Isaac @idropyou@social.cleverlibre.org

Back yard #fossil hunting.

Square foam board version of an Estes Big Daddy is ready for finishing and paint. Already looks so goofy! #rocketry #modelrockets

This morning's sunrise from the deer stand.

Violet. #catsofmastodon

All done with this one. Needed a new entryway table since we changed things with the new floor. Made from willow a neighbor cut down. Rough cut with a chainsaw, then made to resemble a table. Just polyurethane over it. #woodworking

Future top of a sofa table. Dead ash I cut down last year (fuck you emerald ash borer). Rough slab milled from the log with chainsaw mill. Ran it through the portable planer a few times then cut it at 9x46". Needs a bit more work. Some future legs and braces snuck into the frame as well. (#woodworking, kinda, I just slap crap together)

New rocket project. Made a forward centering ring and nosecone bulkhead out of 1/8" birch ply. Got sick of round tubes 😄 #rocketry #modelrockets

My breakfast this morning was #lolsob.

Fins on the Doorknob. Fillet work on the upscale Big Daddy. Doorknob will only get internal fillets, trying to stay scale-ish and all. #rocketry #highpowerrocketry

Had to take the cats to the vet for a routine checkout. They're noisy when they're moving; but that's better than being inside a car with them. Also, Rosie trying to hide... #BikeTooter @catsofmastodon

Got the new rubber mounted up on the Pugsley. Bring on the snow! #BikeTooter #cycling #mtb #fatbike

Acquired a free Delta planer from my neighbor. Wasn't working. One new power switch and we're rocking. #woodworking

After a frustrating evening attempting to glass a foam nosecone form and some sleep, got it figured out. Put four layers on. Should do. Now I gotta figure out the shoulder... #rocketry #highpowerrocketry

Stuck some fins on the 5" diameter Big Daddy. Internal fillet fun up next. Also got the motor tube and forward centering ring epoxied into the Doorknob body tube. #rocketry #highpowerrocketry

Another #modelrocket #rocketry #modelrocketry project I'm working on is a scratch-built scale model of the Aries mashup that was the Red Tigress 1 mission on 8/20/91. Nothing fancy, physically. BT-60 tube, conical balsa cone. Rear fin shroud was a bit challenging, but not bad. Working on making decals in GIMP tonight I am deviating from scale by just going with one 18mm motor mount. I considered going with four 13mm motors, but that's probably risky on this and not a lot of good delay times worked with a 4x cluster. I have never seen a kit of this rocket, nor any other scratch builds. I love how this thing looks and can't wait to finish it up and fly it.

Very nice, #moon. Very nice.

Now Violet needs to distract me from work... #catsofmastodon

Rosie says stop working and pet me. #catsofmastodon

Ah, #BikeTooter. Great tag. I'll pile in. Older pic from a ride at Levis Mounds in western Wisconsin. That's my awesome '18 Trek Stache in the tree. Does everything I throw at it.

Also sanded the filled spirals on the Doorknob body tube. These tubes were from my work, on their way to being thrown out. Got a ton of them. 61" long, 5.25" OD with 1/8" thick walls. Very beefy. Cost of nothing is even better. Got many other build ideas stewing.

As for spiral filling, I've gone to using wall spackle from wood filler. Doesn't shrink when it dries and sands very nice with 400 grit to smooth it out and not cause paper tube fuzzies. Goes on easier too and seems to stick really well.

#rocketry #highpowerrocketry #modelrockets #modelrocketry