My fragile little mind!

Shop "Helper"

The Last of the Fading Light (2011)

With the last of the light and the good whether I got a stand for my printers and a table/night stand made. Yea, they do have an Ikea like feel but I got both made in an hour and out of materials  I had laying around.

Viedos

You must fear and respect Pythagasaurus



and this is our home...


Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

Happy Halloween!

Cutting Board Cheat Sheet

I used a piece of pine to serve as a size "template" for making cutting boards. So I can get a general idea of the size and the amount of material needed.

I decided that 10"x16" is sort of the low end of the size scale. The board is 11"x24".

I will have some cutting boards done for Fall Art Crawl.

Welding With Car Batteries

I am always on the look out for things that will come in handy for after when the Zombies come. 

This will do nicely

Check out the full how to at MAKE here.

Ice Box Table

I made this table to function as an outdoor "coffee" table with an ice box in the middle. The idea being that it would go on a patio or deck and could replace a cooler while still a functional table. The ice box does not need to be used the cover can go on it and it is a normal table. The ice box has a drain in the bottom so water can be emptied.

Materials: Ceder and Galvanized Steel

Wonders of the deep

via. 

and a great video of baby Giant Octopi at the Vancouver Aquarium



Here is a link to an article about the Giant Octopi from the CBC, where I first saw the video.

Giant octopus eggs hatch at Vancouver Aquarium - CBC News

Movement is Everything

http://www.en.boehm-stirling.com/

Sometimes You Just Need to Look the Part.

They Don't Make Cars...

I'm not the biggest fan of new cars mostly because nobody is making anything terribly iconic. The most iconic thing on cars is (was) the hood ornament. The "Leaping Jaguar," the Mercedes Benz three point star, or the Big Horn Ram that used to be on Dodge trucks all great icons that helped to define the car. They pop off the hood of the car and say "I am a Dodge, and I am strong and tough," or "I am fast, sleek, and fierce. I am a Jag."

That is gone now... I'm sure there are reasons.

 Oh Right, I made my own. 

I'll let it get some weather on it and then clear coat it.
In the short run when the gasket maker sets that will all get cleaned up.
Also go here to check out some great images of classic hood ornaments, when chrome ruled.

Calm we are going for calm

Embrace Your Inner Redneck

... I have.

Made this bench from the tailgate of my '88 Toyota Pick-Up.

How Things Work

This a great explanation of how a differential works. Produced by Chevrolet in the 1930's back, you know when they could build cars. Why is it that we have to go back to the 30's to get really good and simple explanations of how (mechanical) things work?




And on a related note Physicist Richard Feynman explains how a train stays on the tracks and makes turns with out a differential.






SCIENCE!

It Worked!

Some how I got a piece of 3/4 plywood, piece of 1/2 plywood, aluminum channel and a handful of clamps to function as a bench break.

It's not a perfict fold but after I bolt, rivet, weld and what ever else I do to it it will look good. 

It may need some time with the rubber mallet.

When I'm done the tailgate of my old truck will be a nice bench.

Fixing the shop floor.

The garage floor was in pretty bad shape but two sledge hammers and sixteen bags of concrete later... much better. 

 I scored the floor with a masonry cutting wheel on my 4.5'  angle grinder and it broke of nicely with the sledge hammer... except for the spot where the concrete was 15" deep.

YES... I use the Truck

The End of the Day

wood turning round 1

I finally fired up the wood lathe today.

I sharpened my chisels, started turning and I realized that the previous owner of the lathe had the pulley on the motor mounted wrong, so fixed that.

I put laminated MDF on the lathe to see how it would spin. The stuff turns well.

The finish was smooth, but working it is like standing in a dust collector.

I have been gluing up all kinds of scrap from the shop as a way to start. I have some plywood, MDF, and OSB waiting to go on the lathe. I am interested to see how the OSB turns out.

I have two blanks about the same size. I'm thinking a lacquer finish on them.

storage

I got a wood lathe a few weeks ago (haven't used it yet). Made this little storage and pedestal for the grinder and all the tools and parts for the lathe.

Doing Stuff

My day was not the greatest on record but I did hall a cement mixer.

flowers for algernon

it's comming along nicely

I started this last summer. 

Since the last post,  I have it put together, changed it's stance, found something to use as it's head, an old water pump from a car. I do have the belt to match that will also go on to it.

Back view of it.

The front view.

I just need to find things to use as arms or something of the like.

Radiator Cover

I turned out a radiator cover last week. 

It came out good.

Fire on the wall

Angel

Kickstarter

Thursday night I got an email from a friend of mine and he had just gotten his Kickstarter project up and running. I was not familiar with Kickstarter until Adam told me about the project he was putting together.  So, I am not sure how I missed hearing about Kickstarter until now. Kickstater is a web site where creatives can find funding for projects, movies, books, and art (like Adams paintings).
So check out Adams Kickstarter project here and check out his video. 


Adam has been trying to convince me to put together a project but all I got is "You should help me with art like stuffs."


http://adamconsidine.com/
http://adamconsidine.blogspot.com/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1027384279/a-new-series-of-paintings

Dog House

I came up with this design for a dog house some time ago (maybe last the end of summer). I wanted to design a dog house that would be simple and minimal. So I fired up SketchUp and made a rendering of it. It is large about 8'x4'x3' and is designed with a weather barrier on the inside. 

I also put together a Illustrator file as a drawing and reference.

Sr. Pictures (my lil' sister)

These are my favorites from the shot I did with my sister for her Senior Pictures. We went down by the Stone Arch Bridge not far from De La Salle High School (from witch she will graduate in May). She Picked this location because of how it was a part of her high school experience. 

Spring Art Crawl 2011

 Saint Paul Art Crawl 

Spring 2011 

Carleton Place Lofts 

2285 University Ave B404 

Saint Paul, MN 55114

Featuring:  Violentiris By Joshua W. Murray

Works By: Mark Brady, Mariah Heck, Lewis Kuhlman
and Kathryn Smith

The Work of Kathryn Smith

 The Work of Joshua W. Murray

The work of Joshua W. Murray and Kathryn Smith

 

My Work (Mark Brady)

Friday, April 29  6pm- 10pm 

Saturday, April 30 Noon- 8pm

Sunday, May 1 Noon- 5pm

Music 

Friday Friday, April 29

At 8pm Dead Bundy and the Neat Neat Neats

At 9pm Two Eyes for the Dead (featuring Joshua W. Murray and Lewis Kuhlman) 

I will be there Friday and my work along with many others will be up all weekend. 

 Thanks to Joshua W. Murray for the images and for including us in the Art Crawl. 

Also While Your Out (Art) Crawling:

Daniel Hansen will be at 

Lift Kids Global Village

Produce Exchange Building, 153 E 10th St. 

Saint Paul, MN

And

Rhea Pappas 

NORTHERN WAREHOUSE ARTISTS' COOPERATIVE

308 Prince Street Studio 411

Saint Paul, MN 55101

stpaulartcrawl.org