 02/10/2026 Suppose I'll be filing this one under "I guess it's not stupid if it works." I do wish I had a proper brace though. 121
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 02/10/2026 Got the holes for the intake valve flap on the forge bellows planned out. ⚒️ It's gonna be fun cutting those decorative swoops I insisted on going with out of the middle of the board without a jigsaw...🪚 But I for some reason decided my work needs to look good and have character. 🙄 122
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 02/10/2026🪵 2026/10/02 Oof. $60 for a single bag of supplies at a store that I would rather be boycotting. At least I didn't have to pay for an Uber or delivery since I felt well enough to bike there and back… Almost... 🥵 Was struggling a bit at the end there, but I made it. 🚲💨 21311
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 30/09/2026 Got the patterning for the baffles done! Managed a nice tight grouping on the material with a healthy piece of leftovers for details, patches, gaskets, etc. ☺️⚒️ 022
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 30/09/2026 Well I managed to get the hide pieces for the baffles planned out... after struggling with TinkerCAD for a while... Going to make some cardboard templates to actually place the cuts once Dalila has a minute to be my second set of hands. 142
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 29/09/2026 Cleaned up and slightly beveled all the edges. Got the hinge cut, rounded over, and waxed. Did a test stain with my walnut ink, but it looks terrible. Might just wax the whole bellows. Rubber cemented the hinge on since I'm out of other glue. 131
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 29/09/2026 Wow, I really lucked out on this piece of plywood! No gnarly knots or voids! ...Especially considering I just had Dalila grab the top off the cheapest pile that would give me enough material but still fit in our ride's car without waiting in the 10-deep line to have a full-size sheet cut down.😳 121
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 29/09/2026 I probably should've waited until it was a little cooler in the evening to start this, but if I don't spend some time physically building something my brain will never quiet down enough to accomplish all the other things I need to do. 111
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 29/09/2026🪵 2026/09/29 Hand bellows are underway. Got the layout done for one side. I'll cut this out and just trace it for the second one. Did a bunch of other errands this morning I'm too tired to convey at the moment. 134
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 27/09/2026🪵 2026/09/27 Whoops! I think I'm going to have to make some hand bellows. My cheap shop vac is ironically too powerful. 142
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 26/09/2026🪵 2026/09/26 A friend sent some emergency funds so I could get to an urgent care visit... ...But I'm still trapped in the labyrinthine nightmare liminal space they opened a portal to when North Carolina privatized our Medicaid. 😰 171
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 25/09/2026🪵 2026/09/25 Now that I've tricked several of you into caring about my forge project, I'm going to make you wait before I work on it. Lining chests with grippy mat to give the tools a fighting chance in transit + cleaned the outer shopvac filter that had gotten wet and turned into a mud patty. 140
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 24/09/2026 Back to work. I hand drilled a hole into a belt pulley I made for the old lathe motor to make a little handle for the end of my file. Wish I had done this yesterday. Makes filing these slots a lot easier. ⚒️ 131
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 24/09/2026🪵 2026/09/24 I got the adjuster sleeve for the forge touyere 90% finished yesterday, and it's perfect forging weather this morning... But with my back all messed up I'm in no shape to be swinging a hammer today. 😭 140
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 23/09/2026🪵 2026/09/23 Rainy day, and I'm feeling rough. Took a while to get moving and I'm not gonna film the whole process, but I'm filing the slots in the adjuster sleeve. Risking giving myself shop foot with metal slivers in the tent, but I wanna make some progress despite the rain. 🌧️🏕️⚒️ 130
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 21/09/2026 I got all the holes drilled in the adjuster sleeve once the sun started going down and it was cool enough to work outside again. I'll mark out the cuts for the slots and do them tomorrow if the weather cooperates after my doctors appointment. 042
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 21/09/2026 It's too hot outside and I'm too tired to work out there, but I wanted to get something done. 🥵 So I set up the overhead perspective camera and at least centerpunched the hole positions for the slots on the adjuster sleeve. ⚒️ ...and put some jazz over it. 🎼🎵 131
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 21/09/2026🪵 2026/09/21 Had to get some meds this morning and pay Dalila's cell phone bill, which is leaving the survival funds unfortunately scant! Anything you can spare helps us bump along until it's time for us to board! 💸 bit.ly/WDCshApp ☕ ko-fi.com/ommerdraven 🙏⚒️💕💸🏳⚧♿💜 12830
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 21/09/2026 Managed to get all of my medicine bottles washed despite all of the shouting going on in the house and my old broken spine screaming at me for standing in one place with my arms extended for half an hour. I don't mind actually washing dishes, it just HURTS because of the posture required! ♿ 121
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 20/09/2026 I got the templates made for the adjustable tuyere and the holes drilled in the inner pipe. I don't have the energy for drilling and cutting the slots in the adjuster sleeve tonight... ...or actually editing the video, so I just 10X time-lapsed this one: 111
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 20/09/2026🪵 2026/09/20 Wowee! Would you look at that! My broken body, bad brain, and balmy biome all finally gave me a break to get back to building! Made some more progress on the forge conversion for the co-op workshop! Didn't even break anything this time! 😂 194
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 18/09/2026🪵 2026/09/18 I was planning on doing some work on the forge today, but after walking to the shops and taking a shower I'm still too wore out. I think I'll take it easy for another day. 183
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 18/09/2026 For context here, Aaron Rodericks of Blue Sky Trust and Safety is arguing that harassing minorities by specifically blaming them for their own oppression is not "targeting" that minority. > Is this employee toxic? Undeniably yes. 06922
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 17/09/2026 FINALLY finished re-packing and packing and cleaning and laundry and laundry and laundry and packing and vacuuming and lice treatment and shower and laundry and just need to prep my medicine bottles for the night and I can lay down and (not) die. 062
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 17/09/2026 Looooots of progress packing, and I'm not quite done for the day, but we're running out of light for outdoor pictures. This would look even more impressive if I wasn't hyper-efficiently repacking the boxes as I went. 📦 👀 153
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 16/09/2026 Pour one out for the dead puppets. 111
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 16/09/2026🪵 2026/09/16 I cleaned up the mess I made in the tent yesterday and then made a new type of mess for what doesn't look like a ton of progress. About to reach a tipping point where I can move the air filter and access the mountain of boxes though. Gonna take a break to play with the kids. 171
Ommer Draven 🚂💨💨💨 ⚒️🏳⚧♿ @ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 15/09/2026 Walking up to the store to get some meds I forgot while I was at Walmart. Made a fair bit of progress packing, but I forgot to take a picture before I locked the box, so here's my reading material for the walk instead: 111