Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT My Five Pound Garage.

[Terranova]

I haven’t done an update lately as I’ve been floundering around in multiple projects trying to advance all of them at the same time.

Episode #12 of the car project has been up for a week or two. I’ll warn you now, it’s a LONG video. When you check it out, look up in the right hand corner of the screen. It’ll tell you when I’m single speed, talking about stuff or doing sped up stuff to get through the work stuff a bit faster. That way you can scrub the video and know when to slow down.

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I’ve also been working on the built ins for my wife’s office as well as now I’ve picked up making two custom cabinets for some friends who just moved into their first house.
That makes a lot of sawdust for sure.
It was definitely time to empty things. The separator AND the dust bag were full.

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

My friends illustration request for the cabinets.

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting I agreed to making some floating shelves too. Better start wrapping my brain around that.

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


Sure seems tall.

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

With the built ins, I bumped up against an interesting problem. I wanted/needed to **** two pieces of plywood shelf together but didn’t really know how I wanted to do it.
I wanted it to be strong and essentially as “invisible” as possible.
I didn’t want to just kreg screw the ends to each other because, well, plywood, so I came up with the idea of using a piece of the face board trim to use for each piece to screw into. Here, the pics Explain it better.

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


It took me a couple of days to work up to cutting the face frames of the bookshelves but I finally got there. Not 100% happy with the lack of tightness in the back but feel good on how they meet in the front. I used a Japanese pull saw to make the trim cut. Made things more accurate for sure.

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


So at that point I felt like it was time to get these things painted.
Sanding etc and some multitasking as well. The boss said “finish my built ins if you want to get that next thing for the car.”

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


Still haven’t been able to master “fall off the bone” consistency, which is really the only requirement from the boss. Oh well, more for me.

Recent garage stuff by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Luckily she flexed a little and we sprung for “the next thing”

What is it you ask?

Well....

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[Terranova]

Don’t mind me, I’m just gonna write this update like I haven’t been absent from the board for two months...

So, when it came to making the doors, I was having trouble with the face plate on my router table dipping and causing inconsistencies. With 1/4” lex or plex I thought it’d be rigid enough, but it was long enough that it dipped and I didn’t really have any way to level/shim/adjust it.

You can see where I tried to replace it with some thicker stuff to eliminate the bow, but there was still no way to adjust it.
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You know what that means!!

Time for new “tools”!!!

A quick trip to Woodcraft and “a couple” of bucks later and let’s assemble a router table top with a new adjustable plate.

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Here’s all the pieces parts laid out.
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The table top comes predrilled for everything which is nice. It IsParticle board so you do need to be careful. It’s possible raise things when screwing.
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When attaching the aluminum slot track I ended up raising the wood underneath so I went in and removed the raised part to make sure the track Didn’t sit proud of the table surface.

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The screws also stick proud underneath the table top.
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You attach four corners under the table top which provide the leveling adjustability. Two Allen screws to allow adjustment in two directions and there is also the screw receptacle for securing the face place to the table.

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The face plate is marked to help center your router to it. It’s also pre-marked for a couple of the most popular router bases.
I marked mine and counter sunk the holes.
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Using the two Allen screws I was able to level everything out.
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After wrapping assembly up by attaching some structural supports that were included to the under side of the table, I was able to get acceptable results.
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I still have yet to figure out how I’m going to integrate this table top into my adjustable height rolling router table, but I’ve been able to work around it enough to keep things going.

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That allowed me to get the cabinets for my friends done as well as their floating shelves.
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Here’s the progress on the office built ins

Bases painted
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Shelves painted and doors built and painted
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Shelf for all the WiFi junk sitting under it. The slide out for the paper shredder is in the works
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Ship lap installed. 16’ pieces cut down to 13’+ for no seams to mess with.
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Next up a 3/4” white oak Countertop the full with of the room, 28” deep. We’ll see how it goes. I’m nervous about trying to edge join a bunch of 7” boards the full length of the room.

 

[Terranova]

Here are the pics from building the counter top.

Laying out the boards to see what fits where and looks good.

