This is the name tag for Kowalski. It is the actual completion of my 2025 Penguins project. As a whole, I'm happy with how the project turned out. This particular component is one of the weaker ones, ...

I finished both Private and Kowalski's name tags. I'll post Kowalski's shortly. Private's name tag wasn't too complicated once I decided what to do. I found a circus sign online and used it to trace t...

I still have to make name tags for Kowalski and Private, but for the sake of publishing on the Internet, I'm considering this project done. The outdoor pictures don't do them justice. The individual p...

The Penguin Lamp project is almost done. Just electricity, automation and two name plates (Kowalski and Private). The goal is to get that done in the next two weeks. I spun on design ideas for Private...

This was a popular model making its way around before Halloween. I clearly didn't get it done before the holiday, but did manage to make some time for it over the course of October and November. This ...

The Music Solution The back patio finally has proper audio. I originally dabbled in low-end speakers to see what they could do, and as expected, not well. So, I started a hunt for a proper solution. M...

Barrel has been completed. Learned a few more things on this mask. I really need to design in hooks for things that hang. I epoxied hooks on all the masks, but Barrel's failed minutes after hanging. H...

Life and other challenges slowed down the completion of Kowalski, but I'm happy with the results. I am a bit worried that the connection between the lamp shade (still) and the stage (barrel raft) hold...

I was a bit disappointed as I finished Shock. It is much blander than Lock as there really isn't much coloring. I also discovered that the models were not originally proportionate. So, Shock is a bit ...

“There's no where in the whole world more comfortable than that. And Jack said to make him comfortable, didn't he?”―Lock discusses taking Santa Claus to Oogie Boogie It's been a busy couple of weeks, ...

Skipper is essentially done. I'll wire up the plug and figure out that patio cover attachment at a later date. I'm waiting on a streamable stereo amplifier for the patio (tariff nonsense and delays). ...

It's been awhile since I've posted my projects. Mostly because I was finishing up the master bathroom and doing a bunch of programming, which usually doesn't make it onto this site. But, I've started ...

In my last lathe class we made some tops from maple. I struggle a bit while in the class and wasn't happy with any of my results. Getting tired and frustrated towards the end, didn't help. But, the ne...

This hard cherry limeade (with gin) is summer nostalgia in a glass, the perfect "grown-up" version of Sonic's cherry limeade from high school!

It has been several months since an update, but that has been because I'm working on several projects in parallel and none of them seemed to be at a suitable milestone point to post an update. In Janu...