So when I finished working on the Abafar QT-KT & BB for a friends bday, I was talking to her besty & she got a little choked up when talking about KT. Turns out she & her sister (now dearly departed cuz FUCK CANCER) first discovered KT when her sis got diagnosed. Her sis had a crush 
on KT & it was kinda like her little mascot for the fight.
Anyhoo, this xmas will be just after the one year anniversary of her sisters passing, so I put this one together which is more āstockā than the previous Jedi variant. I find working on ānewā looking things to up the difficulty quite a bit because I have no dirt/grime or shading to cover up any imperfections. On this one I also added the periscope & radar attachments (so the droid can be searching if she would like) & made it so that top compartment can be open or closed - the third wheel can drop down too. I was going to do an ArToo for her, but after hearing her storyā¦ how could I not?
Made the R4-D5 (with a wee blown motivator) for her hubby.
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It became part of a table I made, but that is a good idea and still doableā¦
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Calling @japhroaig! Itās capybara time!
This is the mama. I gotta get started on some capybara babies next.
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Iām a āmakerā for my living, but this is what Iām working on for fun. I wanted to design and pour a fluke fishing bucktail I could machine the mold for myself with simple ball end mills, for pure perversity and vanity reasons. I know theyāre only like $40. I used Sketchup to design the form, get the weights right and find the balance point for the eyeloop.
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Yes! Because Doctor Who scarf season is coming, which sounds so much better than Winter is coming
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OMFG that is a door a ball.
OK that is two people. It has two wasp nests on the outside. Let me try to clean it up and look it. Its a Japanese Brother, ie believe.
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Do EET! You wonāt regret the investment. Just be like me and be deathly afraid of losing a finger or three.
One piece of advice: Read up on how the model handles sawdust. Thatās something I never thought might be an issue.
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Yeah. Itās sad to think that a machine thatās going to produce lots of sawdust might not be able to handle said sawdust. Seems a major design flaw.
As much as I might want one, Iām not sure about space- a track saw would be easier to store by farā¦ and I really want a welder. So thereās that.
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If you really want to get into woodworking: table saw, router + router table, and a dozuki hand saw. Have those and you can build just about anything.
ETA: Youāll still need jigs and clamps and all that, of course. For fine miters, I recommend this Japanese saw guide matched with a non-spined, pull saw.
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I have several Japanese pull saws- both fine cutting for joints as well as coarse toothed. Love them.
Iām unlikely to go full-on woodworking. I tend to work on such a diverse selection of projects that it can be hard to amass the spectrum of tools Iād need. Ah, well.
Still: a router is on the list.
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I donāt knit well enough to copy that, but I really want to crochet something similar, because that is sofa king CUTE!
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Iām sure it would be pretty easy to do in crochet, a la amigurumi-style patterns. Except the mama capybara is large (about 20" long!), whereas most amigurumi are smaller in scale.
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Iāve made several stuffies, and they always end up being larger than I anticipate. I canāt seem to make tiny ones. I am also incapable of following a pattern, itās either a mental block or I just donāt like to follow directions, so itās all sort of improv crochet when I do it.
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When I crocheted more (I learned crochet before I learned to knit), I really liked the āimprovā aspects of it. Knitting seems a little less flexible and forgiving than crochet.
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I just got a box with 15 leather holsters from WW1 and WW2, all with serious damage. I have not photographed them yet, but I will post images when I do.I also have just completed repairs on a vietnam-era USAF parachute, which is hanging in the shop, and needs to be packed.
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Iām glad you got a handle on this. I use split-ring markers when doing short rows so I donāt lose track if I have to put my work away before itās done.
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I ended up using all five needles (one for the other side of the sock, one each side for remaining stitches, and two for working section) to keep track but I think the pattern was wrong on the math. I tried to compensate but weāll see.
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I cannot give you enough internets for this phrasing.
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I finished these custom dice bags last month for the board game my wife and I designed.
I got the design printed at Spoonflower and I was able to fit a dozen bags onto a single yard of fabric. Weāll need to reorder soon and Iām considering getting it in a slightly heavier fabric.
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