I never asked to be taught to weld until I was nearly 30. And my Dad is a wizard with metal. He just figured I would ask when I was really interested. When I finally got challenged, I got really good in just a few years. I can now do high tensile steel and exotic metals, and even microwelding. It is a great skill to have, and I could have asked more questions when I was eight or so.
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6 days until con ā¦ I guess I should start sewing.
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Which con are you referring to?
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Emerald City Comicon! Iām going as General Organa. Carrie Fisher was going to be a featured guest. People have asked that the con leave her table up so people can leave tributes.
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Nice! Thereās entirety to many cons going on right now. 
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My fish candleholder turned out better than I thought it would but I wish Iād left more open spaces.
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When I was a teenager, my dad bought a full-sized lathe and put it in the garage. Itās one of my big regrets that I never learned to use it ā I was finding it hard enough to keep up with my studies and couldnāt take on another hobby.
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You just canāt dwell on that sort of thing. I will tell you my biggest one. We always had small aircraft when I was growing up. I was sitting in the copilotās seat from the age of six or so. When I was 12, my Dad offered to get me flight certification. I had just discovered sailing, and all I wanted to do was sail. I was just too busy to spend all that time studying. Just dumb on my part. But I learned from it. I donāt ask my kids if they want to learn something, I just grab them and put them to work. As a kid, you never think that the window of opportunity to learn something is finite.
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A few weeks ago a box arrived with some glass and some copper foil. This weekend I got some more lumber.
Now Iām making stained glass doors for the cabinet. A coat of paint and three more and weāll be right as rain.
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And here it is on its inaugural flight.
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Can there really be too many cons?
(NFI what Iām wearing to Cleveland Concoction next weekend. Iām doing 2 panels and a workshop with my daughter, but I really want to dress up, not just wear our orgās T-shirt.)
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For anyone interested, I started a Topic on the BB 3.0 stuff!
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At long, long last: the rando-style front rack and basket for kid #1ās bike is done. Just in time to make another for kid #2.
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Great pic ! ! FLASHBACKS !
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This is not really āmakingā but Iāve been building a ton of flat-pack furniture since I moved. I now have a place for my vintage hats and weird purses:
The floppy hats took up too much room until I hit upon the idea of a second curtain rod with ring clips. Now they donāt fall off the wall!
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Iām taking a week off from building furniture now that this console is done.
The window seats are going to be for another day.
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When Iām not composing or working on translations, what I do to relax:
Edit: This one is called āConstruction in Plastic, Concrete and Lightā.
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Deckles and moulds today. Scrap picture frames, reclaimed latches, bit of flyscreen and some weatherstrip. 
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