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I hope this is not “too much information.” If so, tough.
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I only learned of Ferlinghetti from his brief walk-on in The Last Waltz.
A year ago I obtained one of those electronic induction heaters, because, why not? They’re fascinating. Some blacksmiths use them to produce high point-heat, including bringing small regions of steel to welding heat in about a minute (more or less). Induction heating is also used by some craftspeople to melt/slump glass in home microwave ovens – you put a block of insulating material containing your target into your microwave and turn it on for 10 minutes. Then, if you still have a microwave oven and kitchen, you can let it cool down and examine the contents.
I have a couple ideas for how I want to do castings of Jack’s paw. One involves a negative mold, the other a positive.
Here’s a quick update on Jack’s paw.
Vacuum infusing resin into wood is a primary technique for stabilizing it. Usually, woodworkers use lightweight water-based resin like Cactus Juice, which is cured with heat after it’s soaked into the wood. Cactus Juice is good stuff, unquestionably. Sometimes, I want to experiment, anyway.
A year ago I got my hands on a big piece of punky (slightly rotten) walnut burl, and left it sitting on the pile because, well, frankly, such pieces of wood are dangerous.
Voyager’s dog-friend Jack is a featured character over at Affinity [aff] and, as a great fan of dogs in general, I wanted to do something fun for Jack. This has been brewing for nearly a year, as I subconsciously chewed on the technical problems.
My grandfather used to own a little toy steam engine that ran on live steam; my dad loved the thing and so did I. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I realized I was looking at an industrial age in a nutshell. Also, a very small kid-sized bomb that you can give a kid and tell them “run outside and play.”
Not only is he a fascist creep, he makes garbage pillows.
I don’t make garbage pillows. I’m a pillow expert. Really.