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