“Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don’t look around the eyes, look into my eyes (rustles leaves) you’re under.”
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What about aquarium supplies? The bonus being that they’re designed to be submerged.
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I finally got around to finishing my first Tasmanian bowl:
A random bit of scrap from the firewood pile.
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Yeah, been checking those out too!
In fact, I’ll probably eventually do an aquarium snow globe with some plastic fish floating around…
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So with other engineers out there apparently upping the PVC-based-dinosaur-costume game, last year’s stegosaurus is going to be this year’s Pete’s Dragon. Complete with smoke!
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I never understood why Fin Fang Foom wore purple pants, until I saw this post and it dawned on me - it’s an homage to Pete’s Dragon! He wanted his color scheme to match his hero!!!
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Finished the new coffee table:
About two metres of construction pine and a bit of old reclaimed oak.
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I gave what will be the speakers on my Pi music box another coat. After this picture, I buffed them a lot with a cloth and reduced the paint-drip lines. When the light is right, I can almost pretend that it really is antique bronze rather painted PVC.
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Almost finished. I may have to use a GoPro with WiFi connection to an iPad in order to see properly though.
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I did a word clock app for my PiCrate. I suppose it’s kind of perverse to simulate an LED grid and letter stencils with an actual 480x320 screen, but that’s the way I roll. Besides, it’s a lot easier to change the font and grid size in software. I might step up to a 12x10 grid, because it’s a struggle to spell some hours with the 8x8 grid. (The program auto-sizes the letters.)
Here’s with the off color brightened to see the full grid:
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Progress report! I’m actually working on two glitter globes - a tower with bats 
, and a fairy with butterflies. 
Here are the scenes I built, just waiting for the glue to dry before I apply sealant. I found some lovely fake mossy rocks; I cut one in half to form a little hilltop for the tower. It sank a bit in the styrofoam (I know now to use a different glue for such in future!); looks like I’ll have to cut a little path to dig the door out of the ground. The styrofoam looks fine with some sharpie applied, so it will be a black path.
For the fairy I decided to ditch the styro-rock and use some real rocks from the driveway. I already have the butterfly sequins for her; I’ll probably throw in some autumn leaf ones as well. The fairy is a little taller than I meant; should have chosen some flatter rocks - but she does fit, just barely, with one wingtip touching the globe.
Still waiting for some bats to arrive for the tower, as well as a ghost 
or two - but looks like the sealant won’t be dry in time for Halloween anyway, because I didn’t realize it could take up to 72 hours to dry completely.
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Working on a Charmingly Rustic™️ box made from some of the reclaimed Tassie Oak:
First time I’ve done miter joints.
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Is that a shower head for your speaker grille?
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It’s an actual speaker grill from a re-purposed $3 speaker.
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Onto the next firewood bowl.
- Grab bit of wood from firewood pile.
- Chainsaw the mounting face roughly flat, then trim it square.
- Mark out the bowl.
- Nip off the corners with the chainsaw.
- Screw on the mounting plate.
- Ready to start turning.
- Rounded off, time to carve the mounting socket in the base.
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