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    EVENTS

    Let’s Spotify, Shall We? (2)

    Share links to favorite or fascinating performances!

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 9, 2022
    • Art, Music
    • 9 Comments

    Midjourney

    By now you have probably heard of Dall-E and Midjourney, etc.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 8, 2022
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 22 Comments

    Things That Happened – 2

    Once the forge body is all assembled, the next problem is to see if it can get hot enough to weld in. The whole exercise is completely pointless if you can’t use the thing for its intended purpose.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 6, 2022
    • Art, Badger Forge
    • 15 Comments

    Things That Happened

    I’ve had my blade-making operation shut down for the last 2 years, because my old forge began developing awkward melted holes in the shell, which allowed long burning jets of propane to go shooting out all over the place.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 5, 2022
    • Art, Badger Forge
    • 2 Comments

    A Challenge

    I was clearing up some cutoffs in the shop, and noticed a couple of largeish pieces of bog oak in the pile.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • June 25, 2022
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
    • 1 Comment

    Notes on Sheath-making

    Sheath-making is a fascinating sub-genre of leatherwork. If you have leather carving skills, btw, the recent interest in knives has made teaming up with a knife-maker a very attractive opportunity.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • June 7, 2022
    • Art, Badger Forge
    • 11 Comments

    The Porch Foxes

    I pulled up in the huge red truck, idling for a while, then finally tried to sneak out and get a picture of the frolick in progress.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • May 24, 2022
    • Art, Critters
    • 8 Comments

    Sorry About the FB Link

    What do you do, when someone posts something cool on facebook? Normally, my attitude is that facebook is just terminally uncool and nothing on it deserves to be linked here.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • May 23, 2022
    • Art
    • 9 Comments

    How To Log

    I thought I’d sell my old anvil and get a new one. The surface of the anvil was pretty pitted, and if I tried to forge down an edge, the steel often picked up the pits. Also: new anvils are pretty!

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • May 11, 2022
    • Art, Badger Forge
    • 27 Comments

    Yeah, I Bet

    This is a sign I saw outside the grocery store where I usually get my stuff.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • May 10, 2022
    • Art, We are Fucked
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