Alex codes art put up a neat little tutorial/challenge on Reddit, and I hadn’t done any plotter art for a while, so I decided to give it a shot.
I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, and I’ll be adding an SVG output for plotting purposes next. Live video below the break…
The C920 from Logitech is a great little webcam, and I’ve been quite happy with it. Unfortunately, it’s also very light-weight. Because of this, while it’s easy to mount this camera to the top of any monitor, any movement of the desk (even typing) results in oscillations which make my co-workers get seasick. I built this HSW mount so that you could attach it to the wall for stability!
While I designed it for the C920, it will likely work for a variety of different webcams which have ¼-20 tripod mounts on their base.
This model requires an additional ¼-20 screw as a ‘vitamin’ to secure the camera to the mount. I used a 3/8" length, but this may vary depending on the camera type.
Another weird little tchochke: This holds a DeWalt 8-meter tape-measure on your Honeycomb Storage Wall.
Did you spend a ton of money on earbuds, only to constantly forget to charge them?
Has the case gone missing repeatedly?
Well do I have a useless tchotchke for you!!!
Welp, it’s been a few years, but we’re posting here again. We have tons of stuff going on, but we’ve not been talking about it much because (at this point, the narratory gesticulates around vigorously at, well, everything).
So yeah, stuff happening…
We get a lot of questions about how we get the unique look of our multi coloured carvings. I thought I’d show a few photos of our process.
This past week we’ve been working on a special project for Rogue Arts Festival. It’s a great local festival that is holding an upcoming online auction fundraiser and we get to be part of it! We’ve made a Rogue Beach Beer Box that holds 4 bombers and includes a bottle opener and a removable divider for extra versatility.
…are what we specialize in! I think that’s going to be our new motto. Learning to do something well requires about 95% failure for 5% success. Good thing I’m so dang good at effing-up! There’s no better way to find out what works best than to find all the ways that don’t work. Let’s all just be glad I do pub furnishings and not brain surgery. Along with building up our workshop and equipment, the past year has been spent on making and testing prototype after prototype. Our goal has been to create the best quality pieces while keeping them as affordable as possible. Accomplishing this while making the business viable (as in, we actually make a living at it) has been a lot tougher than you would imagine.
We couldn’t have asked for a better weekend for the Sunshine Coast Mini Maker Faire. It was inspiring to see all the creativity and innovation on the coast and we were glad to be a part of it. The most amazing thing I found was how many people we met with a sense of humor as warped as ours. It was heartening to see and gives me hope for humanity. (although, despite my bent towards the catastrophic, my hope for humanity has always been quite high) And also, the number of you that love beer and believe that every new home should come equipped with a home pub. Obviously. In fact we met so many great people it felt more like being at a big party with a few hundred friends. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our exhibit. We’ve recently launched a facebook page and Instagram feed which are currently dismally unpopular with follower numbers only in the double digits so far. In fact so unpopular I had to create accounts for both of my dogs and my beer mug collection to help our follower numbers grow. If you’d like to help us out with that, or even follow this dismally unpopular blog (see links to the right or under contact in the menu), you would make us deliriously happy and we will write a song in your honour. Or not. But we would be very happy indeed.
May long weekend signals the start of the summer season, beach fires, backyard parties & beers on the patio. It’s my favorite time of year. It’s one of the best times of year to have a home pub or tiki bar with cold beer on tap!
This long weekend did not disappoint. I got to play bartender at the Rogue Festival Human Foosball Tournament fundraiser.
If you missed it, be sure not to miss out on the Rogue Festival this August. The giant human sized foosball court will be there. We finished the weekend with a beach fire and a pint or two of Hoyne Pilsner, with our Foosball teammates the West Creek Hooligans!
After our exuberant flurry of activity many months ago with all sorts of promises about neato things we’re about to launch like shopping carts, and home pub furnishings, you may have noticed the recent lack of activity, perhaps a few chirping crickets. Well rest assured we’re still here, hard at work! It turns out I just grossly underestimated the amount of work required to get this new venture up and running. Well, after all this time, after much anticipation I am pleased to announce to the world……..it’s still not up and running. More sort of staggering and stumbling around, generally crashing into things like an uncoordinated drunk or an overactive toddler. You pick. But, we are making progress! On what exactly? Things like hammering, cutting things, generally making loud noises. Things like workbenches, jigs, air filtration systems. All terribly exciting and I’m sure I’ve now got you all perched on the edge of your seats with rapt attention. However, I shan’t go into more detail. Sorry to disappoint.
