Background: building a #lego minifig scale model of HMS Surprise, from Patrick O'Brien's books. #modelshipbuilding
Been at it for nearly 10 yrs as a secondary hobby. Fwd progress gets stalled regularly as I do research or try to solve a construction problem.
Latest issue was masts curving or catastrophically breaking under rope strain. I already resorted to CA glue, wasn't enough. I broke down and bought aluminum CNC milled technic axles.
Finally have stable 4' main mast without scaffolding.
#Introduction My day job is prof of quantum physics in Amsterdam, but I've got a bit of a split personality, reflected in my multiple other accounts besides this one:
- #Science: https://fediscience.org/@jscaux
- #OpenAccess: https://scipost.social/@jscaux
- #FOSS: https://fosstodon.org/@jscaux
- #Photography: https://mastodon.art/@jscaux
Here, you'll see me toot about some other loves of mine: #Go, #metalworking, #modelshipbuilding, and all the rest.
1 Post, 11 Following, 8 Followers · Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam Condensed matter theory - quantum integrable systems - correlation functions - out-of-equilibrium dynamics - spin chains - cold atoms My personas: ➡️ Science: https://fediscience.org/@jscaux - Open Access: https://scipost.social/@jscaux - FOSS: https://fosstodon.org/@jscaux - Photography: https://mastodon.art/@jscaux - All the rest: https://mastodon.social/@jscaux
Things I’m doing these days:
#guitar
#woodworking
#modelshipbuilding
#datascience
#homeimprovement