Gaius, I would have used "woodhenge", but one already exits near stonehenge. They (?) think stonehenge was for the dead and woodhenge hosted ceremonies for the living. Frenchy that is cool. I may try that, I have always told my wife our house would look slightly better about one foot farther west. When I was in Vietnam I did something similar. Our major on inspection tour told me to get our water trailer off the ground or the tires would rot in the sun and also become misshapened. After thinking for a while I had my troopsset two railroad ties vertically in the ground. Next we made a ramp of sand bags leading up to these posts. Then, with rope, trailer we towed the water until the axle was above the post. Next we cut the sand bags so the trailer settled onto the posts. Finally we cleaned the sand out so that on next inspection there would be no evidence of our method. AR-CAD, I have to admit that there was some block throwing and the little guy kept insisting we were building "Robots" if I could understand what he was saying. His mom is a freakin genious if I do say so myself. She just got her third degree which was a Masters in educational technology and distance learning. Adrian is her personal lab project.

Just here by JANE STREET CLAYWORKS [image: arcosanti-panorama-8001.jpg?w=800]

[image: Fygz_Master_Hood.jpg] This is what the draw from the fender and hood die should look like when removed from the vacuforming process. This is the right and left units before being cut apart. The flares at the bottom are to guide the model makers knife and grinding tools. Any bets on how well this will work?

Daniel, I didn't think anybody would look that carefully, but you are correct. I could lift the grill and then add a decorative scroll at the bottom that would account for the narrowed space at the base. Actually, I am looking right now at a iron book case filled with flowers and small cacti.

Nice!

[image: nK1g_tattooedandapproved.jpg] At one point it seemed this project would never be finished, but the client and I were pleased with the result. The two guys in the background are the SketchUp portion of the project. Its a fun read and well written.

@roger said: I am guessing that you refer to our status as the lunatic conservative racist gun capitol of the Southwest. Well as a Canadian I am burdened by that overwhelming politeness that our nation succumbs to, therefore I would never have said such a thing. But now that you mention it... ya, that's what I was referring to.

Pichuneke, gracias for all the great reference material and the advice on Spain. I will talk to you more about both, but I have to prepare for a photographic assignment on Thursday.

@roger said: They say, the people shooting bullets are the brave ones and the people shooting film are the crazy ones. Where you a Seabee? No, but had a buddy who was. And by coincidence, he ended up as a photographer as well.

dosch design have a large collection of high res hdri forest and undergrowth images. very good quality. there is a nature package somewhere...dense undergrowth, grass, mud, water etc. http://www.doschdesign.com/products/hdri

@bmike said: 2 projects, same building for a family owned, fun bike shop that underwent an expansion. Steel cable rail using reclaimed bike parts and a stair rail using XC skis. The timber frame rail for the loft rail was in place, I purchased the steel cable and channel. The bike parts were recycled. For the stair rail, the timber was recycled and the skis came from customers and a pile of trade-ins from behind the shop. Hey!!!! is this bike/ski shop in the banf, Alberta region by any chance?

Getting the hang of materials. [image: 5sMB_strap_render.jpg]

Marcus, if you do an HDRI, send me a before and after, I am keen to see what you come up with.

Possibly already commented on in some of the above links- I didn't check- would be to look at Leica line of Disto Laser Distance Meters. Not inexpensive, but highly accurate.

[image: fMWG_StormPano_SM.jpg] Photo copyright Roger Hawkins 2010 All rights reserved This is a not quite 180 degree panorama I shot on the way home. It is composed of nine overlapping shots. I wanted to show the mix of blue sky and bad ass storm. My wife got a little nervous about driving into the storm.

Sometimes you learn a little more about your relatives than you would like. Further research in the archives of the "New York Times" shows that Col. Hawkins and a Col. Streator were indicted for having a soldier strung up by his thumbs. It seems that a Pvt. Iams, while in ranks, cheered the news that a Mr. Frick, chairman of Carnegie Steel, was shot by an anarchist.

[image: b8JK_Art_substrate.jpg] Using a mounting substrate that attaches to clips into the spaces between tiles allows more flexibility in the positioning of art elements that don't span the cracks between tiles. The right two art groups are contrasted with the remaining art not shown with a substrate. After studying the result I would probably use just one backing for each two art groups.

Roger Heres a few manufacturers of thin film Photo Voltaics. I've been keeping an eye on this technology, which can significantly reduce the cost per watt of PV. It's not quite mainstream yet, but I've seen it on a building at the B.C Institute of Technology and had a few emails with their facilities manager, who is quite happy with the system. Let me know how it goes. SIEMENS Tel.: 1-800-SIEMENS Tel.: 1-800-743-6367 * email.us@siemens.com Energy Conversion Devices Inc (ECD Ovonics) 2956 Waterview Drive Rochester Hills, MI 48309, USA Tel: 1 248 293 0440 Fax: 1 313 844 1214 E Mail: investor.relations@ovonic.com Amorphous silicon thin film Energy Photovoltaics Inc (EPV) 276 Bakers Basin Road Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, USA Tel: 1 609 587 3000 Fax: 1 609 587 5355 E Mail: sales@epv.net Amorphous silicon and copper indium diselenide thin film Formosun Solar Corporation 35, Kuang Fu North Road Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hsinchu County Taiwan 30351 Republic of China Tel: 886 3 696 89 Fax: 886 3 696 38 E Mail: sales@formosun.com Thin film manufacturer Free Energy Europe 2, Rue Leon Droux, BP 66, 62302 Lens, Cedex, France Tel: 33 03 21 79 30 60 Fax: 33 03 21 43 65 88 E mail: free.energy@wandadoo.fr Amorphous silicon thin film BP Solar 630 Solarex Court Frederick, Maryland 21703, USA Tel: 1 301 698 4200 Fax: 1 410 981 0278 E Mail: Monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon

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