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I used biscuits on the sides and ends to line everything up. Had to go end to end with a couple of pipe clamps to make it.

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I was having trouble trying figure out how I was going to get a wall to wall counter top into the office. I came up a plan to glue everything up into two sections and then marry them up once in the office. I couldn’t get everything to line up successfully.

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I couldn’t figure it out and reached out to a FB group I’m in and someone suggested “why don’t you just bring it in through the window?”

Duh.
Sometimes the answer is so obvious, but you’re just to focused on how you’re thinking about it.


After I glued it all together I used a wire cup and grinder to distress the boards to match the existing desk in the office.

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Added some stain.

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And brought it in through the window.

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Of course we have to repaint.

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I built a slide out to go under the shelf in back of the desk for the paper shredder and will be making another for the fire safe.

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So aside from a few details, I’m calling it done.

And my newest addition to the shop/garage.
Our new outdoor cat, Patches.

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She’s been the neighborhood stray all summer so we decided to adopt her. She seems to be unafraid of the noise so that’s a win too.

 

[Terranova]

I’ve put up a couple more videos on my 36 Ford project.

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Episode 16

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Episode 16 part 2

 

[drivesitfar]

great work on the entertainment work cabinet and countertop. bring it in thru the window sounds like it worked.

welcome back!!

 

[bj383ss]

The built in came out great Mike. I have watched both videos ready for the next upload. ...Bret

 

[Terranova]

Thanks Bret, I have one more video I’m getting ready to edit and then I need to get back out there and video more.

I saw you picked up the router table mount. I cheated and bought the table top that goes with it. Now I just have to figure out how to retro mount it to my adjustable top table in a way that works for my set up.
Isn’t it nice being able to go to a tool for a project and know it’ll be set up right instead of something janky you have to try to make work better every time? For me that’s money well spent.

 

[Terranova]

Thanks Drives,
I definitely feel a bit guilty for not having been updating much. The desire and motivation (and available time) ebbs and flows I guess. But it’s good to be back for sure.

 

[Terranova]

Cranking them out cause it’s to cold to be in the garage.

Episode 17 is up
Please take the time to check it out and leave a comment or feedback!

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[Terranova]

Forgive me friends for it’s been 10 weeks since my last confession/update.
Things have warmed up, so I’ve been more interested in going out to the garage and getting things done. We’ve traveled a bit with the boys and we’ve also installed an in-ground pool over the winter, so there have been lots of distractions as well.

Back in February, not long after my last post, there started up a terrible grinding coming from the rear right passenger side of the daily driver. I’d hoped it was just a rock or some road salt as it went away after I ran the van through the car wash. A man can hope, right?
Nope.
Driving trip coming up quickly, so time for a brake job. (Tires to, but I let the pros handle that)
I’ll let the pictures tell most of the tale with a preface of a rusty slide pin that caused some “uneven ware”. Lol

Brake job by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


The culprit.
Brake job by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


The result*. (*Not completely the frozen pins fault)
Brake job by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


Just for comparison.
Brake job by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


Bad, better, best.
Brake job by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


May have waited a little to long...
Brake job by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


Frozen pin required a whole new shoe.
Brake job by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


The drivers side was pretty uneventful, considering. I don’t think I even took a picture, but at this point I was pretty much just interested in getting done!


As far as the built-ins for the boss are concerned, I’ve been focusing on building two cabinet drawers. It’s the first time I’ve tried this locking join. It took a bit to dial in but I finally got to a point I was happy with.
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Some time with the new router table top resulted in these.
March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



I also took on a project that combines two of my favorite hobbies, wood working and drumming. I have a few vintage drums from a national brand that was manufactured here locally in Ohio for a period. I have a “thing” for their marching snare drums, which are deeper than a regular drum set snare. I wanted to find one that was (near) the same color as my modern drum kit, which would be difficult and expensive, so I bought a project drum to re-wrap.

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It had a little bit of damage on the edges which can effect the sound and “tuneability”, so I took to the router table to recut the edge on the bottom of the drum.

