Author: Mike Garrity

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Ex-Formling

I stopped by 35 Medford yesterday to pick up my stuff. I hadn’t been there since March because of Covid, which has been really weird. It looks pretty much the same as it did...

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hexmirror

Here’s my latest project. The sides and the central hexagon are made of black walnut. The front surface is mulberry paper. There are a bunch of little brass screws holding things together. It’s about...

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World’s End

It was really hot today, so we went down to World’s End. World’s End is a beautiful park that was designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead. It’s 250 acres of curving carriage roads and vistas...

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Mulberry Visitor

This is the time of year that our mulberry tree is often full of squirrels & birds. Something seemed a little off at breakfast this morning. Look who was sitting 30 feet in the...

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Cheater Lens

I’ve had the MIG welder out recently. It’s been a bit frustrating. I haven’t gotten a decent line in years now. The big problem is that I can’t see what I’m doing any more....

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Winter Projects

This package came from England the other day. So, what’s inside? The piece I was waiting for to finish off this winter’s projects: This is a new radiator from Cooling Experts. The Westfield uses...

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What We Did Last Summer

The other day I realized that we never uploaded the pictures from last summer’s microcar event. I finally fixed that. Here they are. Better late than never, I guess? Anyways, some nice pictures for...

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Rust

I have to say I don’t find the name of the Rust programming language very appealing after all of my time spent working on old cars. But several friends had told me I should...

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CNC

My toy for Christmas was a little CNC machine. A Genmitsu 3018. Seems pretty well built and easy to put together. Software is a bit of a hassle. It does come with a CD-ROM...

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Woody

VEX Robotics had a nice tribute to one of my favorite professors, Woody Flowers, who passed away recently. 2.70 was a great class. We all worked hard, but learned a lot, and had a...