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Not bad for my first weekend. I learned lots of ways to not do things.

That's it for today, time to clean up. Two tiers, and I've got the wheels on it at least.

I also cut four mounting plates for the casters. I just tacked them together to make grinding them go a little quicker.

I'm slacking on the pictures. I got the top and bottom totally welded out yesterday.

"Top shelf" is tacked! This is slow going.

I am having a hell of a time figuring out a way to hold these first 2 Pieces Sq., and in the same plane, at the same time. This is what I came up with: This is, of course, just for the tack weld.

Well, I wouldn't think that you would have to bevel 16 gauge. However, with my current skill level I guess I'm going to need to. Here's a piece of scrap on which I beveled the joint before I welded up. I turn the welder back to the recommended settings by the way. Welded side: Backside:

I'm glad I'm keeping the scraps. Here's the first attempt at welding on this particular thickness of steel for me. The bead looks kind of piled up. And, on the inside: No penetration whatsoever. That's with the recommended settings on the sticker. I moved the voltage up to "C" and...

First lesson of the day, don't try to get "one more cut" from the chopsaw blade. And, I must be doing better. This time it only took one hour to measure cut and cleanup eight cuts.

For people JUST starting with Arduino, check out the YouTube videos by Jeremy Blum and Element 14. That kid put out a lot of great information quickly & in a matter that was easy for me to absorb. I need to find the Raspberry Pi equivalent now!

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I used to live up your way, out on General Booth Blvd I think it was.

I'm really surprised at how long it took me just to do that. And my hands are killing me from the wire brush. I have pretty severe CTS, and have worn a brace on my right hand for years. The saw isn't painless, but it's not awful. The grinder with the cup brush I can feel all the way up and...

Finally, "first blood" I just nipped the corner enough to determine if the 45 setting on the saw was accurate, which it was. First cut, and after cleaning so I could get a good point from which to measure. After cutting the four, I lined them all up marked the other end at...

Got some more parts today. At lunch, I went and picked up some casters. Also the raspberry pi showed up today. This will be a completely fresh start with the raspberry. I've never so much as held one in my hand before, so, putting this to use will take a while.

Well "The Plan" was to come home, make some miter cuts and, maybe, tack a few of the pieces together. However, all I got to do was put the kegs on the pile of metal, and look at it. These things happen. In all seriousness though, my wife just landed an awesome job after an period of...

Thanks! If everything goes the way I want it to, I'll be that long on mine, as well. I intend to build a "basic" setup, then add layers of complexity as I learn new stuff (and can afford it). I've spent the last year teaching myself Arduino code, I'm pretty comfortable on that end. I also...

Well, I ended up (finally) going to Metals Warehouse, a locally owned metal shop. They have no minimum order, but they won't sell partial sticks. I.E., you have to buy the whole stick, but you can buy just one and they don't give you a hard time. The guy I dealt with was very friendly...

Sculpture $71.14 - 2 24' sticks of 2x2 16ga steel $ 9.46 - 0.25 inch plate $22.00 - Casters Pots & Plumbing $90.00 - 3 kegs from Craiglist Controls $3.95 4-channel I2C-safe Bi-directional Logic Level Converter $39.95 Raspberry Pi Model B 512MB RAM $7.95 Adafruit Pi T-Cobbler Breakout Kit for...

I've never seen anyone track how much time it actually takes to complete one of these. I don't know if I have the discipline to actually track how much time, though. I justify my existence 6 minutes at a time all day, every day already. I don't know if I want to continue that at home. I'm...