Mayor La Guardia's war on pinball machines received a boost from World War II, when metal was in high demand. On February 21, 1942, hizzoner looked over a collection of scrap metal, including pin balls and their machines, to donate to the federal government. It was estimated that the haul would be enough to make four 2,000-pound aerial bombs.
Photo: Associated Press
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Isometric dot grid stencil tool DIY
Do know when you are getting sad because you want to draw nice shapes on a blank piece of paper - but there is no helpful grid - and you have difficulties drawing straight lines - the isometric dot grid stencil tool is there to help!
Today I created an isometric dot grid stencil tool with scrap metal. And I want to write a bit about how easy it is to make. (Beware: You still need a lot of patience to punch all these damn holes into a thin slice of metal.)
[The distance between the dots is 0.5cm btw. [yes, I'm a metric system supporter. ])
Tools I used to create that tool:
- needles (one thinner and sharp needle, and one thicker needle (to dilate the holes afterwards wlth a rotating motion)
- hammer (for making the thinner needle go thru the scrap metal like a knife thru butter (but with more force... ))
- wooden/bamboo/whatever tray with a not too large hole [~ 1-2cm will suffice] (so the needle does not go into the wood, which is annoying and makes the needle unsharp very fast) - For the wooden tray I used a simple cutting board normally used for food preparation - it has a very helpful handle (just a hole with 1.5cm diameter)
- a printed piece of isometric dot paper and sticky tape (to form a tube with the sticky tape, so you can use it as double-sided tape. Add the printed paper to the sticky tube-thingy. Then attach it on the scrap metal. [It will be removed afterwards. (Removing the sticky tape afterwards is still very annoying. Thats why I left a rest on my tool. I put a looot of thought (slight exaggeration) into considering to remove it, but in the end I was too lazy to remove that part of aesthetical annoyance - It has no effect on the practical aspect. I might remove it anytime in the future when it annoys me too much and when I have more nerve to do so. )]
- a lot of patience to make whatever number of holes you want to have in that stencil. [I find this routine work calming actually.]
For the one depicted above I made approximately ~200 holes [I am too lazy to calculate and/or count the holes rn. This approximation might suffice.]
- garden scissors (to cut the scrap metal)
- pliers (to rounden the sharp edges of the cut scrap metal) [last step]
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What could you do with the stencil tool, you migt ask:
One can use it to draw an isometric dot grid on paper (for furtherly drawing shapes in the dot grid.)
One can also draw circles with it.
And one can also attach a piece of paper or other material and make holes into it with a needle or safety pin.
In the photo depicted above I made a cube pattern (with a mistake). I could continue to sew these holes together, so the cube illustration becomes more visible - and if I use a large enough thread so one could feel the lines - it could also be a card/art a blind person could "see" - alias feel.
Also: It is calming to punch holes in paper with that stencil tool.
Maybe I might also consider doing the stitching activity afterwards... Hmmm.
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Odd things: Manchester by the Sea, animals made of scrap
1935
Photo: Leslie Jones
Source: Boston Public Library
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ME WHEN I REALIZE I HAVE BEEN NEGLECTING TO POST MY ART AHSJKANWJE
Anyways for those of y’all who have been starving for more borrower!Donnie content I have some food.
Yes he eventually builds a normal-sized mech of himself that he can pilot around. Its the only way his bros will let him go on missions with them.
Also toothpick bō staff REAL
Masterpost
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What do you MEAN Astrid was mad that Hiccup wanted to deliver scrap metal with her, there are hundreds of people in the real world and also in THE CAST who would kill just to get a bonding experience like that with him, including me.
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Metal art seahorse sculpture by Niko Pincic
(member of our group on Faceboook +573K members)
74 cm / 29 inch
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Pansexual Hiccup but every time someone says one of those ‘oh so you’re attracted to pans’ jokes he pulls out an old frying pan that probably should be used for scrap metal. He strokes it and stares at it lovingly before turning to the person and saying ‘yes.’
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