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


The color of my modern drums is somewhat different than other “red sparkles” and is supposedly a proprietary color. I was lucky enough to find an old piece of wrap that matched almost exactly. I was ecstatic to say the least.

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


The oldest wanted to do a father/son time project with wood in the garage, which usually means “I dream up something impossible and stand and watch you try to make it out of nothing” lol. But anytime he wants to get out in the shop, I’m game for fostering that! I must be learning to manage expectations better, because two pieces of plywood, a string of LEDs and some spray paint later, he was quite happy.

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

I’ve been trying to clean up the flat surfaces and make some more room. When I worked for HDepot, I managed to score some tilt bins after a reset. They’ve been sitting on the back of the bench taking up more space than being functional so I decided to hang them up under the cabinets to make better use of that space.

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

I’ve also been trying to add light and improve the general lighting situation.
I added a little 3 foot LED fixture under the cabinets for when a little more light is needed.

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And I found these metalux fixtures on clearance at the local HD. We’re $109, got em for $28 each! 4000k. 4000lux. CRI of 80(?)

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Replaced these 3300lux puffs

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Doesn’t show in the pics but definitely a difference.

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Lastly, some random shots of the general state of the garage.
And shop cat shenanigans.

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March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

March April ‘21 by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

Proud as punch.

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[Terranova]

Made it out to the garage to go through the carbs for my car build. A pair of Holley 94s

please check out the videos and feel free to leave feedback or comments

and

 

[Terranova]

Well, I haven’t been around for awhile again, but someone asked, so I thought I’d put up a quick few pictures. I got some QST in July and here are a minimum of pics. I’m mostly trying to do video instead for my YouTube stuff. I’m not going to post for each video like I have been.
Over a two weekend stretch, I, with some help from my brother, we got the front end, rear end and gas tank out from under the ’36

Front end out by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



Rear end out by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



We also discovered the front crossmember is a little worse for ware.

Cracked front crossmember by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


We also handled a couple of other smaller things as well, like removing the dash and the old houdaille shocks.



As for other garage oriented projects, I got the opportunity hang the last 4’ light fixture over the front end of the car and I also replaced all four of the heavy *** batteries in the golf cart.

If you’re interested in the ‘36 check it out at

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqikdZUYWY4a6tB6BDaGFUCRa8KytMixC

Id love any comments or feedback. Thanks!
more later!

 

[Terranova]

...

 

[Terranova]

I’m going to forego the “sorry I’ve haven’t been here lately” stuff and get on with it...

Band saw extention
I recently decided to pull the trigger on a bandsaw extension kit. It will allow me to expand the 6” throat on my bandsaw to 12”, which really opens up the options for re-sawing wood. I have a bunch of 1” - 2” thick rough lumber that I will now be able to turn into projects.

Band saw extension block by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

I bought the kit from a supplier on Amazon for $210 ish. Its made by the manufacture of the saw I have, namely JET. My saw is an older version of their stuff but luckily the tooling on their stuff hasn’t changed much as far as this part of the saw is involved.

First you remove the power switch and the blade guard.

Band saw extension block by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



One large bolt later...

Band saw extension block by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



locating pins keep things oriented.

Band saw extension block by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



Bolt side by side

Band saw extension block by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



After some tricky machinations the riser is in place.

Band saw extension block by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



The trickiest part, if you’re not aware of it, is keeping a sprung ball bearing in place when replacing the blade guide arm. It’s hidden behind this Allen screw.

Band saw extension block by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



I should now be able to re saw boards close to 11 3/4” or 12” wide.

Band saw extension block by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

 

[bj383ss]

Nice I have always wanted to get a riser for mine but to be honest it has trouble resawing through 6" hardwood so I think a stronger motor might need to come first or maybe just upgrade to a 17" with a 220 motor.

Bret

 

[Terranova]

Nice I have always wanted to get a riser for mine but to be honest it has trouble resawing through 6" hardwood so I think a stronger motor might need to come first or maybe just upgrade to a 17" with a 220 motor.

