Accidental Art
Exactly a month after the previous Accidental art, and on Christmas Eve no less. I call this wallpaper “Blood-Rain in the Mountains”.
Read more “Accidental Art – 24 Dec 2018”
Tools
Introducing the latest addition to my still-in-its-infancy collection of crafting and making tools: the computer-controlled automated cutting machine.
Read more “New Tool – Automated Cutter”
Tricks of the Trade
So you’re working on a project, and have a bunch of paint on your palette that you’ve paintstakingly mixed to the right color, when you realize that, oops, you can’t finish in time. And leaving your possibly pricey paints out to dry and become useless feels terrible. Now what?
Read more “How to make paint last longer”
Bad Products
No money, no problems. No tools, no troubles. Three tools… three troubles? The math seems to check out, at least.
Read more “Tool Troubles (June 2018, part 3)”
Bad Products
In the previous Tool Trouble, I wrote about the poorly designed rotational multi-tool from Lidl, and their terrible customer service. Today, I’d like to retell the story of my Heat Gun of Doom.
Read more “Tool Troubles (June 2018, part 2)”
Holidays
With the holidays coming up, I wanted to take a moment to wish you all happy holidays.
Read more “Happy Holidays from NinjyProps!”
Tricks of the Trade
It’s customary to heat-seal EVA foam before applying primer and beginning to paint. But what is heat-sealing, and why should you do it?
Read more “Why you should heat-seal EVA foam”
Just for fun
Bad Products
So the bulk of my hobby room was done by the end of June. But putting that room together isn’t the only thing I did before summer went into overdrive and drove me out of my hobby room for a good two months. I also bought hardware! This article doubles as a review of Lidl’s rotational multi-tool and their service. Spoiler: it’s not great…
Read more “Tool Troubles (June 2018, part 1)”
How we got here
I had wanted to start building my vertical storage extension, but the leftover pre-laminated OSB panels I had were no good for this project as I didn’t have the ability to saw them into the right sizes on my own, and many would’ve been too small to begin with, so after I finished drawing up my plans, I made another panel cut layout image so I’d know for sure what I’d need — then bought everything I’d need to get started with the building process. Read more “How we got here (June 2018, part 2)”