Category: Construction

Pillow bearings

John was helping today. We’re going to get this awning thing built. Konrad turned us onto these things called “pillow bearings.” They help us make

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Deliberate randomness

John Hong worked hard to make what he called a “deliberately random” pattern with the lights on the roof. It looks great doesn’t it? Sort

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Admiral metals

Back to Admiral metals to pick up some aluminum for the generator enclosure. Konrad is helping out collecting some materials in Western Mass, and I

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Hobby shop at MIT

I stopped by the Hobby shop today to see what they have in the way of metal brakes (bending equipment). I have some work to

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Windshield now fixed

I called around to 5 JN Philips before I found one that cut custom glass. And by the way, my insurance didn’t cover the fix.

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Ice cube

If you’ve been following this journey you won’t be surprised by this reference. Beautiful ice block from Brookline Coal and Ice (the place where we’re getting our

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The truck is almost done

The truck is almost done. I’ve installed speakers. I bought 4 sets (8 total), because if the speakers are spaced they will sound good at

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Truck at night

Here’s a rather grainy picture of the truck at night. It’s coming together. One of our investors was in town from CA, and I brought

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Konrad saves the day

I’ve been struggling with 2 critical problems these past 6 weeks: The people we had lined up haven’t gotten the work done that they said

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Admiral metals

The siding is not working at all. I need to re-design it. Total disaster. So I found this place north of Boston called Admiral metals.

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