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opinionBy Rangu Nyamurundira
It can no longer be wished away that we are a people and nation whose being is now defined by our pursuit of economic emancipation and attainment of prosperity. Zimbabwe's black majority, emerging from colonialism as a disadvantaged lot, has declared its intention at achieving economic democracy.
It was with interest then that we read of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's views on economic matters and what they point to the economic direction he would have us embark upon as a people and nation if he is given the opportunity.
On the land question he has had to admit that "it is now impossible to reverse the land programme, so it is a fait accompli." It is indeed endorsement of the firm reality that now constitutes Zimbabwe's redefined land ownership, now in favour of the black majority and not the white interests surely bitter and displeased with a hired MDC-T's failure to deliver. It is hard reality, for a party infamous for receiving cheques from the bitter former white farmers.
And now the leader of the MDC-T must concede to the land taking root in the hands of the black majority.
It is a democratic majority whose interest in land can no longer be challenged. Yet much as the Prime Minister will admit such reality he will avoid answering why it is so, why the reclaiming of land by the black majority is now irreversible?
The answer bears political cost the Prime Minister would not wish to gamble upon. It is after all Zanu-PF that led the people upon pursuit of land, saw them reach its biblical promise.
Moreso, President Mugabe and Zanu-PF's greatest achievement is that they have caused the indigenous majority to love the land and appreciate its value. With every harvest the black farmer holds fast to the land, becomes more vigilant in ensuring it is not usurped yet again. Land reform has become irreversible because the indigenous farmer increasingly makes the land productive and realises its economic value. Isn't it belated then that the Tsvangirai now gives counsel that we "enhance productivity" of the land and ensure it is "an economic tool".
Was this not already what President Mugabe envisioned more than a decade earlier when he embarked us upon land reform? President Mugabe and Zanu-PF had anticipated that the indigenous majority would make the land productive with all the odds to be placed against them.
They had faith that we would begin to use land as the tool to reshape the foundations of an economy to become our own. Yet now Tsvangirai, whose party condemned such land reform, seeks political relevance by claiming to guide the course land should now take.
It is a course already set and long embarked upon by another and so they seek to claim and skin the catch of another. Who really then makes land a "political tool"?
MDC-T sees a land policy authored by Zanu-PF for indigenous Zimbabweans delivering. It is a land policy that now exonerates Zanu-PF before the democratic majority. Desperate to maintain relevance on matters of land the MDC-T creates the usual fictitious "outstanding" issues, says that land distribution marginalises on political ground.
With respect, the Prime Minister forgets that it was the MDC's partisan politics that alienated their indigenous supporters from the land at that critical and opportune moment when the act of reclaiming the land had to be boldly pursued and executed.
It was then they chose to parrot white interests among them, joined the chorus that land reform was an illegal "invasion" and that the indigenous majority had no capacity to work the land and reap its sustenance.
Now that their betrayed indigenous constituency envies reclaimed land they point at Zanu-PF, maliciously accusing it of partisan land distribution. It is pride that bars them from humbly seeking inclusion among kith and kin, a request sure to be embraced given a people's reunited common interest and purpose. The MDC drove the political wedge when it embarked upon partisan political posturing, itself oriented toward white interests. To now claim that land is a political tool is cheap political calculation to maintain relevance. And no lesson has been learnt as the MDC-T does it again with indigenisation, alienates its supporters by playing partisan politics in yet another ill advised attempt to discredit and stop indigenisation and economic empowerment.
Zanu-PF advocates broad-based indigenisation and empowerment to guarantee the indigenous majority at least 51 percent of the economy. While President Mugabe laments ownership of our economy, pleads that we see the wisdom in owning and controlling our natural resources -- Prime Minister Tsvangirai advises that jobs are the priority.
Will an indigenised economy not guarantee jobs, much as we now see land cultivated by indigenous farmers reaping harvest and remedying hunger?
The Prime Minister and his party would prefer we leave the economy with foreign investors believing they will best guarantee us jobs. These are the same foreign investors that have caused millions in their own counties to lose jobs, to be made destitute.
It is these foreign investors, who caused the biggest Western economies into recession, which we are told must be our economic messiahs. We perish, don't we, from ignorance in the face of truth.
