ECAbrams
@ecabrams.bsky.social
Motion Designer and Educator teaching the craft of motion design.
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“With the peasants?!? They’re revolting!”
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“With the peasants?!? They’re revolting!”
Fractal noise still undefeated top effect after all this time.
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Fractal noise still undefeated top effect after all this time.
I just locked an open door. Strange yet symbolically compelling.
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I just locked an open door. Strange yet symbolically compelling.
Direct descent ⤵️
a cartoon of a man talking to a robot with horns and a tail
ALT: a cartoon of a man talking to a robot with horns and a tail
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September 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Direct descent ⤵️
I lav these great secrets.
September 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I lav these great secrets.
1. Hide glue is made of hides. The protein is rendered from the skins of animals with heat and chemicals.
2. It is used often to adhere wood to other wood. It has many properties that make it more appropriate in certain situations and it is a more traditional form of adhesive for wood work.
2. It is used often to adhere wood to other wood. It has many properties that make it more appropriate in certain situations and it is a more traditional form of adhesive for wood work.
September 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
1. Hide glue is made of hides. The protein is rendered from the skins of animals with heat and chemicals.
2. It is used often to adhere wood to other wood. It has many properties that make it more appropriate in certain situations and it is a more traditional form of adhesive for wood work.
2. It is used often to adhere wood to other wood. It has many properties that make it more appropriate in certain situations and it is a more traditional form of adhesive for wood work.
But AlWAYS cover a judge by its book.
September 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
But AlWAYS cover a judge by its book.
What if motion smoothing could somehow be less accurate and more unpleasant?
September 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What if motion smoothing could somehow be less accurate and more unpleasant?
Mahogany tends to show its large open pore structure so have a look for that. white Oak would have the telltale tyloses or bubbles blocking its pores. And it doesn’t look to have the high contrasting late/early wood of a red oak.
August 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Mahogany tends to show its large open pore structure so have a look for that. white Oak would have the telltale tyloses or bubbles blocking its pores. And it doesn’t look to have the high contrasting late/early wood of a red oak.
What’s the square footage on that thing? Curious to see the final layout.
August 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What’s the square footage on that thing? Curious to see the final layout.
Particle board is just glue and sawdust. Add more glue and clamp it hard back into shape. But the better recommendation is to build a new drawer box and put the old front on it. MCP is cheap enough and you can iron on the edge banding. You’ll be done in part of an afternoon I’m sure.
August 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Particle board is just glue and sawdust. Add more glue and clamp it hard back into shape. But the better recommendation is to build a new drawer box and put the old front on it. MCP is cheap enough and you can iron on the edge banding. You’ll be done in part of an afternoon I’m sure.
Then we move to the stain product itself. Faster drying stains are harder to make consistent. Improper mixing could be happening. A gel stain is usually easiest for most users. And then finally application technique. Lots of factors going into it.
August 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Then we move to the stain product itself. Faster drying stains are harder to make consistent. Improper mixing could be happening. A gel stain is usually easiest for most users. And then finally application technique. Lots of factors going into it.
Inconsistent stain comes from a few things. First is the wood itself. Many species are prone to blotching. We can alleviate that with a pre-treatment that slightly seals the pours. Second is sanding. Inconsistent sanding makes for blotchy stain results because the physical scratches aren’t even.
August 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Inconsistent stain comes from a few things. First is the wood itself. Many species are prone to blotching. We can alleviate that with a pre-treatment that slightly seals the pours. Second is sanding. Inconsistent sanding makes for blotchy stain results because the physical scratches aren’t even.
I imagine practically you might try doing it like the sawing in half trick. But that requires a table. Maybe the practical approach is actually just to do cpr on a mocap rigged dummy?
August 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I imagine practically you might try doing it like the sawing in half trick. But that requires a table. Maybe the practical approach is actually just to do cpr on a mocap rigged dummy?
It is a pretty inspiring book. I recommend it. It literally started me on a journey to change careers.
August 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It is a pretty inspiring book. I recommend it. It literally started me on a journey to change careers.
Net and trident is more formidable than you might think.
August 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Net and trident is more formidable than you might think.
Nothing. It’s like meditating. Just observing the scratch pattern and grain and making it all an even roughness before progressing. I’m one of those weirdos who doesn’t mind sanding.
August 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Nothing. It’s like meditating. Just observing the scratch pattern and grain and making it all an even roughness before progressing. I’m one of those weirdos who doesn’t mind sanding.
PICS!!! We have to see that machine!!!
July 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
PICS!!! We have to see that machine!!!
The life hack big business doesn’t want you to know… just become a small factory! But seriously more of these DIY folks need to big up the local maker spaces and libraries where there is the right balance of people to production sized CNC machines. We don’t all need all the tools all the time folks!
July 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The life hack big business doesn’t want you to know… just become a small factory! But seriously more of these DIY folks need to big up the local maker spaces and libraries where there is the right balance of people to production sized CNC machines. We don’t all need all the tools all the time folks!
Thanks! It was a lot of new techniques for me. It’s solid as a rock though. Totally squared itself from the internal dados and rebates. And, as a bonus, could technically be cut on a CNC.
July 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Thanks! It was a lot of new techniques for me. It’s solid as a rock though. Totally squared itself from the internal dados and rebates. And, as a bonus, could technically be cut on a CNC.
The base is a mortise and tenon construction and likely grossly overbuilt for a coffee table. The interior of the drawers are lined with resawn grain matched thin maple. The hatches can throw a remote across the room. It’s very extra. But what a learning experience. Glad I stretched myself.
July 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The base is a mortise and tenon construction and likely grossly overbuilt for a coffee table. The interior of the drawers are lined with resawn grain matched thin maple. The hatches can throw a remote across the room. It’s very extra. But what a learning experience. Glad I stretched myself.
It has two drawers, two shelves, and two hatches. The base is soft maple. The top is birch veneered particle core edge banded with birch iron on.
July 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It has two drawers, two shelves, and two hatches. The base is soft maple. The top is birch veneered particle core edge banded with birch iron on.