thursday the fourth of january.  it's biting cold outside.  getting down to about 2 today and not looking good for the next few days.  i haven't turned my heat off in about a week.  i just installed another reznor last night.  this place is bearable.  still need to wear a sweat shirt, though.  i'm not shooting for shorts and t-shirts.  who the hell has money for that kind of heat...

jordan is plugging away at his ims show build.  he still fabricates new things here and there this late in the game.  it's pretty impressive to watch him just figure shit out.  he made his own seat, yesterday.  he's not thrilled with it, so he's just gonna make another i guess.

jt was here helping him and learning from him last night, too.

i am picking up new english wheel anvils from eastwood today, speaking of jt.  kuzma came in here last weekend and we played around with the english wheel for a few hours.  we beat the metal with the hammers on the sandbags, ran it through the wheel, used the press brake, ran it through the planishing hammer...it was REALLY fun.  rather addicting.  jt said he's gonna get his hands on a bunch of scrap metal sheets.  i can't wait to play around with that thing some more.  would love to make a fender or something simple.

it'd be rad to have a class where the attendees got to use and get an intro lesson on: the tube bender, the hammer and bag, the press brake, the english wheel, the planishing hammer, the plasma cutter, and a welder.  there'd be no mastering of anything, rather everyone gets a taste of how each functions.  and in the end, something is created from that bent tube and manipulated metal sheet.  maybe during fuel?!

still in need of some more memberships here.  now that i only have two more heaters to hang, i can start to get my head around ebay-ing some parts to make a few extra bucks.

security system is up and running and watchable from my phone.  it's so rad.  two cameras outside that are totally functioning in this cold and six inside.  i can see everything.  and the motion detection is incredible.