8 one mug down

Mr.'s mug is done!

Not bad if I do say so myself. *pat on back*

It was a relatively easy project and it went quickly. Of course I'm blind now, but it was worth the effort.

 Wanna know a secret?

Here's a trick you can do if you ever plan on painting a mug for yourself.

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First, you'll want to have a mug shot and decide what kind of "look" you'd want.

Hmmm... let's see...

perhaps this jolly chap?

Oooo... how about a lumber jack?

 Uh... Jeff Goldblum?!

Ahhh yes. This is it!

Now that you figured out what picture you want to use, let's move on...

So what you'll need is a ceramic piece (correct term is "bisque" when it has only been through it's first firing... no... not soup), gift tissue paper, pencil, tape and a fine tip sharpie.

Next, take your tissue paper and place on top of picture and trace with pencil. Then take your tissue paper and place it onto your bisque and tape in place. Finally, use the sharpie and go over what you traced with pencil. The ink will bleed onto the bisque and ready for you to paint.

Don't fret my pretties... the ink will burn off during the firing. You won't see any of that when it's done firing.

Easy right?

I was originally thinking of making this for everyone in my family for Christmas, but that would be 27. 27!!! Yikes! Instead I decided to do it for the gents in the family. So let's see...

1... 2...

10. About 10.

So one mug down!

0 Techie Tuesday

Hello to the both of you still reading my posts.  It has been quite a while since the last "techie tuesday" and for that I do apologize.  Anyone with kids, a wife, a job and a dog knows there is little time for yourself.  

That said I did receive the quadcopter parts and there they sat for a good month before I was able to assemble it.  During assembly I realized I did not have a charge cable for this particular batt. connector (XT60) so then I had to order and wait for the man in the rowboat to make his way from Hong Kong.  During this time I finally was able to perform a basic setup of the ESC's and flight controller to where it would hover.  Then the batt. died and further tweaking would have to wait.  Last week the charge cable arrived and the breaking began.  This is a bad habit of mine.  So now it sits in the garage looking pitiful, licking its wounds.  I'm starting to question the durability of the molded arms which has spurred me to search for a better solution.  

(Sorry no pics of the build and crash at this time...I'll have some in the next post)

My search yielded several desirable frames all of which are serious (read quality) dedicated FPV rigs.  

  

HoverThings HT-FPV

fpvmanuals QAV500 FPV Quadcopter Frame v1.1

 

eyefly Quadrixette 40

 

Team Black Sheep TBS Discovery

 

FrankenQuad Zombie v2

 
FrankenQuad Plankenstein

 I have made a decision as to which frame will fill the role of FPV master of the spy sky which I will reveal in next week's post. 

 I will post next week...no really I will.  

Stay tuned

no$mike

 

0 SALE in shop

I have few pincushions left and I wanna see 'em go to good homes.

The holidays are coming... these are perfect little gifts for that special crafter.

Check 'em out HERE.

PS, I'm offering FREE shipping on domestic shipping on everything! Make sure to enter code: SubSoupShip. HURRY! This offer ends October 2nd!