2004.12.01
Ouch.
22.47.27 - Mark
Just looked at my stats for November. All I can say is ouch. It was my worst month since the redesign (which really isn't too bad, its just barely worse than by best month under the previous design) Frankly I blame my week long server shortage and lack of new content (blog aside) I hope to fix that soon however.
I've got the wax and plaster materials so for the most part I'm ready to proceed with my thumb drive of doom hack, all I really need is to find a way to melt a suitable metal for casting. I see a lot of stuff pointing to building a small propane canister powered kilns, but I'm a bit more interested in the microwave foundry mod, which is suitable for aluminum (which I have plenty of) partially because its like the sand-benders mentioned in a couple of Gibson novels and partially because I can find large microwaves dirty cheap. More research this weekend, and I may post links. I get the feeling no matter which I choose I'll need to buy some firebricks or other high temp materials to get this thing off the ground.
If I get really bored I may melt the candles and work on a design or two, but for now thats secondary to the metallurgy research and foundry development.
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