here’s life

So, I am trying to make this table, using sticks and string (to be replaced with cables). I have gotten this far, but I am not sure if I can make it stand up to any weight with the low angles I want (table wants to be a little lower than shown) I plan to add some more strings, help it keep it’s shape. Any ideas?

The strike at Boeing has not stopped yet, but it looks like I will continue to work as usual, in the usual department.

I finally finished the endtable. It is much more stable, and more…Greek.
I am currently using a piece of glass that I got off a 1KW light I got at the Surplus Center. (the light works, but is much too bright and power hungry for my needs)

It appears that there are building codes in this area which puts a damper on my dream of building myself a house–unless I keep it under 200 ft^2. I can still figure out how to do it, which is probably all I would get around to anyway before I got distracted.
I can’t get my current house cleaned up–what makes me think I could build one? Everything must wait for another day.

So, here I sit, listening to my fountain while I eat mango with a knife. I think my pump would put out a lot more water if it didn’t have to pipe it through a block of wood.

Yesterday a 25 gallon fish tank came into my possession. I don’t really need a fishtank, so maybe I’ll make it into a terarium. It has the filters, light, heater and all (don’t know if it works), so I’ll have to figure out a way to make use of that. Yet another project that will have to be put on hold until I get back from visiting my siblings et. al.

I worked on my endtable this evening instead of packing. It didn’t work out the way I had planned. Some of you may be able to determine the design flaws from the pictures. Hint: What happens on a rainy day?

I am going to need to make a new one, and I’m not sure what I can do with the old one…it lies on it’s side quite stablely, maybe I’ll make another and use them for my coffee table.

I couldn’t find a basin that I really liked to use for my waterfall, so I got a sheet of brass and made one. It was a bit rough, bent and dented, so I covered it with an even layer of hammer dents. The pan will be filled with gravel, burying a water pump that I ordered online, but have not yet gotten.

The idea is that water will flow down the surface of the rock and be caught by the basin, creating pleasant sound to add to the relaxing ambiance of my apartment.

I took a nap today, and as I was drifting in and out of consciousness, I figured out how to make end tables to match my desk. Now I need to get the idea in my head into wood.

In order to better serve you, the reader, I have posted excess pictures of the waterfall last month using a wrinkle in the space-time continuum.

Sheet of Brass before bending
(edges taped for safety)

After being formed into a water-tight box

With the frame to hold up the rock

With the rock

The gravel I’ll add once I get the pump