Weekend Warrioring

I attended the New England Model Engineering Society yearly demonstration over the weekend. Many Stirling engines. Many steam engines. I'll put up pictures later.

Also Ben and I worked on building his guitar. We got a kit from Music Makers and have been working on it. We have put the neck and body together and this weekend glued up the fingerboard.

It's funny. I tend to be much more excited about mechanical systems whether they be machines or musical instruments than modern electronic systems. I think it is, in part, that modern s/w and hardware have made the problems so much easier. Back in the 19th century, people actually had to think about control-- cam systems, mechanical linkages. When they were building lutes back in the 16th century they did so by trial and observation. They had no mathematical models.

Plus: working with your hands is fun.
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