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Here are the questions for Thursday 26th March, at 8pm UK time, Tooted every 12 minutes throughout the hour.
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Q1: Hello fellow dishcloths*! Tell us what you’ve been doing this week.
*The new term of endearment for us all.
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Q2: Given a new dishcloth, what would you make from it, in your usual style? Your other working materials are a given.
Q3: Dishcloths, the unsung heroes of the washing up bowl. How might you clean the things you have made? Please share your cleansing secrets.
Q4: What sort of messes does your making produce, that you could use a dishcloth for cleaning up? The dishcloth might not be the best thing, but it is all you have.
Q5: This ‘dishcloth’ thing came about from my misreading last week. What funny or confusing misreadings, potential or actual, have you had in your making? Instructions, measurements, or whatever you casually read during your projects.
@[email protected] I read that as "Hello dishcloths!" and wondered if that was a new term of endearment for us makers! 😂 #MakersHour
I skipped #ScribesAndMakers self promotion on Friday because I wasn't done but I'm catching up now. I don't care what anyone says this IS a summer hat. It's just lacking the buttons on the brim fastener. It was done with a beret pattern (the one that didn't work out with the winter beret either) but a looser stich, because well summer, heat, sweat. I just wanted some head protection. Yarn is Lana Grossa The Tube and Gelato Vintage.
For the interest of the #MakersHour lot, too.
Worked on another railway signal lamp today.
This one is dated 1942 and is taller and wider than the others I have. It’s unusual too as it has a square carousel holding the coloured glass. Others have a round carousel.
It was mainly a clean up job with some polishing of the brass bits, some soldering to repair part of the carousel and some rust treatment. Oh, I also replaced the orange glass as it had a chunk missing. I happened to have some orange glass in my spares box, so I just had to cut that down by about 5mm.
Finally got round to sorting out the stand for the railway clock I made.
Not exactly how I planned it, but it works. You can’t see most of it anyway!
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@MakersHour Q4: stuck on a make? what do?
A4: Like many others, my most common approach is to take a break.
That alone typically helps a lot. It has also lead to some essentially abandoned projects - even if I've figured out how to overcome the issue. If I'm away too long, restoring momentum can be hard.
Sometimes I ask others for help / ideas. I probably should do that more, but I've learned to not ask for help unless REALLY stuck, and its hard to deprogram that behavior.
@quixoticgeek @MakersHour Yeah, it really depends on how you classify things.
For me, I'd guess upper 2 digits for higher level tools. But definitely 3 digits if mills/bits/needles/probes/etc count. (probably not 4 - only due to lack of space)
A5 I kinda want to forge a sword one day. But I'm certainly not skilled enough currently. I've also considered making pens on the wood lathe. So maybe not so much the pen is mightier than the sword, but it's certainly easier to make...
@MakersHour Q2 Maker as a child?
A2: Absolutely! Maybe it was a result of Legos. I was recently discussing with my partner that perhaps Lego Technics are why I seem to more intuitively understand the mechanics of a camera she was trying to repair.
Even playing with electronics started in elementary school with kits like https://www.pololu.com/product/1657
The "Astable Multivibrator" (LED blinker) was my favorite circuit in elementary school.
Learn electronics with the Elenco 200-In-One Electronic Project Lab! This kit includes everything you need to get started building your own electronic circuits. Components such as resistors, capacitors, LEDs, ICs and more are securely attached to the electronic lab so you can spend less time searching for components and more time learning how to build that next circuit! This kit requires six AA batteries (not included).
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