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title: 'Pictures and Painting'
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description: New skills and fun hobbies I've picked up
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date: 2026-02-01T02:02:05-08:00
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thumbnail: /img/02-feb-2026/moon.jpg
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article: true
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# Moving Apartments and Mindsets
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For some reason or another I've been hesitant to publish works that I experiment
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with on this website because I've not felt that the work was "on-brand" enough.
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After way too much deliberation I realize that creating _is_ what I do and often
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I'm going to experiment with how I make stuff. Moving recently has pushed me to
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fully realize I should let out what I do; even if it just stream of concious
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type postings.
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So below is the start of what I want to do fully...
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## Woodworking and Repurposing a Harbor Freight Toolbox
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Quick context: my new apartment is much bigger and thus I can justify having
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furniture like a :sparkle: dining table :sparkle:
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To make a toolbox a piece of proper furniture though was going to take some
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effort because this is what I was starting with.
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{{< pic "/img/02-feb-2026/before.jpg" >}}
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First order of business was making an actual top for my new table for which I
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chose red oak and surfaced with my new Taytool Benchplan No. 4.
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{{< pic "/img/02-feb-2026/shavings.jpg" >}}
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The shavings I was getting were actually very nice and I was able to plane down
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to a very reflective surface in the end :smile: . Though I realize it's hard to
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see there is some reflection coming off of the table top in the picture below.
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_Random oak chunk for comparison_.
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{{< pic "/img/02-feb-2026/sheen.jpg" >}}
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Next was sanding and painting but that's all boring stuff :yawning_face:. The
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_close to final rendition of the table looks something like this :sunglasses:
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{{< pic "/img/02-feb-2026/after.jpg" >}}
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### Future for the table?
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Definitely going to add some shelf liners and drinks to the bottom tray, maybe
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even some wood edges to make it a little more comfortable to rest your feet
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on the bottom but we'll just have to mess around and find out :wink:
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## Random Photography
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Lately I've been exploring random cities and have started messing around with
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taking pictures of cool places that I visit.
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From a subway in San Fransisco
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{{< pic "/img/02-feb-2026/subway.jpg" >}}
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And a nice picture of one of my favorite rooftops in the San Diego Skyline.
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{{< pic "/img/02-feb-2026/moon.jpg" >}} |