Sheri, Sharifa and I met up after 9pm and worked till we dropped. Sheri focused exclusively on TIG welding our aluminum tubes. Sharifa and I set about cutting and building the connectors that will attach to the truck.

A couple of hours later we were ready for assembly. With Sharifa …

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Started by drafting Sheri’s Subaru to haul 18 additional aluminum tubes. We even got Jesykah to look up the highway rules to make sure we were legal (umm… sort of.)

Evan showed up as we were unloading and gave Sheri a two hour welding class. While they worked I fixed some of …

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Jumped right into it. We are on track for Friday launch.

Hanna came by early, dropped off two Shop Shirts and gave an update on her families Burn situation. Sharifa, Teph, Sheri and I worked late into the morning finishing the lines, notching the aluminum, grinding/cleaning metal and eking the last life out of …

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Yupp, it’s official. UNAVERZ 2014 will be presented for the first time this Friday at Art Murmur/First Fridays for American Steel. I hope you can stop by for the festivities from 6-9pm. Invite friends.

If anyone wants to help get her ready, now would be a good time to come on down and roll …

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Sheri joined me at 9pm and we worked straight though until 2. We finished half of the skeleton frame and decided on a number of artistic changes.

Good Times™

We tried every way we knew how. Nothing seemed to work. Well, we are makers. Let’s make it work.

It took Sheri and I over two hours to bend this circle. Sheri damaged her wrist and I almost blew out my elbow.

There has to be a better …

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Today is the day to pick up metal! Yeah.

Iyad met me at American Steel and we hit the road around 9:30.

Our first stop was Aaron Metal Company in Hayward where Bella joined us and we hooked up with our new best friend and owner Jesykah Forkash. She bundled up 500+’ …

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After learning to TIG weld, the next step is to teach all comers. Bella and Sharifa love their new skill.

And while we were at it, we unloaded the rest of the Homeless Homes wood and got the truck ready for work.

I also ran into the cool ~$70 Venue Burst Laser BLG …

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Evan spent a couple hours teaching how to use his TIG welder. It was great fun! Now to practice 🙂

Of course after he left I had to see how far I could push it. Evidently, not that far.

Well nothing is gained except through practice. I cut everything …

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