On White Cypress Road

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  • Papa’s Original Rub

    This recipe presents Papa’s original pork rub the way he used it for Boston Butt.

    January 29, 2023
  • Papa’s Rub Plus Onion and Garlic

    This addition to the family cookbook presents a modified version of Papa’s rub for pork. It adds some granular onion powder and granulated garlic powder.

    January 29, 2023
  • Shop Desk

    My uncle used an executive style desk for assembling smaller pieces. Sitting at the desk beat the heck out of standing up all day hunched over a workbench. I like the idea so i went into Fusion 360 to design a desk that will fit in my shop. The desk has a 60″ x 30″…

    March 19, 2022
  • Drug Free

    So, it’s been a while since the last report and a lot has happened in the last two years. I’ll probably forget a few things, but here’s a little catchup. The doctor put me on a Low Carb Healthy Fat (LCHF) diet with interval fasting modeled after Jason Fung’s “The Diabetes Code”. It’s NOT Keto…

    March 19, 2022
  • Giblet Gravy

    This is the recipe I learned from my dad who, in turn, learned it from my grandmother. It’s considered a food group. He didn’t teach the quantities. I added those based on recent experience. Even so, feel free to adjust pretty much anything to taste.

    November 30, 2021
  • Grilled Cheese Rollup

    The worst part of a Low Carb, High Fat (LCHF) diet is the lack of staple foods like, well, grilled cheese. Low carb tortillas help put it back.

    November 30, 2021
  • A Level Bed

    Like everything, there is a routine collection of before during and after checks associated with 3D printing. Among the ‘before’ checks is to insure the print bed is level relative to the hotend. Out of the box, bed leveling on the Ender 3 is a manual process. You move the hotend to each of the…

    August 5, 2020
  • Mission

    During more than 20 years of building and maintaining simulators I’ve learned that simulators are attention magnets. Take a simulator to almost any trade show and you have a line. The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) is an exception, but then that tradeshow is loaded with simulators. Include a simulator in a tour,…

    July 25, 2020
  • Craft Glue Holder

    The paper crafter in the house wanted a thing to hold her glue and scissors. Well now, I have a 3D printer and Fusion 360. Time to learn how to make something from scratch and print it. Requirements: Hold a Tombow glue pen inverted with the fine tip downA place to hold the cap during…

    October 23, 2019
  • A New Tool in the House

    How do you scratch a maker itch when you don’t have a shop (yet)? Well, 3D printing is an option. Thing is, you need a 3d printer to do that. 3D printers come in all shapes, sizes, technologies and, most importantly, prices. Not too many years ago those prices were generally in the too-much-for-hobbyist category.…

    September 22, 2019

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