Kayak building spawns unexpected things. Case in point: I need drawing tools. Where the hell are they?! I need to make a box to put them in. 35+ years of drawing pencils, drafting equipment, paper, etc etc are scattered in the corners of my apartment. They need a place they can call "Home". They now have a place. As time goes on, other tools are found and begin the migration to the new space. The drafting case is a sort of desktop computer. As I use it I learn what its needs are. The hardware is cheap but will be replaced as I learn where it needs to be located and what functions and looks nice. This project elicits the same responses I get from everything I make. "You can patent this", and "You could sell these". This seems to be the only thing Americans can think about now. Our minds have sunk into a cultural gutter. In Japan people would have gone right to work analyzing the corners, construction, and function. They would have compared it to things in their not so distant past. When looking at old blue prints (of anything) they look more and more like artwork to us.The world seems to have gone digital gaga and we are losing our ability to draw even the simplest of shapes. http://picasaweb.google.com/kayakster/DraftingCase Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Aug 09 2008 - 07:15:23 PDT
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