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News – June 5th, 2018 – Rainstick Prototype

2018-06-05
On: June 5, 2018
In: News, Percussion, Woodworking

I Decided to Make a Rainstick I’ve wanted to try my hand at making a rainstick for some time.  Not that I really enjoy playing with them but it seems like a fun project, especially with the amount of experimentation you can do.  Like most of my projects, I startRead More →

News – May 31st, 2018 – Finished Router Table and a Pleasant Surprise

2018-05-31
On: May 31, 2018
In: News, Woodworking

Finished the Router Table I managed to get my hands on a SawStop router lift and downdraft dust collection box.  This finishes up my SawStop Router Table I’m putting together a detailed write-up on the assembly of each of the components as well as some of the tests I ranRead More →

News – May 7th, 2018 – New Router Table and Emptying The Coffee Cans

2018-05-07
On: May 7, 2018
In: News, Woodworking

There have been some major changes in my shop.  Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to actually build anything but that should change soon.  The picture above shows my table saw and outfeed table.  I took this photo because I knew that this was the cleanest my shop would be forRead More →

News – April 20th, 2018 – Where have I been?

2018-04-20
On: April 20, 2018
In: News, Woodworking

It’s been a few months since my last update and a few people have asked if I was still around.  Here’s what’s been going on… Death In The Family Sadly, my family was dealt a tragic blow with the death of my mother-in-law on March 1st.  She was a trulyRead More →

Studio Desk – Part 5: Attaching the hardware

2018-02-14
On: February 14, 2018
In: Tutorials, Woodworking

This is a continuation of Studio Desk – Part 4: Applying The Finish   For me, all projects have a point where they start to fall apart.  This is what happened here. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy with how the desk turned out but I also have a few things thatRead More →

Studio Desk – Part 4: Applying the Finish

2017-10-19
On: October 19, 2017
In: Tutorials, Woodworking

  This is a continuation of Studio Desk – Part 3: Assembling the Racks   Now that the components are built, they’re ready to be stained and finished. I was going for a specific look that I think worked but I’m having my doubts that I’ll be happy with itRead More →

Studio Desk – Part 3: Assembling the Racks

2017-10-05
On: October 5, 2017
In: Tutorials, Woodworking

The top and bottom are ready to be stained and finished.  I’m going a bit out of order at this point.  I have already finished the top and the underside of the bottom but I’m going to bundle that in with my next post.  Here, I’m going to show howRead More →

Studio Desk – Part 2: Final shaping of the top and bottom

2017-09-27
On: September 27, 2017
In: Tutorials, Woodworking

The tops and bottoms are cut to size and glued up.  The next step is to fix a few mistakes and apply the roundovers so I can stain and finish them.   Fixing my mistakes I make a lot of mistakes.  More than I would like.  I made a fewRead More →

Studio Desk – Part 1: Preparing the top and bottom

2017-09-19
On: September 19, 2017
In: Tutorials, Woodworking

I finally settled on a design for my studio desk.  It needed to fit into the breakfast nook, be mobile, and house the various racks of gear needed to record music.  I went through almost 20 designs before I settled on this one, not because it was the best, butRead More →

News – August 29th, 2017 – Recording and various other projects

2017-08-29
On: August 29, 2017
In: Music, News, Percussion, Woodworking

A lot has happened in the past few weeks that has kept me from updating my blog.  I’ll try to summarize the important bits.   Recording for Bright & Shiny I spent some time working on a few more tracks for Bright & Shiny as well as reworking a fewRead More →

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It's amazing, sometimes, what you find buried insi It's amazing, sometimes, what you find buried inside a tree.
I had to get some pickup shots for the video I'm m I had to get some pickup shots for the video I'm making on performing the Shure SM57 Right-Angle Mod.
I'm recording the voiceover for my video on the Sh I'm recording the voiceover for my video on the Shure SM57 right-angle mod.
Filming in the studio. It's hard to see but the s Filming in the studio.  It's hard to see but the subject of the film is the Shure SM57 microphone, which is positioned on my first floor tom, directly under one of my ride cymbals.  There are actually two of them there, side-by-side, one of which has been modified into a right-angle microphone.
Taking a break from filming in the hot studio. Taking a break from filming in the hot studio.
I added some shelves to an otherwise wasted space I added some shelves to an otherwise wasted space on the ceiling in my shop.  This is a good spot for my bins of electronic components.
Messy shop day. Doing some rearranging and making Messy shop day.  Doing some rearranging and making shelves for storage needs in the shop and the recording studio.
I finished converting my Shure SM57's to right-ang I finished converting my Shure SM57's to right-angle microphones.
Slabbing some Oregon white oak with @frank.howarth Slabbing some Oregon white oak with @frank.howarth
Making progress on the right-angle mods for my Shu Making progress on the right-angle mods for my Shure SM57 microphones.
The boys are making it difficult to get any work d The boys are making it difficult to get any work done.  This is what I get for firing up the heater.
I'm all set up and ready to film a how-to video on I'm all set up and ready to film a how-to video on the Shure SM57 right-angle mod.
Getting some video of the inside of a table saw. Getting some video of the inside of a table saw.
Prepping another video shoot. I'm going to have s Prepping another video shoot.  I'm going to have some internal shots of the table saw while it's running.
Playing around on my milling machine. Playing around on my milling machine.
I made a Kubb set for a socially-distanced party f I made a Kubb set for a socially-distanced party for my eldest child's 21st birthday.  I only had two days to make these, including the time for the finish to cure, so there are a few mistakes that I wish I could fix, but, overall, I like how they turned out.  The kubbs and the king are made from walnut and the batons are hemlock.
If there's a pile of wood shavings in my shop, he' If there's a pile of wood shavings in my shop, he'll find it and plant himself.  I'm just glad he doesn't use it as a litter box.  He just likes to lay in it.
I finally got my turning tools mounted on the wall I finally got my turning tools mounted on the wall.  I've got a few nice tools and a bunch of crappy ones, but my favorites are the two that I made myself, which are the biggest on the wall and are made for cymbal restoration.
I welded together the tool rest for my cymbal lath I welded together the tool rest for my cymbal lathe.  I just need to clean it up after it cools down.  I may lower the posts a bit as well, but that's going to be a lot of grinding that I just don't feel like doing in this heat.  I'll probably just leave them at that height and lower them later if they're in the way.
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