Magic Lives in the Shop Of necessity, we must begin with a short discussion of Magic. I mean the real, in touch with God (or Universe as you prefer) deal is the setting of our relationship right with Universe. Which in turn sets the tone of our Voyage Through Life. Alignment with “divine winds” is “the groove.” My exposure to more than the mass-marketed (and thus somewhat superficial) Major Religions took a ginormous leap forward …
New Year’s Soup Time! 2024: Making project 1: Making is what we do. Gets old just doing “head work.” Can’t eat a good idea, but a good soup? Horse of a different something or other. We cleaned up the lean-to greenhouse a bit and did a good harvest of the bok choi. Taking ’em into the kitchen, a made New Year’s soup, Asia style. Here’s how it goes (feel free to modify as your Inner …
“We’ve Moved” Ultra-Make is where new “ShopTalk Sunday” articles will appear. This is a lesson learned from writing on (and for) the web over a quarter century. Trying to be a “full person” on one website isn’t such a great idea, turns out. It has created a problem. Let’s walk through this from the ground up. Because I’m a synthesizer of information. (Not like a Korg or Moog, tho.) I value variety plus depth in Life. In …
I Need “Mow Time!” We didn’t have time for a build this week. For a couple of reasons. The main one was that “Big Yeller thang in the sky.“ As much fun as it would have been to light off the outside cooking stove (one of these guys) and toss a few pounds of stew meat, veggies and a cup of red wine into a Dutch oven and sip some adult beverage while basking all …
Process Rules If you’re new to 3D printing, one of the most important things to remember is “There’s very little art” and a whole boat-load of critical thinking and science involved in making 3D prints. Process rules in this pursuit. I thought it would be useful next to roll through some common “first time learning” for each step of the 3D process. Designing Things The 3D (and CNC pattern) search engine Yeggi.com is a gem. …