So it’s my birthday again;  Becky and I were discussing cakes, so I turned up some photos of cakes (mostly) made by Mom when I was a kid.  The airbrushed (blue) one is obviously store-bought, but the others are assembled from various cake shapes.  I think these cakes are from my 5th, 6th, and 7th [...]

I was recently in Las Vegas for work, and stayed at The Venetian [hotel].  While the hotel is technically owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, it’s also an Intercontinental Alliance resort. Overall, the hotel was fantastic, and immaculately decorated.  This is going to sound funny, but at one point, I stopped an employee [...]

We picked up a few things at Ikea this weekend and had to get a bit creative to get it home… Turns out there’s only about 6 feet between the back of the front seats, and the right-side rear seat doesn’t leave a 28″ opening when it’s laid down…  Hooray for ratchet straps! It turned [...]

Jason notes that I forgot to post a photo of the other Mendel parts I’ve been building for the MakeryMendel.  Below are photos of a stainless steel heater tube (the one that I didn’t ruin by welding a drillbit to the inside) as well as the “order form” that Brandon sent me. His drawings aren’t [...]

Brandon is at it again, demanding more custom parts for the Makery Mendel. A bit of lathing (is that a word?) was in order tonight, turning a rectangular scrap of Delrin into a hot-end bushing for the upcoming 3D printer. The operations were: Hacksaw off a square chunk of Delrin Mill flat the rough-cut surface Drill [...]