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* A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlinspike marlinspike] that fits on my key-ring — steel, hot forged
 
* A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlinspike marlinspike] that fits on my key-ring — steel, hot forged
* A set of rectangular objects, each with a word on it, denoting how that object was made  (all of them should be in the same font size, for consistency):
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* [http://paperlined.org/apps/pumping_station_one/projects/I_made_this_with_a__panels.html "I made this with a..." panels] — A series of rectangular panels, each manufactured with a different method, with a word or two etched/cut/etc onto the panel's face, describing how it was manufactured.
** "chisel" — letters hand-carved into wood.  Finish by staining the top surface, and leave the chiselled area unstained for contrast.
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*: ("chisel", "hand sewing needle", "anvil", "laser cutter", "vinyl cutter", "vacuum forming", "metal mill", etc)
** "hand sewing" — letters that have been cut ouf of a contrasting fabric color, and hand-stitched onto a background piece of fabric
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* Organize and hold a [http://paperlined.org/apps/pumping_station_one/projects/sewing_class_for_trans_folks.html sewing machine intro class for trans folks]
** "hot forging" — ???  How do you do lettering with blacksmithing?
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* Organize and hold a knot/cordage/wire-rope class
** "laser cutter" — clear plastic sheet, with the letters being negative space
 
** "vinyl cutter" — letters in negative space, in cut vinyl
 
** "3D printer" — not flat...  sort of an isometric proejction, with one word on the upper side of the cube, and the other word on the lower side of the cube
 
** "vacuum forming" — thin plastic that has been [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhajk_IDTUo vacuum formed] to specific letters, on a mold of the letters (mold done in elastomer?)
 
** "milling" — a block of aluminium, with the letters cut 1/4" deep with the milling machine
 
 
 
<noinclude> [[Category:Member Projects]] </noinclude>
 

Revision as of 16:59, 30 November 2012

Projects I've [mostly] completed:

Projects I'm working on:

  • A marlinspike that fits on my key-ring — steel, hot forged
  • "I made this with a..." panels — A series of rectangular panels, each manufactured with a different method, with a word or two etched/cut/etc onto the panel's face, describing how it was manufactured.
    ("chisel", "hand sewing needle", "anvil", "laser cutter", "vinyl cutter", "vacuum forming", "metal mill", etc)
  • Organize and hold a sewing machine intro class for trans folks
  • Organize and hold a knot/cordage/wire-rope class