Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Mid-Century Moto Mecca Makeover
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Workspaces between 485 and 705 squarefeet.
Brian R
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That's great work on the trellis. Are you worried about wind? We had a big storm blow through here over the 4th of July that tipped over some ceramic end tables we had on our patio. I was shocked they could blow over since they are only about 18 inches tall, 12 inches wide and maybe 15 pounds. One of them broke.
I know you want simple but you might want to secure them (and I'm sure you'll think of something simple and elegant).
Sometime letting go a project is a bigger lift than doing the project but it sounds like it went to the right person.
I know you want simple but you might want to secure them (and I'm sure you'll think of something simple and elegant).
Sometime letting go a project is a bigger lift than doing the project but it sounds like it went to the right person.
Andrew S
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What's that saying about the two happiest days of owning a boat?
The day you buy it, and the day you sell it.
Seems to be the same for RVs.
As usual, Gregor captured this perfectly in his photos.
No promises on how soon, but I do hope to get everything fixed.
The day you buy it, and the day you sell it.
Seems to be the same for RVs.As usual, Gregor captured this perfectly in his photos.
No promises on how soon, but I do hope to get everything fixed.
I about spit my coffee reading this. Living life with kids is living life at a million miles an hour.
-Kelly
One of the things that has been a struggle for a few years is working in video. Despite being on crews and even directing shoots it's a very different mindset and I struggle to remember to shoot stills when I decide to shoot video or vice versa. But the editing is getting easier at least for vertical reels which, ironically, is my least favorite form of video.
Last week my brother sent me the portafilter for his new espresso machine with the request that I modify it but also make an Instagram reel of it so that he could use that. Both of us, despite being in the creative business and creating materials for clients, struggle with promoting ourselves and/or our businesses.
Do I need a sketch to drill a hole? No, not really. But my sketchbook is more like a shop diary or just a sketchbook. And as we've talked about before it started as just sketches and over the years I've embellished them and turned them into more actual drawings because of my love of working with markers. And that came from a love of industrial and design sketches. So I made a sketch to both start the project and to start the video.
And much of my love of technical drawings stems from their precision. As I kid my dad took me to work and I met the guy in the art department who had a drafting table, t-square, templates and so many pens and markers. It was heaven for a kid with a love of tools - despite not knowing that's what it was. I am drawn to tools.
So a while back Nadia was doing more pen work and on one of our drawing nights I mentioned these pens that I had in college for one of my design classes: Koh-i-Noor Rapidiographs. I absolutely loved them and also hated them as they seemed to spend as much time being cleaned as they did being used. Long story short I sold mine after never using them and then that night after telling Nadia about them I suddenly regretted selling them - that's how I feel about almost all tools I end up selling. Happily, like me, most people bought them in college and then never used them again so it was easy to find a set cheap.
Also, you need to be of a certain age to have any recollection of these pens and their ubiquity in any graphic design studio or class. Koh-i-Noor, Rotring, Letraset, stat cameras, wax rollers and X-acto blades by the box, bulk film rollers, Tri-X, darkrooms... If you remember any of that - you're as old as me. Something I miss about all that was the smell. We've lost a lot of smells with computers and that's sad. And that's one of my favorite parts of any shop - the distinctive smell of oil and tools.
I digress.
Now, as an adult with an ultrasonic cleaner Koh-i-noor's do not intimidate me in the least. And I've found that I absolutely love them despite their finicky nature. After buying the set I cleaned them all (of course they were clogged) and have been enjoying them immensely. They are the sister pen to the Copic Marker.
If you recall a while back when I was drawing out my first 3d model I needed to make a larger circle and while my various compass sets are fine for pencil layouts they don't and can't do pen work. So I machined and brazed a tube to an old compass so that it would hold a pen. Primitive but functional.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. We'll save the tool fun for the end.
Here's an example of me working fast and forgetting to shoot a still image. I started the machining by opening up the portafilter with a big hole saw in the mill. It made for a good video clip and then, ****, it was done. Didn't grab the camera.