The Prime Minister speaks of the "need for upliftment of the largely impoverished citizens of Zimbabwe" yet sees no rationale in placing Zimbabwe's vast natural resources into the hands of the same impoverished majority.
Can our dependants and future generations inherit such jobs to sustain their livelihoods and keep poverty at bay, or is it not our investment of the wealth derived from land and natural resources that will be a sustaining inheritance? Indigenisation has just seen the launching of yet another community share ownership trust in Marange, guaranteeing a multitude of rural Zimbabweans millions of dollars and 10 percent shareholding in companies mining among the world's largest mineral reserves.
In Nyanga, a youth empowerment zone has been created, where young potato farmers set on establishing the largest potato growing area in the country have received US$200 000. Will they not contribute immensely to restoring an agricultural economy that once was Zimbabwe's back bone, while developing their community remembered as "Little England"?
Yet the Prime Minister would discredit such programmes, clearly more for partisan political mileage than upon merit. He claims they " . . . enrich a few elites at the expense of the broad masses". We must ask then, are the 50 youths from Nyanga's farming community and the hundreds of youth across the country now motivated to establish youth empowerment zones "elites"?
Do the thousands of Marange, Gwanda, Mhondoro Ngezi and Zvimba, and Zvishavane community members now guaranteeing their development and prosperity from diamond, platinum and gold revenues constitute an "elite"?
The same Prime Minister will claim that "rural development is very key in wealth creation and poverty alleviation and therefore the policy of empowerment must ensure that the majority of the people are brought into the economic net".
But how, Mr Prime Minister, shall such development and prosperity be achieved if not through ensuring that the same rural communities have a direct share in the wealth of their exploited natural resources, surely not by breaking their backs from working in these mines for meagre wages?
Is not "broad based" empowerment being witnessed through community trusts and youth empowerment zones the answer? We are left more confused then, about what policy it is the Prime Minister and his party might offer to guide our economic aspirations.
What path would the MDC-T have us walk should it ever assume leadership of this nation's economic destiny? Shall it be a path for the indigenous majority or shall such path lead our national wealth to the seas where it shall be ferried to sustain western economies while we remain the poorer?
Are we to place our faith then in a party's leadership that will claim to want development and an end to impoverishment yet deny the same underdeveloped and impoverished majority ownership and control of the means of production essential to achieving prosperity? A decade on, the policy on land and its authors/advocates are now being exonerated of allegations that they spelt hunger and doom for our nation.
Must it take indigenisation the same grueling period? Or shall we see resolute leadership dictate that indigenisation hastens to bear fruit for its beneficiaries.
Community trusts now financially capacitated must be seen to take progressive steps toward achieving their socio-economic objectives while young empowered entrepreneurs must begin to rise and make their mark upon the economy.
Economic matters demand immediate and tangible return, they are matters of the stomach aren't they, and can easily cause disenchantment and reprisal from unfulfilled expectations.
Indigenisation stirs hope in a people that have endured a decade of orchestrated economic deprivation. It is most critical then that indigenisation begins to show its worth to a restless people's socio-economic aspirations.
Nyamurundira is a lawyer and indigenisation/empowerment consultant based in Harare


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The UpTake: To coax people who already wear glasses into Google Glass, the company has come out with a series of nice-looking designer frames and made a pivotal deal with a health insurer.
The Google Glass hardware allows the wearer to take photos, shoot video and it also projects Internet content such as e-mails, walking directions and sports scores onto a tiny screen above the wearer's right eye.
"We're going to reach some day, hopefully it will be soon, where people will wonder 'why would I want traditional glasses? They don't do X, Y or Z,' " Google Glass product director Steve Lee told CNN.
One potential glitch: Google Glass isn't welcome everywhere. A California woman got a ticket for wearing them while driving, and an Ohio man got questioned by local and federal authorities earlier this month after he was spotted wearing them during a movie.
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I suppose part of it was that I wasn't thinking about it in the right way. I spend money on getting my hair cut several times a year, how is a facial any different? I wouldn't try to cut or color my own hair, so why am I trying to do my own extractions and peels at home? As much as I like to think I'm a skincare wiz, it's simply not true. I am just now clawing my way out of a weeks long battle with cystic acne on my jawline, and I just had three mystery cysts pop up on my cheek (ok, not much of a mystery... more like a punishment for my Halloween makeup indiscretions). I knew the time had come for me to give up and surrender my skin to an expert, so I called Charles Scott Salon in Rocky River.
