Today's #tinkerit project is from a welding class with the youngest person so far. Little #jojaqs asked for a welding lesson for her 8th birthday. We finally had time this morning. . (I'm still charging her the $60 I normally do for the class) . . . . #makersgonnamake #weldinglife #welding #weldingart #weldingclass #lincolnwelders #daddydaughter #daddysgirl #likefatherlikedaughter #indiantrailnc #weldernation #coldhardart

My covid update: Hey all, I've been silent for a while trying to figure things out when covid cancelled all my speaking gigs, classes, marketing, swap meets, etc So, the long and short of it is that #tinkerit and #jojaqs are going back to part time for a little while. I used to get one or two recruiter a week asking me to take jobs, but I loved mine too much. I said yes to one on April first and I'm finishing my first week doing training videos for this IT company and I'm going to stick with it a while. JoJaqs isn't dead. I'm actually doing a live session at #havenconference2020 in July and still working on projects in my off hours. I just finished a school design in Maryland for TinkerIT and I'll upload pictures soon of that. !!!! If you're a Maker and read this far and wanted to take one of my classes and couldn't afford it or catch one at the right time, comment on this post and tag someone who you want to do a class with and I will do a free live seminar as I practice for Haven. Thanks for reading. No extra hashtags on this one so I only get my followers the free classes.

Update on the #tinkerit #magswitch #cameramount . This time I used the @manfrottoimaginemore 244 #magicarm because it was so much stronger than the previous one and held my @canonusa 5D with no flex. I think It would even hold a light and/or microphone receiver. . Test footage coming soon. #makermonday #indiantrailnc #indiantrail #704

Today's #tinkerit project was an idea from #workbenchcon2020 after @bentswoodworking spoke about tripods in the shop and @fixthisbuildthat spoke about tools to make us efficient. @onceuponaworkbench gave some great feedback on weight and cameras, and pencil went to paper. . This is using an @magswitch_tech block drilled and tapped at 1/4-20 and a @manfrottoimaginemore friction arm. . The next upgrade is rubber iso mounts suggested by @izzyswan_woodworking. This arm wouldn't hold the 1/4-20 ones I bought, so I'm getting the big magic arm for this 4lb @canonusa 5Dmk3. . . Once it is ready, expect a video on how it looks and how it's made on the new 6010 channel I will be starting. . The ideas after @workbenchconference are pouring out right now. . . . #makersgonnamake #cameramounts #woodworking #cameragear #workshop #woodworkingvideo #magnets #camerashots #mediamaker #videomakers #workshopvideo

#tinkerit projects this week were getting #jojaqs ready for #workbenchcon2020 I'm excited how well the t-shirts came out. Leaving for the #atl in 5 hours. Time for sleep. #makersgonnamake #workbenchcon #lasercut #custombusinesscards #imadeit #diymarketing

This week's #tinkerit project is a #metalart Rose for Mrs tinkerer. Bent flat washers, square nuts and roller chain powder coated crimson red and jet black; standing in a desk top organizer. She seemed to like it. . . #eastwood #powdercoating #eastwoodpowdercoating #metalrose #makersgonnamake #makingmemories❤️ #valentines #valentinesgift #indiantrail #indiantrailnc

Back by popular demand (and income needs) jojaqs is ramping back up with production and TinkerIT is on the back burner. This is a #behindthescenes shot from video 3: production equipment basics Video 2 is on jojaqs YouTube and it is all about proper pre production This series will condense the 20 hour course we teach to new content creators into 7 quick videos. More to come soon! #homestudio #contentcreator #howtovideos #howtomakevideo #diyvideo #diyvideos #704 #clt #indiantrailnc #matthewsnc

#Thatmoment you think you're done with a project and about to call the client to pick it up, but yell the f word instead #ohfudge Where's the #woodglue ? It's going to be a long day at #tinkerit

It's down to the final days to get custom ornaments and coasters made by Christmas. Custom ornaments are $15 and coasters are $20. . Or I have a stock of elf and vacation movie ornaments for $5 along with some humor ones. PM me for info. #tinkerit #customchristmas #customornaments #woodornaments #naturalornaments

Today's #tinkerit project are a pair of #weldingart #nc outlines made from bolts and sheet metal. She wanted a bolt at the recipient's home. The box was #lasercut and engraved with another NC map. The steel was covered with #eastwood #powdercoating #hotcoat The box is using #balticbirch from #wurth FYI #welding classes are available to learn to use a MIG welder for $60 and I am making gift cards for the pop-up market this weekend. . . #makersgonnamake #makermade #makerchristmas #homemadegifts #homemadegiftsarethebest #metalart

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