March 5th, 2010
My friendly neighbour Charlotte came down with the plans about a year ago now along with pre-cut coated high quality ply asking if I would like to partake and provide the assembly and fastening solutions. I was happy to do so and happened to have some nice steel salvaged screws with just a bit of a bevel above the surface that would fit just fine. The wheels we assembled with standard carriage bolts on the bare side and screws going up into the vertical.
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
March 5th, 2010
and wishing her well during her final days prior to coming the way the crow flies from Romania.
noapte buna
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
February 24th, 2010
Are in the making, well, some are actually complete but need polishing. Pics will follow…
And here they are, side by side Mopani 1 of 2 and Oak
Posted in Projects | No Comments »
December 17th, 2009
Something in the making that has been on hold for the past three years that has gained new inspiration. 
Posted in Projects | No Comments »
December 17th, 2009
Having acquired a quite comfortable single bed and not wanting to yield way to a couch, if that was the case – fold out couch – still lacking support qualities of a bed, the following project was initiated using scrap 62×122cm poplar plywood, Swiss standard roofing trusses 2400×24x48mm, about a Franc and a half at your local do it yourself store and 50×50mm beam serving as uprights and as a diagonal providing stability. 
Posted in Projects | 2 Comments »
December 4th, 2009
Its a drag buying a laptop which is obsolete in X years and whose hardware is impossible to upgrade.
A step in-between a laptop and a desktop is to buy a small desktop, a flat-screen and the typical external components (along with the indispensible external harddrive), and pack into a suitcase. The only thing potentially ‘missing’ is a battery power supply. I however contend that laptop batteries are the achilles heal of this sort of technology. The batteries always fail, and the miserable laptop is reduced to a physically smaller yet non-upgradable desktop appliance. In any case, I rarely use my laptop(s) where there’s no power supply available. So, my suitcase computer is still valid.
I use this computer for recording music, so I’ve packed a M-Audio interface (2 channel in/out). The next upgrade will be to obtain a more capable interface, so as to permit drum set recording, which requires 8 simultaneous inputs or so.
“So, essentially you packed a computer into a Pelican case and made it mobile?”
Well, yes, except for the part about the Pelican case. I got my suitcase at a thriftshop for 4 Francs, about $3. My buddy put the frame in the lid to support the flatscreen, thanks!
Some further minor improvements might include wheels for ease of transport (its a bit heavy, due to the flatscreen) and some reinforcements to one day be able to fly with the box. I wouldn’t give it to the baggage throwers at any airport in its current configuration. Air-travel may indeed require a real pelican case.
Posted in Projects | 2 Comments »