So here I'm using a cut up Coke can to keep from marring the finish of the portafilter...
I expected it to be plated brass but it turned out to be stainless but it machined so nice I'm guessing it must be 303. To make it look pretty I added a very generous chamfer to the opening...
Then cleaned up the burr on the inside with some emory paper.
And the coloring of the sketch generally happens after I've finished with the measurements and the drawing has served its useful "working" purpose. Now it's just stress relief.
Okay, now here's the new tool part - although it's so niche it's something you'd never think of but for me it was like the holy grail. To the right of the sketch you'll see a compass which I had searched everywhere for and eventually found in Germany. It's a Rotring compass that has this small accessory arm with a threaded collar that accepts the threaded tip of the Koh-i-noor technical pen. You see templates are fine but they are nearly impossible to make concentric circles with and they tend to bleed ink under the edges and they are limited in the sizes. Useless!
So this compass is a dream come true for my style of technical drawing and my OCD or perfectionism. Also, it's just beautifully made. The center leg can extend and articulate and the motion of it is perfect. It is a perfect tool and perfect tools are rare.
Now for those of you not on Instagram here's the video uploaded to YouTube Shorts... hopefully GJ let's me embed this.
Okay, that's all for now.
Gregor
Last week my brother sent me the portafilter for his new espresso machine with the request that I modify it but also make an Instagram reel of it so that he could use that. Both of us, despite being in the creative business and creating materials for clients, struggle with promoting ourselves and/or our businesses.
Do I need a sketch to drill a hole? No, not really. But my sketchbook is more like a shop diary or just a sketchbook. And as we've talked about before it started as just sketches and over the years I've embellished them and turned them into more actual drawings because of my love of working with markers. And that came from a love of industrial and design sketches. So I made a sketch to both start the project and to start the video.
And much of my love of technical drawings stems from their precision. As I kid my dad took me to work and I met the guy in the art department who had a drafting table, t-square, templates and so many pens and markers. It was heaven for a kid with a love of tools - despite not knowing that's what it was. I am drawn to tools.
So a while back Nadia was doing more pen work and on one of our drawing nights I mentioned these pens that I had in college for one of my design classes: Koh-i-Noor Rapidiographs. I absolutely loved them and also hated them as they seemed to spend as much time being cleaned as they did being used. Long story short I sold mine after never using them and then that night after telling Nadia about them I suddenly regretted selling them - that's how I feel about almost all tools I end up selling. Happily, like me, most people bought them in college and then never used them again so it was easy to find a set cheap.
Also, you need to be of a certain age to have any recollection of these pens and their ubiquity in any graphic design studio or class. Koh-i-Noor, Rotring, Letraset, stat cameras, wax rollers and X-acto blades by the box, bulk film rollers, Tri-X, darkrooms... If you remember any of that - you're as old as me. Something I miss about all that was the smell. We've lost a lot of smells with computers and that's sad. And that's one of my favorite parts of any shop - the distinctive smell of oil and tools.
I digress.
Now, as an adult with an ultrasonic cleaner Koh-i-noor's do not intimidate me in the least. And I've found that I absolutely love them despite their finicky nature. After buying the set I cleaned them all (of course they were clogged) and have been enjoying them immensely. They are the sister pen to the Copic Marker.
If you recall a while back when I was drawing out my first 3d model I needed to make a larger circle and while my various compass sets are fine for pencil layouts they don't and can't do pen work. So I machined and brazed a tube to an old compass so that it would hold a pen. Primitive but functional.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. We'll save the tool fun for the end.
Here's an example of me working fast and forgetting to shoot a still image. I started the machining by opening up the portafilter with a big hole saw in the mill. It made for a good video clip and then, ****, it was done. Didn't grab the camera.
So here I'm using a cut up Coke can to keep from marring the finish of the portafilter...
I expected it to be plated brass but it turned out to be stainless but it machined so nice I'm guessing it must be 303. To make it look pretty I added a very generous chamfer to the opening...
