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blaise@friendica.rogueproject.org

Engineer, Dad, Maker, Artist, Ballroom Dancer, Entrepreneur, Axe-flinger, Pain-In-The-Ass

I make chainmaille and wire sculpture, 3d print toys my kids love to lose, teach and adore ballroom dancing, profile my own throwing axes (and fling them!), rebuild bits of my moldering Victorian home, and generally tinker with everything from computers to woodworking to gmrs radio(WRON559).

I owned and ran an industrial automation consulting firm for 20 years, and helped found the amazing Tech Valley Center of Gravity, makerspace and home away from home to my tribe...

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Engineer, Dad, Maker, Artist, Ballroom Dancer, Entrepreneur, Axe-flinger, Pain-In-The-Ass

I make chainmaille and wire sculpture, 3d print toys my kids love to lose, teach and adore ballroom dancing, profile my own throwing axes (and fling them!), rebuild bits of my moldering Victorian home, and generally tinker with everything from computers to woodworking to gmrs radio(WRON559).

I owned and ran an industrial automation consulting firm for 20 years, and helped found the amazing Tech Valley Center of Gravity, makerspace and home away from home to my tribe...

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Thursday, March 26, 2026, 1:59 PM •

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Thursday, March 26, 2026, 1:59 PM •


Did I successfully re-set the displaced barrel of my favorite pen?
Yes

Did I shatter the hand-turned barrel made from 5000-year-old bog-wood?
Also yes...
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in reply to Blaise • Thursday, March 26, 2026, 9:08 PM •

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Just curios. Is this a pen you made?

I would glue the chip back in place and then sand it. I know, it will be obvious that it was fixed up, but it adds character right 😉.

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in reply to Unus Nemo • Friday, March 27, 2026, 6:40 PM •

@Unus Nemo Oh, it was so much worse than that! It was made by an old friend who's passed.

It hurt, but I'm researching the appropriate glue...

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in reply to Blaise • Friday, March 27, 2026, 7:03 PM •

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I am confident that you will get it put back together.

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