RingEngrave02
another picture of the ring
Date: 10/27/2008
Anna sent me this ring to engrave. I put a threefold braid around it. Not really a celtic knot, but it will pass for one.
RingEngrave01
knotwork on a ring
Date: 10/27/2008
I engraved the band around this ring for Anna. She was non-specific as to the design, so I went with something simple. I think it turned out okay.
Quarter for scale only.
Quarter for scale only.
Dice02
21 metal dice, ready to roll!
Date: 09/10/2008
If I need to roll more than 21d6 damage, something has gone horribly right. I don't actually have all of them any more, as I've been slowly giving them away to friends.
They are all made of surgical grade 316 Stainless Steel, and suitable for rolling damage with scalpels.
They are all made of surgical grade 316 Stainless Steel, and suitable for rolling damage with scalpels.
Die02
Another picture of the die I made. It has a comforting weight, and sharp multi-purpose corners.
Date: 11/30/1999
Another picture of the die I made. It has a comforting weight, and sharp multi-purpose corners.
Die03
Last one of the metal dice for now.
Date: 11/30/1999
Last one of the metal dice for now.
(Update! Now there are more!)
(Update! Now there are more!)
Die01
This is a die I made from 316 stainless steel. I've wanted a metal die for a while now, and the shop I work at has all the equipment to make one.
Date: 11/30/1999
This is a die I made from 316 stainless steel. I've wanted a metal die for a while now, and the shop I work at has all the equipment to make one.
PanPipesV1a
The old panpipes
Date: 11/30/1999
The old panpipes which I welded together from EMT (Galvanized electrical conduit). They weren't very pretty, even less so before I painted them. The tone was ajusted by screws in the bottom of the tubes, but the threads were loose, and thus had to be sealed in place with wax to get a consistant tone. I think the welding created flakes of galvanization on the inside of the pipes, and although I cleaned them out pretty well, I would still start to cough after playing them for a few minutes, and there was always a matelic taste after playing them. After I finished making the new panpipes, I threw this set away.
PanpipesV1b
The old panpipes
Date: 11/30/1999
The other side of the panpipes. See PanpipesV1a for details
PanPipesV2a
The new panpipes
Date: 11/04/2006
These panpipes were made from Schedule 40 316L Stainless Steel (in contrast to my first try, which were plain, thinwall galvanized steel). The construction was more complicated for these , requiring a welding jig to get the proper curvature, and a lot of buffing to get the mirror-like shine. I'm very pleased with how they turned out, as well as how easy they are to play. The two issues are that the smallest pipes are hard to sound, which led me to down-tune them by a fourth (reducing the range from the original 2 octaves to a respectable 1.5), and they are heavy, weighing about 6 pounds.
