Adventures of an Urban Jungleboy

I'm way behind on this journal, but I'm going to break up the work into chunks to save your sanity.

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Here are the photos from today's project: the "gun box" that the ball-joint-mounted gun and plunger arm come out of.

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Didn't get a lot done due to cold weather and intervening parties:-)

I've also hit a point where I need to use a drill press to finish a couple of things; I can do that in the "hack shop" at work on Tuesday.

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I'll let the photos tell the story:

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I got in a full 6+ hours of woodworking yesterday on TDK, getting the basic neck bin structure made.

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Today was the first day of my week for working on TDK.

I did a couple runs for materials, and did a bit of work:

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Today I took a pair of 4" redwood deck rail ball finials in to work, bored them throught the center and the parted the spheres off of the bases.

Tonight when I got home, I glued the parasols to the bamboo spacers, cut and drilled the Tiki torch and then assembled the gun.

I'm pretty pleased with the results.

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While I wait for the skirting to be delivered, I took a stab at preserving the paper parasols that will be used as accents in a couple of places. They're far too fragile in and of themselves, so I experimented by filling one with silicone sealant, and a second with a thin drizzle of Gorilla Glue (plus a spritz of water to trigger the foam/curing process). The silicone worked much better, so I proceeded with that.

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Work on the Tiki Dalek proceeds apace. I'm waiting for the grass skirting to be delivered (the raffia should arrive tomorrow).

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I have managed a couple more work sessions on the Dalek (squeezed in around SorcerorCon and SmofCon).

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