Just Create - Terra Cotta Edition

[silvercat17]

Answer me these questions three, ere the other side you see:

WHAT have you gotten done?

WHAT are you working on?

WHAT do you need encouragement on?




(look, I feel silly posting the same thing every week, I might as well lean into it)

Comments

[friendlydangernoodle]

I made it out to the garage today after around 2 weeks of barely being able to get out of bed, and finally made some progress on a woodworking project. I am still really struggling with how to do the next step though. I decided to attempt miter joints on this project, and have been having a hard time getting them straight on my practice pieces. The miter sled I made for my table saw was a disaster; officially declared it a failure and disassembled it today.

Yesterday I started an outline for what will be the first story I've written in years... if I can manage to get started actually writing it. Having a very hard time finding the words.

[angelofthenorth]

I found that when I ran out of distractions the words just came, when I was in that situation.

[friendlydangernoodle]

Decided to stop trying to start at the beginning, and got some of the middle part written! Only a bit more than a page, but better than I've been managing for a long time.

[kellan_the_tabby]

YAY woodworking! Miter joints, I'm impressed, I'm still working on the whole 'cutting two pieces of wood to the same length' part.

... which hasn't stopped me from building a tiny house on wheels/portable craft show booth, which, now that I think of it, is a bit concerning, but it hasn't fallen apart yet, so.

[friendlydangernoodle]

I am definitely still learning myself. Mostly everything I know has come from youtube, nobody's actually taught me anything.

Once I've actually done the joints, we can be impressed lol. I'm still having a hard time figuring out how to cut them evenly on large pieces with my little table saw.

Good job making a thing that hasn't fallen apart! Always a nice bonus when it doesn't fall apart.

[kellan_the_tabby]

I learned some basics from my dad when I was a kid -- he built the house I grew up in & definitely wanted a son to pass that on to. I was as close as he got, which was closer than he thought, so I got to help him out with some projects. But yeah, anything past that has been youtube at best & 'fuck around & find out' at worst. Or at least most exciting.

I figure if I make a thing & it doesn't fall apart, excellent! Anything past that is bonus.