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I have had so much carpentry to do that I have no time to blog about it...

Taking some photos though. Coming later!!!

Strange construction

The reason the mattress support was made this was wasn’t because I was being artistic or stylish. Who is going to see the bottom of the mattress anyway? The reason was that these 2 in. thick pieces were supplied for free from the HCS. GB them.

I had to make the inside frame to fit all the rectangle pieces, and it’s strong enough for a baby elephant or 10 people, I believe. Never tried pushing the limits, but it never creaked so far with any kind of… movement..

Another thing in addition to the wiring that I could have done future friendly was to not drill in the headboard from the speaker cradles. I took the fast route for the moment, and now the extra work.

Advise to make it nice: When you build, build for the future, and build so that things can be changed and adapted. Don’t just slap something together or use cheap materials. Life is the same. Spend time to plan before you perform.

Taking it apart

In preparation for the move, I started taking apart the monster piece by piece..

The Monitor stand came off in about 5 min. cause it was only 2 screws and a couple pegs attaching it to the bed.

The rest, however, is quite a confusing puzzle, as you might be able to tell. My advice for anyone who is going to take apart complicated furniture or something that has lots of identical looking parts or similar wires, etc. is to NUMBER the parts that go together, or draw a map of the parts, etc.

One thing I should have done in the first place was to use cord joining adapters so I won’t have to cut and solder the power and speaker wires back together… That will at least take an hour with this many…

New Shelf

Since this is supposed to be a carpenty blog, I thought a new shelf would be a good title.

That must have been the most fun I had at Noda so far. They had a word class, dance which I participated in as a wallflower for the most part, and basketball at the gym the next day.

During the dances, in the midst of (my) humidity and stupidity, one of the rubber earpieces to my earphones fell off, it was a miracle that I found that tiny thing in the dark through persistent crawling around with people all around... I gladly exclaimed that ''I found my rubber!'', but some thought I was being foolish. You see, in these kinds of situations, it's good to keep your mouth shut to avoid being misunderstood. hehe By the way, the reason I had earphones on was because I wanted to dance off-beat with really loud music. Other than that, I have nothing to say, cause what happens in that room stays in that room.

In the morning the front shutters were closed for so long I couldn't tell what time it was the next morning. Could have slept till dinner if it wasn't for the need to play a sport. That darkness was nice. I'm so thankful I didn't have a hangover either. The answer for me: Not too much, and only one type. Works every time.

I had a hurt knee, and it got worse when I played basketball at the gym. Shows how important it is to let your body heal properly before you abuse it again.

Great thanks to the Noda organizers and those who cleaned up, etc. TYSM!

Incense Holder

Today was such a restful and boring restday, besides Daniel's challenge to do 100pushups inbetween grappling matches. That had me sweating like a Cerdo! and smelling like one too till I took a shower. I decided to do something worthwile with my time and improve the room.


This is what it looked like before, a little too ordinary: Glass tubes in a glass cup.

Bad lighting and bad photo, but it won't get any better as I'm too lazy to get my digital camera. I drilled holes for the tubes...



Believe me, it looks much better in natural lighting.

Aroma Pot

The original base got burnt a little and looked bad anyway, so I gave it a nice little block for the bottom part. Just like the rest of my room's stuff, burnt with the gas torch.


I don't know if I will ever do this for real, but the bottom part has a slit for storing the glass bowl, making it a little more compact for storage...

This tool is very useful to make arches, etc. because it allows you to make precise angle cuts. It has little involvement with this project since I only used the 90 degree cut...





I thought it would be nice to have a groove in the top so I can sink in the tealight candles. The drill bit to the top left was expensive, but definitely worth it as I have been using it for years. It can bore holes of different diameter, though not so deep. The taper bit to the right helped finish off the middle part, as you can see. The final touch for the groove was with a chisel.





This is what the finished product looks like.

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