Bret

Yeah. Im wondering what I’m going to bump up against HP wise when I try to re saw some stuff. We’ll see.


im a bit of an old sun motor tester junkie so I picked up a couple of pieces while I was getting a replacement part for my distributor tester. This has caused me to poke around the forums again and take a quick inventory of some of my pieces. Thought I’d post em here for grins.

Distributor tester. Not sure where my leads are.
Small portable sun pieces by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



great pic of my vacuum tester.
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Tried to take pics of them in the hard to access overhead cabinet.
volts ignition tester
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A second electronic distributor tester.
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tach dwell meter
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combustion efficiency tester
Small portable sun pieces by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



A tach dwell and Volts amps tester
Small portable sun pieces by Mike Terranova, on Flickr



One of the newer piece I picked up. A rectifier diode ohms
Small portable sun pieces by Mike Terranova, on Flickr


Also new, a Volts and Temprature.
Small portable sun pieces by Mike Terranova, on Flickr

And lastly new a Military issue x-48 which is basically a timing light.
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Which those last two or three new Aquitaine I guess I almost have the makings of a modern multimeter. Lol
That’s all for now...

 

[Terranova]

So, here we are again…

I gotta be better at this. It’s been over a year, so I’m just going to do a huge photo dump and you can ask questions if you want.



In no particular order….



I freaked out with a weird “mid life crisis” pin-striping/hand lettering sign rabbit hole and made a sign/pin-striping kit with a Kennedy tool box I bought on eBay. Then I bought some guys kit off of FB market place and added to my dads old stuff. Ask me if I’ve used it. No, not yet, but I have it when I’m ready to.

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Had a friend “gift” me a couple wood planes he wanted to get rid of.

That, of course sent me down a wood planes rabbit hole, specifically Stanley 45 and 55 planes.


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[Terranova]

2023 update part 2


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I took some time and bought the correct blade for re-sawing rough lumber on my band saw. Spent some time figuring that out.

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[Terranova]

2023 update part 3

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Decided to make doors for a couple of the overheads



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[Terranova]

2023 update part 4

Only four more to do!


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The boys started playing hockey, so I built an equipment drying rack

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I agreed to build a built-in book shelf for some neighbors… quite an ordeal

I learned a lot.

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[Terranova]

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I was tasked with a “please make a bathroom vanity for us” Honey-do

Version 1.0



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[Terranova]

Version 2.0. Complete do over.



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Somehow I managed to close the small garage door on something inflexible and big, trashing the top of door and a window.



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The 36. I stalled hard on this and have made it my goal to get some progress made on this thing.

As it stands


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[Terranova]

Incremental progress



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Several random projects



Bike ramp. Learned it needs to be longer.



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Hot tub power cover



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[Terranova]

Synthetic ice



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Tool tote



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Made the adjustable top for my second table



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Pressure washed and re-sanded the brick drive way and walkway



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Leveled out a low spot in the walk



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Built a skittles game out of splatted maple for a Christmas gift to a friend



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Bought a used Gerstner chest for $90.



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[Terranova]

Pinewood derby
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Traded my old 2015 Blacked out grand caravan for a blacked out 2023 Pacifica

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Bought an old pay phone at a swap for a friends man cave.
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Dropped the edge of a 4x8 of plywood lengthwise on my toe

Nov
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Today (June)
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[Terranova]

Traveled a ton.



Hershey->Philly->Boston->Niagara-> Frank Lloyd Wright Martin house, Buffalo



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Traverse City/Bear Dunes -> Mackinac Island



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Cancun



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[Terranova]

LA/Forum/Taylor Hawkins tribute.



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Phoenix/FLLWright Taliesen -> Grand Canyon



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Cruise for wife’s birthday



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San Diego



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FLLW Falling Water -> Pittsburgh



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Disney



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Thanks for checking in.

I’ll do my best to update more often.

 

[Terranova]

Adam Savage with some yet again, great info and perspective.

1:07 “I believe that actually getting it right is less important than trying different things…”

1:21 “ most things are only discernible when they’re in motion…”

the comments have some great ideas too.