I'd been to Charles Scott before, for an event back in May. It's mighty impressive- clean, white, and spacious, it literally looks like something out of the movies. Even after that short visit, I could tell that everyone there is kind, helpful, and highly knowledgeable. (Perhaps, having managed a salon in my earlier 20s, I have a sixth sense for such things.) When I called to make my appointment, the receptionist was very helpful and helped me to choose the right service for my skin issues. I ended up booking a deep cleaning facial with Simona, and she was able to get me in the very next day!
Side note: I have to apologize for the lack of photos in this post- I thought it was kind of rude to just barge in for my appointment with my DSLR in hand, snapping away. I also tried to discreetly take some photos with my phone, but sadly, none of them came out!
The little room where I got my treatment was very relaxing. It was really warm, and there was soothing music playing. The sheets and blankets on the bed were clean and soft. I can't stress enough how important it is to me for salons to not only BE clean, but to LOOK clean too.
I have to admit, I was super nervous about getting a facial after reading about Singaporean beauty blogger Bun Bun's facial nightmare. Simona, my esthetician for the night, made me feel at ease. I love when I can tell someone loves their job, and Simona seems like she was meant to be an esthetician! She got to work, all the while asking me a million different questions about my life and beauty routine, trying to get to the bottom of my skin issues. Her expertise and sleuthing abilities lead her to the following conclusion: a combination of stress, hormones, and dehydration (aka: too much coffee) had conspired to give me these nasty blemishes.
Simona scrubbed and peeled and, our favorite part, extracted. She gave me a high frequency treatment to clear up my acne. She even cleaned up my eyebrows and filled them in for me! She kindly didn't try to upsell me on any new products, since I have so many already. She merely said I need to add a foaming cleanser, a moisturizer for oily skin, and perhaps a mineral foundation to my routine.
When I woke up this morning, I examined my face with the kind of scrutiny I normally reserve for finding vintage Coach purses at the thrift store. The overall texture of my skin has improved vastly, and once I get these mega deep cheek zits to disappear, I will once again have the creamy smooth skin of a beauty blogger.
I really can't gush enough about the service I received last night, and I'm looking forward to seeing what else Charles Scott has to offer. Simona and I discussed a makeup application lesson for my next visit, and I'm really looking forward to working with her again! Hopefully that time I can get some actual photos for you guys.
Some tips I learned:
- Drinking coffee dehydrates the hell out of your skin. If you're going to drink coffee, you better drink twice as much water to make up for it.
- The most important places to moisurize are your undereye area and upper lip area. These spots get dehydrated quickly, and they can really prematurely age you.
- You should be changing your pillowcase at least once a week. (Bacteria City!)
- Creamy foundations are intended for mature skin. If you're around my age (28), a tinted moisturizer or mineral foundation should be all the coverage needed.
- Folks with problem skin like me should get 3-4 facials a year, with regular upkeep (scrubs/masks) at home in between.
Have you ever had a facial treatment done? Let me hear about it in the comments.


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Dr. David Etter
Professor of Music
Dr. David Etter joined the UC faculty in 1990, and he is well known throughout the community for his work as the director of the university Chorale and of numerous musical productions for the UC Theatre Dept., including The Sound of Music, The Mikado, Camelot, and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He is also the founder and director of the UC Community Chorus.
Dr. Etter earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Southern Baptist University in 1973. He completed a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
In addition to his teaching and directing duties for the university, Dr. Etter frequently judges entrants at musical competitions throughout Kentucky and Tennessee, and has served as the Interim Minister of Music at several local churches. He is also an active member of several professional organizations: the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference, the Music Educators National Conference, the Kentucky Music Educators Association, and the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Courses Taught
- MUAM 011-421 Applied Music: Voice
- MUCM 323 Church Music Education
- MUCM 324 Church Music Administration
- MUCM 425 Hymnology
- MUCM 426 History and Philosophy of Church Music
- MUED 410 Advanced Conducting
- MUPR 110 Chorale
- MUPR 113 Theatre Orchestra Ensemble
- MUSC 312 Basic Conducting


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LOUISVILLE, Ky.- Heading into the 2014 fall camp, everyone within the University of Louisville program knew things were going to move fast with head coach Bobby Petrino back at the helm, but no one thought it was going to be this fast.
