As mentioned in the previous post, Make Something month is going to be a little event where you can participate by making something! If you would like to participate, then feel free to post in this thread what you hope to accomplish this month. Also, if you have any questions, comments, or ideas for the event, feel free to post those too!
There will be posts like this every Saturday throughout October for people to give updates on how their project are going. Then, to give people time to be able to figure out how to display their projects and add finishing touches, there will be a showcase thread on November 5th.
This year I am going to be making a Viking round shield! I am basing it off of a book I read as well as instructions I find online. My hope is to finish construction with enough time to paint some kind of crest on it, featuring a boar and a lion. These represent my current pets, some adorable guinea pigs, as well as the pets I hope to have in the near future, kittens.
This first week will likely be dedicated to the most thrilling aspects of all: sourcing and budgeting. I am probably going to make the shield out of plywood rather than the much more traditional boards, as that simplifies construction and reduces the number of tools required immensely. That said, I don’t really see a way around buying some tools, in all likelihood a jigsaw compatible with my current cordless tool batteries, and a probably some kind of wood chisel(s?) for shaping the handle. In an effort to make sure that I don’t spend too much, or run around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get everything, I am going to make a plan.
I am also participating in a parallel Make Something Month over on Tildes, if you would like to take a look.