The View From Our Window
The Precison Board truck was the item of my focus today. I used Abracabra Sculpting Epoxy to fashion the truck body. The sculpting epoxy gets rock hard in a few hours and is now ready for paint.
Tomorrow I'll begin laying on the color. Stay tuned...
-grampa dan
Creating twenty-five unique and creative name plaques is a wonderful challenge. While the name plaques are an important component of the workshops they also serve other purposes.
They say if we really want to learn we simply have to teach. I've certainly found that to be true. As I teach the workshops I quickly find out what I dont know. I always have my ears and eyes open to my students for as much as I try to teach them I find they teach me more.
As I design the many name plaques it is a chance to brush up on the things we will cover in the workshops. The projects stretch my imagination and allow me to push the limits and try new things. I constantly learn new things. In the proces I become a better equipped teacher.
Here's a few of today's name plaques.
Each member of our team also gets a name plaque for the workshop. The ladies all have one from previous workshops but the two Matts needed one of their own.
-grampa dan
They say you can tell a lot about someone by looking at their shoes. The shoes I wear certainly say a lot about me.
The shoes I wear are good quality, not inexpensive. Good quality shoes help support my back which needs all the help it can get. I buy shoes often, but not because I collect footware. Generally I have two pairs on the go and another pair or two stashed on standby. One pair of the shoes in use are new and saved for special occasions. But no matter how careful I am it doesn't take long for them to get skufffed and a little worn. My excuse is that I have split vision, which means I have no depth perception. Uneven ground, plus my rapid pace of walking cause me to stumble a lot. That is hard on shoes. It isn't long until they simply won't polish up enough to be presentable. It is time to make them work shoes.
As work shoes they are in for a hard life. It is just over 300 feet between the shop and house and that is a trip made many times each day, often at a run. The miles quickly add up. The shop has many hazards. Sparks from welding, dust, dirt, concrete and a thousand other things all hack away at the the smooth leather finish. It isn't long until the shoes I sport are paint spattered, cracked and well worn. The laces tend to show their age first. In a short while the toes begin to wear through and the stitching in the seams begins to fail. Before much times goes by they are falling apart so badly it is time to retire them.
Today I'll fetch a new pair from the closet to wear as my dress shoes. My 'new' broken-in work shoes will begin their life in the shop.
-grampa dan
Custom Design & Construction