"Things are moving very fast," quarterback Will Gardner said. "We have a lot of work to do, but the guys are working hard and are picking things up, but we know we have a long, long way to go."
The Cardinals practiced for the second- and final - time in shorts and helmets. They will be putting shoulder pads on Thursday morning for the first time. Petrino split the two practices again on Wednesday and will do so again on Thursday.
The veterans came out in the afternoon for just the second time this summer, and the coaching staff is already beginning to see the squad starting to pick things up.
"You can see the improvement," cornerbacks coach Terrell Buckley said after practice. "You can see how strong they've gotten, fit. The strength coaches have done an excellent job getting their bodies physically ready for this type of stuff, for camp, all of this stuff. We want to see that combined with the practices, installations of the defense, different angles they have to take. What happens after four or five days now?"
Gardner, who is coming off a solid spring, saw the offense stall at times on Wednesday, but he knows there is still time to fine tune their offensive attack for the opener versus Miami.
"It's still early so we're still struggling a little bit," Gardner said. "We've still got to pick up where we left off on spring. We're going to get better. I know the guys we have on our team and the guys we've got on offense, they're all hard workers. So it's going to get better for us."
Despite a solid spring, Wednesday marked just the 17th practice under Petrino, who took over the program in January. The Cardinals last practiced together on April 11, so it will take everyone a little time to get the team back on the same page.
"It's time to get back in football shape," Gardner said. "We worked all summer and did sprints all summer, but it's still different. No matter how much you do in the summer it's still different when you get out there in football, and you're running around and the offense is real high-tempo."
The same can be said on the defensive side of the football, where the Cardinals are learning an entirely new scheme. Under defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, the Cards are switching to the 3-4.
Senior Deiontrez Mount, one of the team's veterans, is still trying to grasp the concepts of a new defensive system.
"I'm still having to think through it," Mount said. "It's a lot of formations that I haven't been exposed to and I still have to adjust to being out in space. It's new to me. It's fun not having to hit these big 300-pounders every down. I like getting to go beat up on some wide receivers, Like Eli (Rogers)."
Mount knows the season is just 26 days away, and the defense must continue to put their noses in their playbooks. `After we left the spring we still have a lot of learning to do," Mount said. "The playbook is just so big you can't really learn it in two weeks. So with the summer being here, we have extra hours there and it's brought us a long way."
The Cardinals will get another opportunity to get better on Thursday, with a pair of split-squad practices. The newcomers will hit the field at 8:50 a.m. and the veterans will practice at 4:20 p.m.


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The form of artist Yasmin Müller's works reminds of furniture, more precisely objects to sit on, like chairs, armchairs or a chaise longue, but they've been stripped of their function.
The form of artist Yasmin Müller's works reminds of furniture, more precisely objects to sit on, like chairs, armchairs or a chaise longue, but they've been stripped of their function.
Horst Wittmann's solo exhibition at the Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, entitled '3me2you1thing4sale', focuses on the designer's personal understanding of design and its social dimension.
Swedish-Chilean artist/ designer Anton Alvarez's Thread Wrapping Machine creates objects by binding the different components that go into making an object (legs, seat, back rest, etc.) together with thousands of meters of glue-coated thread. For an upcoming exhibition at Gallery Libby Sellers, Alvarez is investigating alternative possibilities with the machine.
Architect, artist Phillip K Smith III recently revealed his light based project, Lucid Stead, in Joshua Tree, California during what was expected to be a two day event for a handful of viewers – that turned into more than 400 people making the journey over two weekends. People from as far away as New York City and Canada traveled to the California High Desert to experience it.
London-based architect Vlad Tenu's Synthetic Nature is a collection of prototypes conceived and created through holistic architectural design research into the genesis of form and space.
Visitors to downtown Montreal explore the festive side of public speaking with 'Megaphone', an interactive art installation by Moment Factory. As participants speak into Megaphone, their voices are transformed, in real time, into images projected onto the façade of a University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) building, leaving their visual "footprint" on the urban landscape.
3D reliefs of geometric patterns evolving from the logic of a simple algorithm, programs such as a cellular automata, are created by 64 individually controlled motorised tiles in M0za1que_4x4x4, a kinetic light art installation by LAb[au].
