Steve Mattison

Gilded Theocracy: A government based on the window dressing of religion, but with none of the substance of said religion.

27.02.2025 11:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The personal wants of a leader matter less than that of any other one member of the whole. The compliment of responsibility requires an ethical steadiness and clear head promotion of a common goal. They embrace their frailty and privately chide themselves for not being more. They are a whisper.

27.02.2025 11:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Watched "Anchorman" with Logan not long ago. This was his shampoo choice on a recent shopping trip. Karen confirmed my suspicion as to why. That cheeky little apple did not fall far from the tree.

09.02.2025 14:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The face my son made after his mom destroyed his Game Boy Tetris score and I told him "Don't worry, someday you will see how it all fits together".

08.02.2025 20:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Modelled up a vacuum assist ring casting system. It's 3d printing now. Quite the mind numbing project but should be well worth the effort.

08.02.2025 20:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

:)

07.02.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was planning to bring some for you next week.

07.02.2025 13:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I did a batch of smoked salmon this week and it turned out terrific. Next up is installing heating elements so we can also do quality BBQ. It's gonna be pretty great!

07.02.2025 12:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We are smoking fish for the first time today. The twenty year evolution of our homestead came from a want to live with more personal freedom and as a fun hobby. The journey has been well worth the effort.

03.02.2025 13:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With the anvil project pretty well in the bag the vacuum assisted casting flask can move forward. After the internally air plumbed flask is done printing these pieces and parts will print next. They will connect the shop vac to the flask. The pressure is handled via a slider over the holes.

01.02.2025 12:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Changed the foundry form design. All of the sections lock together with threaded inserts at a 45 degree angle. This will make for a finished anvil without mold lines. This print was 41 hours. I may add a myriad of different swage shapes to the bottom of the 100% form.

31.01.2025 12:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Small scale sand cast success! Got my foundry form figured. These should be a dream to mold at full scale.

28.01.2025 21:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

13 more hours to go on a 38 hr print. Another part of the anvil puzzle is processing glacial till from the mountain on the far property into green sand (sand for metal casting). High temperature foundry burner design is on the list as well. All should come together nicely.

26.01.2025 14:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The first part of the armorer's anvil project is pretty well done. A 50% foundry form is on the printer now for testing. I'll be adding a myriad of different shapes on the flat back which will make this tool I intend on selling even more useful.

25.01.2025 14:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nope....I really don't either. In the glass half full area of thinking this is fertile ground to rise to the occasion of trying to make meaningful positive impact. I admire many who have done this in past troubled times. Not giving up!

25.01.2025 14:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Back to working on the armorer's anvil. Sanding it to shape now. I have my mini 3d printed unadjusted version as a cheat sheet.

23.01.2025 14:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Anvil while experimenting with lidar scanning

It's seen some use. It's probably from the 16th or 15th century. So it's allowed to be a hit beat up.

All scanned and printing. The mini anvil is my chest sheet for angles and curves when it's covered in plaster.

Most of the sculpting work is done. Everything has to dry before I sand it down to tune in the shapes.

Greetings Blue Sky! My first post ever will be my project today. Im working towards casting some copies of this armorer's anvil in the spring. I'm now at the sculpting phase. After that's done it will be ready for a second 3d scan. That's what I'll make the foundry form from.

22.01.2025 16:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0