Then cleaned up the burr on the inside with some emory paper.
And the coloring of the sketch generally happens after I've finished with the measurements and the drawing has served its useful "working" purpose. Now it's just stress relief.
Okay, now here's the new tool part - although it's so niche it's something you'd never think of but for me it was like the holy grail. To the right of the sketch you'll see a compass which I had searched everywhere for and eventually found in Germany. It's a Rotring compass that has this small accessory arm with a threaded collar that accepts the threaded tip of the Koh-i-noor technical pen. You see templates are fine but they are nearly impossible to make concentric circles with and they tend to bleed ink under the edges and they are limited in the sizes. Useless!
So this compass is a dream come true for my style of technical drawing and my OCD or perfectionism. Also, it's just beautifully made. The center leg can extend and articulate and the motion of it is perfect. It is a perfect tool and perfect tools are rare.
Now for those of you not on Instagram here's the video uploaded to YouTube Shorts... hopefully GJ let's me embed this.
Okay, that's all for now.
Gregor
hewey
Well-known member
Great to hear of the success with the pizzas. And love seeing the jobs like the tomato trellis and portafilter from idea through to finished product.
Finallygotit
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Rapidographs were already past prime popularity when I was in architecture school in the early ’90s but ink on Mylar was my go-to. I still have a little Koh-I-noor ultrasonic made for the pens if you want to try it. It has a basket that holds like six pens tip down.
tweidman
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I remember all of those drafting tools very well. I still have a bunch of those tools and my set of pens. I haven't used them in years.
Sometimes I think those pens spend more time in the ultrasonic cleaner than they did in my hand.
I do miss the days when you had to really have a tactile skill to make a map or drawing. The other thing I miss seeing, is architectural hand lettering. You mentioned smells, one smell I don't miss, is the ammonia smell of the blueprints. I spent way too many hours running that machine. As always, great post.
Sometimes I think those pens spend more time in the ultrasonic cleaner than they did in my hand.
I do miss the days when you had to really have a tactile skill to make a map or drawing. The other thing I miss seeing, is architectural hand lettering. You mentioned smells, one smell I don't miss, is the ammonia smell of the blueprints. I spent way too many hours running that machine. As always, great post.
Johanfpa
Well-known member
Remember going from making technical drawings with Kern ruling pens to Rotring pens, so much easier to use, and a lot less messy. They must be still at my mum's house, will dig them out and give them a good clean with an ultrasonic cleaner. Any tips on how long/which fluid to add to the water in the ultrasonic cleaner?
Brian R
Well-known member
Great video and my favorite part is the "don't **** this up" which my brother and I say to each other often.
I have to say that going back to this special, fussy and particular pen has been a lot of fun. So yeah, dig them out and give them a clean and see how they are. Honestly I bought that whole set for $35 and that's what one pen used to cost. It's not like there's been some wild technical revolution in pen technology that makes them useless. And in this day and age when every device we have is becomes a useless paperweight there's something refreshing about something that doesn't need a software update or a USB charger.
It does need an ultrasonic however. In the fountain pen world the popular mixture for cleaning is 9 parts water and 1 part mild ammonia and a drop or two of regular dish soap. I think I added a tiny dash of Windex to just regular old water and then added a drop or two of Dawn dish soap.
These pens were made before ultrasonic technology was cheap and plentiful so their cleaning consisted of a lot of soaking which wasn't always successful. The key here is the ultrasonic - that and water are doing the heavy lifting.
What's that saying about the two happiest days of owning a boat?
The day you buy it, and the day you sell it.
Well we both had a happy day in that case. Maybe the trick is to just keep selling it back and forth to each other?
Yeah, I've seen them and been curious if they work. I now keep the ultrasonic in the kitchen so it's easy to get to but I'd love to have it set up with a water bath all the time. But dumping the tips/nibs into a mason jar and then into the ultrasonic has been pretty easy and they haven't clogged in the last month.
G