The 2013 edition of Hello Wood, a multidisciplinary art camp where well-known and recognized experts and artists share their knowledge with talented students, this year gave 120 young designers and architects the opportunity to work with the field's best international minds in order to rediscover the significance of vanishing human connections.


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Ford Mustang Boss 302 vs. 302S - Street vs. Race
The Boss 302 Gives its race car brother A run at the track—and drives home with the air on
It's always fun to slither into a new-to-you race car, and with Paul's our worry about physically fitting turned out baseless. Your scribe is about 10 inches taller than Paul, not to mention rather broader abeam, but Paul has his car intelligently laid out so that while we were a little tight, fit was not a factor. The vice-like race seat meant no more hanging on with your upper body as in the street car, which is not only vastly less tiring and reassuring, it also better telegraphs what the car is doing. The seat is considerably lower than in the street car, so seeing immediately in front or especially over the hood to the right was not the same thing, but again, not a meaningful issue.
Of course, the racing steering wheel is also direct, and the shifter was light years ahead of the street car's. Paul custom machined his shift linkage from billet and ball bearings and it absolutely does not attach to the bodywork, so it offered extreme precision, a ton of feedback, and normal to light effort. Nice.
In fact, precision was the watchword with Paul's ride. As we got on track we found the power slightly better but identical in personality to the street car, and the overall size and general feel of the racer was practically identical to the street car, but, and it's a critical point, the race car was another world when it came to precision. It's no wonder, either, as the rubber and fluid-filled bushings that make life so civilized on the street were replaced by metal-to-metal bushings and bearings nearly everywhere in the racer. Furthermore, the race car is a hair lighter, and that weight is carried lower. Add in the stiffer spring, bar, and shock settings and you have a Boss 302 with new-found agility and precision, plus a touch more oomph.
With a power-to-weight ratio hovering between 8.2 and 9.0 pounds per horsepower—depending on how you measure it—the World Challenge racer provided zesty acceleration and top end similar to a NASA American Iron car. This is perfect, as it's enough to hold anyone's attention and provide good racing, but not as overwhelming and on the ragged edge as an American Iron Extreme car. That makes the World Challenge racer a great choice for even mildly experienced amateurs and pros alike, and if you have any inclination to try your hand at World Challenge racing we say go for it. The car certainly won't intimidate.
Naturally, with all upholstery and sound deadener missing, plus the all-metal suspension, there is that wonderful race car ambiance inside Paul's car. Pebbles and grit can be heard tinging off the bodywork, and the odd bonk and clank is a given. But with mufflers we didn't need or wear earplugs so we didn't have that layer of isolation. Probably the loudest noises were gear whine, wind, and exhaust in that order.
And maybe because it really still is a Boss 302 even after all the modifications, the take-away from Paul's car was balance. It was a joy to drive with the throttle through the sweepers, selecting just how much angle you wanted by breathing on the throttle. It made us wish we were going racing next season.
Quibbles came in the technical sections. Even Paul said he thought the rear shock dampening was a little stiff, and the rear would upset ever so slightly on bumps. The brake pedal was good but not ideal either, with a somewhat high breakaway force, then a hair of travel. This is something you'd like to get rid of, but if not, you could easily live with. It did keep us from screaming "Banzai!" and diving on the binders for the slow corners, however. Paul noted the ABS wasn't working on our test day, so that would have helped covered up the brake-pedal feel.


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Esther Hall is an English actress who has had high profile roles in a number of television dramas.
Born in Manchester in 1970 and brought up in Cheshire, she took A levels in Manchester before training in classical ballet for five years at the University of Leeds Bretton Hall College where she gained a Bachelor of Arts.
She has had high profile roles in a number of television dramas such as Queer as Folk (1999-2000), Always and Everyone (2000-2001), Serious and Organised (2003), Sons and Lovers (2003), Spooks (2002-2003), Waking the Dead (2005), Rome (2005-2007), True Dare Kiss (2007).
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As promised over in the intro section, here's the start to my cob oven thread. I'll update it a bit at a time until I get it up to date and then post as I go through stages.
The planning stage a couple of months ago...
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OK, it looks like whatever site issues were going on may have cleared so, it's story time....
