My attempt at a treehouse

I saw one here earlier I really liked. I am not even close to being able to build something like that yet.

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This is NOT my treehouse… Not sure why I grabbed this photo.

The Big Tree by night. I need to work on the light/dark wood transition. The darker trees where not cooperating with dropping saplings. I’ve only half a dozen in the world and that’s all I can seem to keep.

The door is peeking out from between the roots.

After tumbling off the top, I decided to take a look to make sure it was right.

A buddy walked right past it. I guess the tree looks good enough.

Steps out a branch that reaches the side of the cliff.

Looks like a little more work needs to be done on the branch going to the left.

Looking down from a nearby cliff.

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I think it's broke

The driver window on trucklet (what I call my Ford Escape) quit going up all the way a few weeks ago. It's finally not stupid cold out, up to a balmy 40 today. So I decided to take advantage of sunshine and worked on the window today.

Looks like the cable mechanism broke. All kinds of mess inside. Bits of plastic where shooting all over the place when I started getting rough with the window.  So I sniped a thin cable so I can push the window all the way up. I was going to wood stick the window closed, but I saw a hole near the carriage.  I'd rather have used bailing wire, but all I have currently is fencing wire, so zip ties it is. It's going to get fixed proper in the spring, the nylon shouldn't die before then.

I don't think the motor burned out, so I will have a nice motor for projects when I replace the power window mechanism. Going to need the whole thing, carriage and all I think. Luckily I've a few more years before they start crushing the model year immediately, so I hopefully can find a junk yard unit.

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Double zip tied the window up through the carriage and a convenient hole. So much easier than trying to cut sticks and prop the window up.

The last power window that died on a previous vehicle got all it’s windows glued shut with silicone!

Things came un-sprung near the motor it appears.

I am not sure what this mess of wires is, but I suspect it’s the cause of the window failure.

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Watching Punkin Chunkin with my youngest

So to make it real for her and more fun for me, I printed a catapult on my RepRap. That little machine makes TV much more interesting.

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My 3d printer printing out a Catapult.

My 1 year old playing with a catapult during the Punkin Chunkin show! I think she likes it!

Sit STILL kid! I am trying to take a photo of you!

Catapult set all done printing. The really wide brim and several layer tall skirt help me print ABS on glass.

The  wide brim ties all the pieces together and ends up working like a sprue and all the bits stay together! Granted, now I have to cut all the pieces away from the brim.

She loved the feet. Probably because it’s the pieces I handed to her first as they are big enough to not be a choke hazard.

She’s figuring out how to make it work.

A fun toy daddy!

See! I told you we where watching it on TV!

PUNKIN CHUNKIN!!!!!

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