Author: thedismaltrader
Date: February 10, 2014
Haven’t been working on much of late, but I did start a quick shield project. I’ve been playing a fair bit of Skyrim and watching a few Viking/Historical time pieces and I figured what a better thing to make with wood than a shield. A quick glance around the web and I found a fantastic … Read More
Author: thedismaltrader
Date: February 8, 2014
Made a bench to accompany the craft table I made! I found a tutorial on Lowes on how to make a bench from plumbing material. Definitely not inexpensive! I also purchased some Haunted Mansion fabric to upholster the bench with! I deviated from the plans a bit and purchased 1″ fittings because my store did … Read More
Author: thedismaltrader
Date: December 8, 2013
Just wanted to share with everyone a video I made for our wedding ceremony last year! I figured out how to combine some of our favorites, Walt Disney, Alice and Wonderland, and pictures of us into a video that was shown to our guests a year ago on a very special day! Hoping my wife … Read More
Author: thedismaltrader
Date: October 2, 2013
It’s been a slow start to the October season! :<( Delusions of grandeur pretty much from November first last year and I didn’t get as much done as I wanted thus far. Thirty days left. 30 days. Doh! Need to fine tune the stroke of the linkage to have a little more movement in the … Read More
Author: thedismaltrader
Date: September 6, 2013
Made some progress on the mirror! So much left to do! :<( Already started scaling back due to time and money. I still want to enclose the porch, but that may be a pipe dream at this point. I am going to animate the witch using the motor from my cheshire cat, so at least … Read More
Author: thedismaltrader
Date: August 25, 2013
Ended up making a stand for the mirror to get it off my craft area! This isn’t screen accurate, but hopefully I will be the only one to notice! Haha! Stand is made up of 2X4’s and only cost about $16 to make. It doesn’t get better than that! I was worried about not being … Read More
Author: thedismaltrader
Date: August 14, 2013
Hello, Been lagging on the blogging part, but only because I have been busy updating our craft room! My wife has been selling her hair bows at a fairly frantic pace and has been wanting a larger work area, so I found some pictures I liked and decided to craft my own! The table and … Read More
Author: thedismaltrader
Date: June 5, 2013
Spent the better part of an afternoon making a box for my Magic Mirror Mask, cutting an oval shape to make it look as it were really oval, and making the two way mirror! Still a ton of playing around and detailing left, but at least I have the overall base finished. The two way … Read More