The photo above was my initial thoughts on the layout. The oven and a counter that will lead into an "L" corner. Eventually, that would be a three tier brewing system but, that's another story.
The photo below...the basic blah beginnings...digging holes, forming, mixing, pouring. Feeling both good about doing the work myself and aching because I don't do as much of this type of work anymore (office job).
Keep in mind, this was a couple of months back so now I can say it was easy. I do have to acknowledge that the neighbor did lend a hand on toting crete, mixing, pouring and leveling. 19 each 80 lb bags of crete in the truck, out of the truck, toting them into the back yard, lifting again to dump in the mixer. Only used 14 bags. 5 X 5 slab, roughly 4 1/2 ~ 5 inches thick.
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A quick dry stacking of the blocks to see that things will work prior to mortar.
The keen eye might notice that the walls are a rectangle as opposed to a square. I determined that I wanted a bigger opening for stacking my dry wood underneath. Youll see how I deal with the extra space later. I had to use half blocks to get the desired results which ended up with some seams matching instead of being offset. I moved this around so that I did not have a seam that went continuous for more than two cores. I believe we will be alright though.
A quick note here...I dont profess to know what Im doing. This is a first time venture with no prior pizza cooking skills but, a little bit of construction skills. Ive done a lot of Internet reading and have gleaned different info from different sources. The results will be a combination of different thoughts.
..and one more note. Yesterday was the first run of sampler pizzas in the oven. Wow, that was like nothing we have ever bought, even at a wood fired pizza places. Great crust, fresh ingredients.
Pictures will have to wait on that till I get the rest of the story out there yep, its a teaser.
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Now for the recessed area underneath the action area.
I havent run across this on anything Ive looked at but, I decided to drill into my blocks and insert rebar into the blocks for the form. Im sure its been done before by someone out there and I think it should hold up fine. I had a bundle of rebar ties somewhere but I couldnt fine them and didnt want to run all the way to the hardware store just for that.
Tie wraps and duct tape fix anything when youre in a bind, right?
I felt it would hold just fine after the crete sets up.
Again, not wanting to go to the store, I found a piece of wafer board for the bottom of the form. Not ideal because it absorbs water. It turned out fine except for the fact that it swelled and wouldnt come out. Doesnt matter though, its underneath and cant be seen. Maybe one day Ill chip it out but, not too worried about it at this point. it's dry now and won't swell anymore.
OK, so I ended up with a rectangle area. Once I measured front to back, I marked off the overage on each side. Since the hot part of the oven really wasnt going to sit on this area, I didnt mix any vermiculite into the mix to square up the area. In retrospect, it wouldnt have hurt anything and probably should have. The next build is always better
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Welcome I'm interested to watch a cob build and especially something that doesn't involve to may trips to the store.
Regards dave
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The picture of the sides filled in did not make onto the last post so, that's first.
So while the various previous things were drying or, other things were stopping me from full on engagement, I played with door ideas to cover the wood storage area. The results were assembled from a couple of new cedar fence boards. At a 1.78 each, doesn't get much cheaper than that. The wood to hold them together inside was just a few wooden stakes cut to size and screwed through from the front. Bit of sanding, polyurethane and cheap hinges. I think they turned out kinda nice. The metal angle iron supporting the opening will be painted black to match later.
Im going to have to order the door pulls I want from the net. Cant seem to find them at the box stores. Im thinking a couple of Spanish style rings would look good. Ive attached one magnetic latch to one door, have to do the other (mine masonry bit the dust doing the first one).
Since the second photo shows the coated doors and more, I have to jump forward and mention that I had some leftover slate tile from when I did the back porch. I think it looks good on there and you can see that I stuccoed (yea, I make up words sometimes)as well. This will be stained red adobe once Im through making a mess.
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You in particular have been a source of some great information. Having been a site stalker for a while, I couldn't give a proper thanks out to ya.
Now that I'm registered.. Thank you!
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Time to talk bricks
As with many of us, the missus had a keen eye on the costs going into this little venture. I try to save money anywhere I could as long as I felt it would hold up. The arch bricks are simple .63 cent bricks. I hope I dont regret this later with the heat that I have noticed coming out of the oven (remember, Im playing catch-up on the build story). I probably should have at least used refractory mortar.
