I never thought that this would happen, but holy cow! My watercolor paper remains blank. It is sitting the corner, staring back at me in a threatening manner.
Oh man, I just want to MAKE!
I’m going to Illinois next week. Hopefully, being in that new and old environment will reinvigorate my creative juices.
This is a list of all the items I bought for this project, including the price, the mode of transportation and the location from which the item came.
I spent all day on Friday trying to figure out how to mount the motor for the bike generator.
The first plan for mounting the motor. Unfortunately, I never really got to test it out because Aaron came along and gave me a new idea to try which seemed a lot more stable than what I was working on. Who knows, though, this may have worked.
This is Aaron's idea. It didn't work out well because the shaft began working itself into the wood. Therefore, the shaft would not turn. A good idea in the fact that it protects the shaft, but with Craig's help, we just could not get it to turn properly. Too bad. Tant pis.
This is the mounting plan which finally did work. It is really incredible what will and what won't work. I still believe it is always good to go in with a plan, but I have also learned through this process that my initial plan will probably not always work. In fact, it is pure luck if your first idea runs well and works properly.
