OftenImitated Blog

The title says it all… woodworking sure is fun (no sarcasm intended).

I’ll take some pictures tomorrow, maybe.

Project Euler is the coolest thing ever… Just go here, and read this stuff, and try it for yourself (if you’re a nerd like me).

I’m working on a bunch of the problems, and you should too.

Anyways, I might get around to building Project Hobo sometime, so stay tuned.

Here is the tentative budget for Project Hobo. I’m trying to keep it below $150, and if it’s below $100 then that would be awesome.

Whitewood boards: 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ x 8′ @ $2.19 ea. x 15 = $32.85

Plywood siding/top: 4′ x 8′ x 19/32″ @ $15.88 ea. x 3 = $47.64

Plywood front: 4′ x 3′ x 3/4″ @ $0.00 x 1 = $0.00 (already own)

The only thing missing from the budget it a backing, which will be further planned.

I’ve made an executive decision to cut down the height of the apparatus from 4 feet down to 2, to both cut down on cost and potential wind resistence. The floor that you see is just there to help me with not extending past the allowed dimensions, and will not be included when I build it.

I’m going to be using Google SketchUp in order to plan what has been called Project Hobo (which can be found at the Projects page). So far, I have one of the side panels (partially) completed… I just need to make things to scale, and then we’ll be set!

Now I need to measure the truck, to see the exact measurements of the bed. This should fit in the back as exactly as possible.

I also need to obtain the tools needed to cut the wood. I have various saws already, so I doubt I’ll need to buy anything other than wood.

I would prefer to use Blender, for the sake of the extended feature set, but it’s just too freakin’ time-consuming to learn.