The fire bricks, no compromise there. I paid 2.83 a brick and they were a booger to find here in the Houston area. Good for up to 3000 F. Of course the box store hands had no clue. Some were not even completely sure what a fire brick was, or refractory brick
For the benefit of any in the area, Able Huber has them. They are in the area of Gus Wortham golf course close to downtown. Nice folks. The first time I went by to see what they had, they gave me four beaters for nothing so that I could do my measurement with bricks instead of gauging with a tape measure. Not great at answering their email but, they answer the phone. They said they were having some kind of email problems.
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I'll be watching this one...my current oven was going to be cob, but I went with brick. A cob oven will happen someday, possibly the spring.
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Final installment for the evening...we're closer to bring you all up to where I am now.
Just a quick image of the fire bricks in to see how they set before layering in the insulating materials.
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I wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the publisher feedback section. If I made a mistake, feel free to move it.
My question is for anyone else who has this book or perhaps just the answer. I love the boxes in the book and have started making them. I do though have a question about the way 2 of the boxes are made. I love to learn new things, but I like to learn why I'm doing new things the way they are being done. (wow, that sentence is... confusing)
Anyway, the first question I had was, on page 38 (peaked top box) it shows how to cut the drawers from the pattern. Instead of putting the starting hole in the 'waste' section of drawer, it has it in the left side of each each of the 4 drawers. I can't understand why you would do this. (Its the type of box that you cut from 3 or 4 pieces of 3/4"& up. You cut the drawer pieces from each and then cut away the waste area of the drawer, then glue the pieces together, forming the drawer. You then glue the 3 or 4 pieces of 3/4" together to form the box). I realize this may be a minor thing, but its just something I would like to know.
The 2nd question is about the jewelry boxes on page 110. One of the things I love about boxes on the scroll saw is that you can make them without having to cut through the box like you would on a band saw. The only thing is, these boxes are all cut like they were on a band saw. None of them have starting holes. You go through the bottom and then in one fluid cut, you go up around each drawer (then glue the pieces of drawer together and then the pieces to form the box) This I don't understand at all. I've read through the directions and it doesn't say why your doing this way.
Sorry if the post is confusing, I hope I explained it right. Again, I love learning to do new things, but I like to know why your doing it this way. If anyone can help I'd appreciate it.
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Robs, I can help you out here, having learned a great deal from Gary's book when it first came out, which helped me, later on, to develop my own projects.
For your first question, the answer has to do with the space limitations that occur when projects are published--the more economically patterns can be drawn, the more projects can be included in the book. That box has only one pattern, which serves both for the internal components of the drawers and the decorative 1/4" thick front piece. There is no reason why you cannot drill your entry hole in the waste area for the internal components. I just checked a project in my own box book, which is loosely based on the band saw box method, and the entry hole is put in the waste area. For your project, the decorative front piece has no waste area, and you probably should drill the smallest hole you can directly on the cutting line to split the sanding area between the drawer front and the front of the box. The less sanding, the neater the drawer fit.
For your second question, unless I'm missing something, I cannot imagine why the method was changed, since the construction appears to lend itself to the same construction as he used earlier, using drilled entry holes. In addition, he appears to be making the cut across the grain, which is generally not advised, since the cut will show when you glue it up. Better to cut with the grain, then the cut will disappear when you glue it up. Why did he do it? Maybe to offer an alternative technique or some other reason. However, you are never locked into what an author recommends in a project.
Speaking as an author, sometimes it is only after a book or article is published that you realize that there is a better way to do something. This happens all the time, which is why there are revisions of important works. Or an approach may be a favorite with the author, but not the only or even best way to do something. I look back on some of my own published projects and know that I would do them differently now.
So the short answer is that if you have a better way to do something, go with it! You may then discover the reason for the original instructions, or find that you have, indeed, improved on them.
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Thank you so much Carole! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. I thought that it would be possible to create the jewelry boxes without cutting through the bottom of the box, but wasn't sure. Since I'm still rather new to the scroll saw hobby/business I figured since the author knows a whole lot more than I do, I must have missed something to creating the boxes the way he has it laid out.
I really do appreciate you taking the time to explain the things that had me baffled. Like I said, I just like to understand why I am doing the things I'm doing. But I am going to be taking your advice for sure, to create the boxes the way I know how. They will either be good or suck. lol. Then I will know to at least try it his way.
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