An unfiltered chronicle of the Steelbak journey. Expect personal insights, project updates, and raw reflections on the DIY process. It’s the gritty reality of building, creating, and innovating.
There is scant extra time in my life these days, but I must get a handle on CAD style skills, and I really want to use Blender. I’m in luck! Blender has CAD-like plugin that is intended to create precision… Read More »Parametric Modeling in Blender is My Next Mission.
Nothing beats the morning for me. It is and always has been my favorite time of the day. I like to get up well before the sun does, drink my coffee at the computer and be outside at dawn (when… Read More »09-23-20: My Last Day Off.
My boy, Will came with me today. That was nice for me, but other than that and the beautiful weather, I could have done without the rest of the hassles of today. Yes, I know – I can’t really complain.… Read More »09-16-20: Beautiful day, but blech.
Cameras. They are a part of my life. They have been for a while now, but besides just capturing and storing, I haven’t really done much of anything with all that content. It has been piling up for a at… Read More »Old content will be coming.
September 14, 2020 I finally got a day off, although two of my horse shoeing clients did text with shoes off… I had to pretend not to see that so I could just enjoy the beautiful day. It has been… Read More »A Day in the Life: Restoring the ’87 LT250R
This morning’s task is to learn LibreOffice Calc. In all my computer experience, I have never taken the time to figure out even the basics of spread sheets. I need it for several new projects, but specifically the four wheeler… Read More »09-12-20: Sunday riding.
It turned out to be a sadly uneventful day. Shoeing horses without my rig was a bit hobbling, but I got my day done. I showed up to my second stop of the day – my standing Wednesday appointment and…… Read More »09-08-20: Update.
Yesterday, when I got home from shoeing horses, I was toast. It was in the mid nineties, high humidity and full of sun and bugs. More outdoor stuff was out of the question for me, so I settled into working… Read More »My son wanted to join Hive!
September 7, 2021 When I first brought the ’87 LT250R into my garage, I had no idea of the journey I was about to embark on. The ATV was in rough shape, with a broken case saver bolt hole, a… Read More »Introducing the ’87 LT250R: Oh, How Little I Knew.